• The BSc in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University is a 4-year program.
  • This program is offered on a full-time basis.
  • The Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics focuses on two broad areas of instruction and research.
  • The first, the classical field of civil engineering, deals with the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of structures and the infrastructure.
  • These include buildings, foundations, bridges, transportation facilities, nuclear and conventional power plants, hydraulic structures, and other facilities essential to society.
  • The second is the science of mechanics and its applications to various engineering disciplines. 
  • These include the mechanical properties of materials, stress analysis of stationary and movable structures, the dynamics and vibrations of complex structures, micro- and nanomechanics, and the mechanics of biological and energy systems.
  • The student-faculty ratio of this college is 6:1.
  • Graduates with a broad and fundamental technical base will be able to enter the professional civil engineering workforce either with a BSc to develop specialized expertise by way of apprenticeship.
  • The acceptance rate of Columbia University is 5.8%.
  • Columbia University is ranked #19 in QS Global World Rankings 2021.