Undergraduate Degree

Engineering, Plus a Whole Lot More.

Yes, you’ll learn mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. But you’ll experience hands-on design, from your first semester through senior capstone. We’ll make you a confident programmer, too.

And, you’ll have access everything Duke has to offer—including rich offerings in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Rigorous Engineering Courses, Plus:

  • Five social science and humanities courses
  • An academic writing course
  • Two introductory courses each in physics and chemistry
  • Two life-science courses
  • Five mathematics courses
  • A computational methods course
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Engineering Design Experiences

It starts in your first year with signature experiences in engineering design and computing and continues through hands-on courses like CEE 132L Engineering the Planet.

The experiences culminate in your fourth year when you play a role in an immersive Senior Design Capstone that simulates professional engineering work.

Degree Enhancements

To add even more depth, focus and career preparation, you can pursue a focused elective sequence, a double or second major, minors and certificates.

Global Study

And, with well-designed global experiences already in place, you can confidently choose to study away for a semester in Germany and other countries.

Choose Your Major

Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Civil + Biomedical Engineering

Double Major

4+1: Bachelor’s & Master’s Program

Earn two degrees in just five years

Architectural Engineering

Enhance your degree with an interdisciplinary certificate in Architectural Engineering. The program is directed by a practicing architect and includes immersive, hands-on design opportunities.

Learn more

Global Education

Studying away is an important part of your Duke experience. With a little planning, you can study away in the fall semester of your Third Year. Options include programs with engineering courses and without them.

(Plus, study abroad during a summer semester is always available.)

  • Duke Engineering in Berlin

    Engineering students at Duke have a special opportunity to develop advanced proficiency in German through intensive language study from January through March and to take engineering courses in their major at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) from mid-April until the end of July.

    By the time you enroll in university courses at the TUB, you will have had three months of intensive language study and immersion in Berlin. Since this is an extended semester, you may earn up to six course credits.

    More about the Berlin Semester

    Additional Opportunities

    Duke offers pre-approved technical and engineering courses at select institutions around the world.

    See a list of programs by location

  • Work with your advisor to make these changes to your plan of study:

    • Move fluid mechanics (CEE 301L) to Second-Year Spring.
      (Note that CEE 301L has co-requisites of MATH 353 and EGR 244L, which are easily met if you have AP credit for MATH 21. CEE 301L will need to be offered on Tu-Th mornings in spring semesters.)
    • Move systems optimization & economics (EGR 305) to Fourth-Year Fall
    • S/M Track: Move matrix structural analysis (CEE 421L) to Fourth-Year Fall
    • E/W Track: Move aquatic chemistry (CEE 461L) to Fourth-Year Fall

CEE Undergraduate Handbook

For course planning, please refer to this PDF document. It is updated yearly.

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