Civil Engineering Doctoral Program

Stevens’ civil engineering Ph.D. program emphasizes interdisciplinary research in a wide variety of testbeds and laboratories. Here, you’ll collaborate with renowned faculty and fellow scholars to develop innovations in many areas of civil engineering, including smart structural systems, sustainable and resilient construction materials, hazard mitigation, infrastructure rehabilitation and many more.

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering offers dynamic opportunities to explore leading-edge research within a close community of faculty mentors. You'll be able to study under a faculty mentor in the area that you find most exciting:

• Advanced Construction Materials

• Structural Health Monitoring

• Structure Design and Analysis

• Geotechnical Engineering

Concentrations

• Structural Engineering

• Construction Materials

• Geotechnical Engineering

The Stevens Advantage: Widen Your Career Options

Our location in the heart of the New York City metropolitan area gives Ph.D. students unparalleled insight into the ways civil engineers play a role in shaping the world’s largest urban environments. Our doctoral graduates routinely receive job offers even before graduating, as their knowledge and experience are in high demand.

Learn more about what makes graduate education from Stevens a unique experience:

• Graduate Cooperative Education Program: Available with two tracks, your co-op experience can serve as a starting point for a research project or augment your on-campus research with complimentary experience.

• International Student Experience: Tap into our expanding worldwide network of research, academic and alumni partners and mentor with our expert faculty in a number of federally-designated STEM degree programs. Optional Practical Training (OPT) or Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is available to gain work experience in your major/field of study.

• State-of-the-Art Research Labs and Facilities: Build, tinker and test your designs in Stevens' MakerCenter, Prototype and Object Fabrication Lab, or numerous other research facilities.

• Research Opportunities: Renowned faculty, labs and research centers – as well as industry partnerships and funding from leading national agencies – support strategic and interdisciplinary research in engineering and science.

• Assistantships and Fellowships: Stevens offers funding to select graduate students in the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships and fellowships. Limited in number, these highly competitive opportunities are awarded to exceptional candidates based on merit.

• Expanded Learning Options: The Schaefer School offers new opportunities for doctoral students to do coursework at universities in the New York City area – and around the world – through our growing list of academic partnerships with other prestigious universities. Learn more about our latest partnerships.

Hands-On Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Research

At Stevens, you have the ability to join research groups with students at a variety of levels of experience, and outstanding faculty so you can learn cutting-edge technology as a team, just like in the real-world. In our state-of-the-art research labs and facilities, you'll have the opportunity to engage in experiential learning.