5 Reasons to Study Civil Engineering at JHU
Because everyone will know your name.
With 11 primary faculty and 60 undergraduates in our department, you'll work side-by-side with world-renowned professors and graduate students, conduct research, and make real contributions that advance the field. In Civil Engineering, we average just 15 students per class, which makes for a supportive and collegial environment.
Because you'll study with faculty who aren't just contributing to, but defining,
their fields.
Whether they're being dispatched to Chile and New Zealand to assess earthquake damage, part of the first official engineering team to enter New Orleans after Katrina, or determining how the exchange of greenhouse gases between the atmosphere and oceans is contributing to global warming, our faculty are world-renowned experts who solve problems of global importance and our undergraduate curriculum reflects the depth of their expertise and incorporates their latest findings.
Because the labs you'll work in aren't showpieces, but vital parts of the
Hopkins research machine.
Using the uniaxial shake table you'll help simulate earthquake conditions and evaluate the stability of structures. You'll learn basic principles about mechanics applied to materials by testing the strength of steel columns (and lacrosse sticks-this is Hopkins, after all) in the Undergraduate Teaching Lab. The 20,000-gallon, 58-foot-long wave tank in the Coastal Engineering Laboratory will enable you to understand shoreline erosion. And the list goes on. As an undergraduate, you will have unparalleled opportunities to contribute to world-class scholarship-beginning your freshman year-and will have access to new materials, facilities, systems, and modeling tools that simply aren't available at other universities.
Because you care about the built environment and understand its
influence on society.
Sure, we love solving technical problems-but at Hopkins, we know civil engineering problems are also societal problems. Our students' knowledge of the mathematical principles of physics and nature and appreciation for creative engineering design are combined with an understanding of professional responsibility and the potential that our profession has to improve people's lives. At Hopkins, you will not only learn what civil engineering has meant in the past, but, more importantly, what it will mean to our future. Baltimore CE Students at Hopkins have put together a guide to the structural art of Baltimore. Learn more about the differences between structural art and architecture.
Because you will have access to faculty-right from the start.
At the beginning of your freshman year, you'll be matched with a faculty member who will serve as your department advisor. Immediately, you will have a mentor who knows you well, cares about your academic interests, can help you define your career goals, and is committed to your success at Hopkins and beyond.