
Welcome
Our programs prepare you to excel in industry or compete against other students at the best graduate schools in the country.
About
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction provides a well-rounded education, combining theoretical learning with practical laboratory experience. Our programs prepare you to excel in industry or compete against other students at the best graduate schools in the country.
Las Vegas is the perfect environment to study Civil Engineering or Construction Management. Our students and alumni are in high demand and are already working on major engineering and construction projects in Las Vegas and around the globe. Many hold management positions in local, regional, national, and even international organizations.
Alumni are currently working on projects involving:
- Construction of high-rise buildings
- Transportation infrastructure
- Water and wastewater infrastructure
- Environmental engineering
- Alternative energy sources
- Structural and building design
- Residential and commercial developments
- Geotechnical engineering
- Construction materials
What's Happening
President Keith E. Whitfield continues decades-long commencement tradition, honoring 10 students who embody the academic, research, and community tenacity of the graduating class.
Beyond being passionate about researching climate change and its environmental impacts — Marie-Odile Fortier is unobjectively enthusiastic about educating others on the complex topic.

Boyd Law and the College of Fine Arts at UNLV produce a documentary about Windsor Park homes built over geologic faults and facing long-term subsidence problems.

Student achievements including competition wins, a science fellowship first, and new innovations splashed local and national news headlines in 2022.
In the News
- Sep. 14, 2022 | Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español
- Sep. 14, 2022 | Las Vegas Review Journal
- Mar. 30, 2022 | Las Vegas Sun
Accomplishments
- Apr. 10, 2023
- Apr. 7, 2023
- Apr. 7, 2023
Upcoming Events
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction is one of the departments in the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering.