Business Minor
Advantages
Elevate your impact as a business-minded engineer with well-rounded business, accounting, and marketing skills.
Outcome
Engineering Consultant at Boeing
Undergraduate Major
Civil Engineering Major (BS) Program
With a civil engineering degree, you can pursue a career that allows you to build the future.
At a Glance
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Format
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Campus Location
- Chester, PA
Explore the Civil Engineering Major
As a civil engineering major, you'll use imagination, creativity, and technical knowledge to design, construct, and maintain the systems that keep our society functioning.
Why Earn a Civil Engineering Degree?
Modern life wouldn’t be possible without civil engineers. By creating solutions, civil engineers have a meaningful impact on the environment and people's everyday lives: from traveling to school, to taking a shower, to living in an environmentally efficient home. Look almost anywhere and you’ll find the work of a civil engineer—roadways, buildings, clean water, environmental protection measures, railroads, airports, and much more.
Since 1862, Widener has offered civil engineering degrees in a supportive environment that encourages analytical and creative thinking, with exposure to real-world practice. A Widener civil engineering bachelor's degree (BS) is your gateway to a career of building the next generation of the world's infrastructure.
The civil engineering program is accredited by ABET. See recent enrollment and graduation data.
Program Options for Civil Engineering Majors
Widener's civil engineering program is designed to give you a broad, practical-oriented education that prepares you to work in all areas of the profession.
Program Details
- Full-time, 4-year program (transfer students may complete their degree in 2-3 years, depending on accepted credits)
- Completed in-person at our Chester, PA campus
You can customize your civil engineering degree by choosing elective courses to specialize in environmental, construction, or structural engineering. You will learn from the structural, transportation, geotechnical, water resources, and environmental engineering fields.
During your senior year, you will participate in a year-long project that simulates both the technical and business aspects of a professional engineering project. When you graduate, you'll already know how real engineering work is done.
For educational objectives, student outcomes, and a curriculum sequence, view our Loading....
As a civil engineering student, you can pursue a dual degree in another field of engineering. This enables you to earn a bachelor of science in civil engineering and another discipline within 4 years.
To learn more about dual degree options, contact the chairs of both departments to arrange your schedule accordingly.
Pair Your Civil Engineering Major with a Minor or Certificate
Outlook & Outcomes
Why Study Civil Engineering at Widener?
Participate in Cutting-Edge Research
Shape the future of engineering by partnering with renowned faculty on cutting-edge research. While earning your civil engineering degree, you will conduct applied research in 2,510 square-feet of state-of-the-art laboratories that include advanced water and structural testing equipment and a geotechnical lab that houses a soil mechanics test facility.
Experience Mentorship & Support From Day One
Expand Your Network & Engage on Campus
Ease the transition to college by joining your classmates for a unique opportunity to live and learn together through our Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC). Monthly meetings introduce first-year students to scholarly faculty work and diverse programming complements the classroom while addressing personal development, academic skills, and success in the engineering profession.
Civil Engineering majors also have the opportunity to join various clubs and organizations across campus and beyond to expand their network, including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and many more.
Student Stories
Civil Engineering Degree Program Highlights
Our Faculty
“My goal as an educator is to equip students with the technical skills, intellectual aspiration, and humanistic appreciation needed for their future professional career in civil engineering.”
Recent New
Engineering Secures Nearly $500,000 to Fund Innovation and Student Research
Nearly half of a million dollars in grants will fund undergraduate and graduate research to advance innovations from self-driving sensing technologies to sustainable low-carbon construction materials.
For Engineering Students, this I-95 Project Brings Construction Management to Life
With Widener's new construction management major set to launch soon, engineering students visited the rebuilt I-95 bridge site after its collapse in June 2023 for a lesson on the transformational power of construction management and engineering.
Why We Give Back: The Kane Family
From his work as the university's executive director of facilities management to her exceptional volunteerism, Kevin and Kristin Kane make giving to Widener a family affair.
Admissions & Aid
Our admissions and financial aid teams are here to support you every step of the way. Have a question? Ask away!
Admissions Information
Financial Aid
Submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the first step to getting you the financial assistance to make the cost of college—an investment in your future—affordable. This free, online application is the gateway to grants, loans, and other forms of financial aid. Every year, the U.S. Department of Education offers billions of dollars in financial aid to eligible students. Widener gets in on the action, too, annually awarding aid to students with need.
You and at least one parent or caregiver will need a separate FSA ID to access the Federal Student Aid's online system and serve as your legal signatures. Make sure to create your unique FSA IDs before you get started. Our school code is 003313.
Paths to Savings
Nearly 100% of Undergrad Students Receive Financial Aid
Nearly 100% of new full-time undergraduate students receive significant financial aid offers that reduce out-of-pocket costs and make a Widener education not only affordable, but well worth the investment. In fact, once your total financial aid is calculated, the cost of a Widener education is often equal to if not lower than other competitive universities–but with far superior outcomes for your career and earning potential.
The first step to see how much aid you qualify for is submitting the FAFSA.
Scholarships Start at $100,000 Over 4 Years
(including $20,000 per academic year for transfer students)
Funding you don't have to pay back after graduation? That's a win-win! Scholarships and grants are a way for the university and other organizations to honor the academic, merit, and talent-based achievements of our students.
4+1 Students Save Time & Tuition
In the Accelerated Advantage 4+1 program, you can save up to a year of tuition by pursuing a master's degree—resulting in thousands of dollars in savings. During your fifth year of study, you can also apply for graduate-level scholarships and assistantships to further reduce education costs. To learn more about graduate scholarships and assistantships, please speak with your academic advisor during the spring semester of your senior year.
Earn an Income with a Paid Co-Op & Still Graduate On-Time
Tap into our wide network of Philly-area employers and experience a full-time, paid co-op. In addition to earning an income, you do not pay tuition while on co-op. You can also choose to live on campus, at home, or even travel for your co-op.
ROTC Cadets Eligible for Up to 100% Tuition Coverage
Cadets in the ROTC program are given the opportunity to have a significant portion of their education paid for through scholarships—as high as 100% full-tuition coverage. If eligible, the scholarship program has numerous benefits for cadets including room and board, a monthly stipend, and more.
After graduation, cadets also have a direct pathway to a paid career with the option to advance into the military as a commissioned officer.
Undergraduate Admissions Office
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Muller Hall
University Pl
Chester, PA 19013
- 888-WIDENER
- admissions.office@widener.edu
Kamran Fouladi
Associate Dean of School of Engineering
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Kirkbride Hall
Room 107 - (610) 499-1292
- kfouladi@widener.edu