Welcome
Welcome
Greetings and a warm welcome to our website! The Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering has a long tradition
of excellence and contribution to the welfare of society, the
economy and the natural environment.
Our Department provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are attended by Australian and overseas students from many countries.
Sustainable development is the underpinning philosophy of our undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Our undergraduate program in Civil Engineering places increased emphasis on the engineering and material sciences, complex systems, an integration of the sub-discipline specialisations and more problem based learning using integrated design case studies. Our undergraduate program in Environmental Engineering is concerned with devising, implementing and managing solutions to protect and restore the environment.
Our postgraduate education program by coursework and research has a large student population. Our students enjoy first class laboratories and computer facilities. In our postgraduate program you will be part of a vibrant and exciting collegial and multicultural environment that will provide you with a stimulating intellectual and social experience.
We live in an age of breathtaking change and massive challenges. Our Department is continuously and thoroughly revising and developing new Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs with a view to addressing these current and future issues. We are educating the future leaders of the profession, giving students the skills and knowledge to make a significant difference to problems of the 21st Century.
Our website contains a wealth of information about our current undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and research activities in our Department. I invite you to visit and explore our website or contact us directly for more information.
Assoc Professor Hector Malano
Head of Department
Department Overview
The University of Melbourne is Australia's second oldest university with over one hundred years of scholarship in engineering. The Department has established an international reputation for excellence in teaching, research and consulting in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Currently, the Department has 20 academic staff, 12 full-time research fellows and 18 support staff. Undergraduates number some 650 with a further 140 students studying for higher degrees.
The Department has excellent technical laboratories and field facilities, and access to high capacity computing and libraries.
Over many years the Department has collaborated closely with industry and the profession through Melbourne University Private, the commercial arm of the University, providing sophisticated testing facilities and specialist consulting expertise on numerous projects. In recent years the Department has increasingly developed its industrial links and initiated many collaborative projects.
The research conducted in the Department continues to be internationally recognised as significant.
Department Mission Statement
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at The University of Melbourne is committed to:
- delivering degree programs that demonstrate a new practice of Civil and Environmental Engineering for leading engineers of the 21st century
- being internationally recognised for its excellence in socially relevant research - providing expert advice and leadership to the profession
- being known as Australia's pre-eminent Civil and Environmental Engineering Department