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As a civil engineering major, you will study how to design, construct and maintain facilities and systems that serve the basic needs of society. These include buildings, bridges, roadways, railways, ...

Ranked among the top engineering schools in the nation, CU Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science trains architectural and civil engineers to improve built and human environments. With ...