Master's Programs
Why Earn Your MS/PhD in Civil Engineering at Columbia?
Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for unmatched opportunities and impact.
As a student, you’ll benefit from:
- New York City
Join top talent in one of the world’s most exciting and influential cities. Students choose Columbia Engineering over MIT, Berkeley, and others because of the New York City ecosystem of research and enterprise that can’t be found anywhere else.
- Outstanding Facilities
Access the most advanced equipment and lab spaces to explore course concepts, develop your research abilities, and gain confidence with cutting-edge technology and techniques. Our Strength of Materials Laboratory is the largest on campus and incorporates labs for Soil Mechanics, Hydrologic Research, Structural Deterioration Research, Sustainable Engineering and Materials, and more.
- Faculty Who Are Leaders in the Field
Join a department full of scholars who aren’t just teaching you principles but pioneering their application through research in areas like advanced materials, computational mechanics, geotechnical engineering, multi-hazard risk assessment and mitigation, and transportation engineering.
- Columbia University
With a PhD from Columbia, you’ll join one of the world’s most international, accomplished networks of researchers and alumni. Your Ivy League credential will open doors wherever you go and the relationships you build here will accelerate your career.
Why Earn Your MS/PhD in Chemical Engineering at Columbia?
Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for unmatched opportunities and impact.
As a student, you’ll benefit from:
- New York City
Join top talent in one of the world’s most exciting and influential cities. Students choose Columbia Engineering over MIT, Berkeley, and others because of the New York City ecosystem of research and enterprise that can’t be found anywhere else.
- Incredible Research Opportunities
Engage with research across a broad range of areas in the Department of Chemical Engineering and beyond. Faculty are working on projects in biopolymers, protein engineering, carbon capture, the biochemistry of DNA sequencing, and more, while centers like the multidisciplinary Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center are developing sustainable technologies to address pressing global problems.
- Holistic Expertise
Tackle challenges from many angles to find nuanced solutions. Faculty within Chemical Engineering collaborate with experts at Columbia in other areas, like public policy, environmental science, and public health, which will expand your perspective and help you learn to develop responsible technologies that keep the big picture in mind.
- Columbia University
With a PhD from Columbia, you’ll join one of the world’s most international, accomplished networks of researchers and alumni. Your Ivy League credential will open doors wherever you go and the relationships you build here will accelerate your career.
Why Earn your PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Columbia?
Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for unmatched opportunities and impact.
As a student, you’ll benefit from:
- New York City
Join top talent in one of the world’s most exciting and influential cities. Students choose Columbia Engineering over MIT, Berkeley, and others because of the New York City ecosystem of research and enterprise that can’t be found anywhere else.
- Unique Multi-Disciplinary Department
By its very nature, materials science draws on knowledge from multiple fields. Columbia Engineering’s program is housed in a department that also includes applied physics, applied mathematics, and medical physics, giving you broad exposure to several domains and experience with collaborative, multi-disciplinary problem-solving.
- Top Research Facilities
Access the most advanced equipment and labs so you can take your research wherever your curiosity leads. In addition to the department’s dedicated teaching laboratory and clean room facilities, the department is also part of the Columbia Nano Initiative, which includes the Center for Precision-Assembled Quantum Materials and the Center for Programmable Quantum Materials.
- Columbia University
With a PhD from Columbia, you’ll join one of the world’s most international, accomplished networks of researchers and alumni. Your Ivy League credential will open doors wherever you go and the relationships you build here will accelerate your career.