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Princeton's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) provides an ABET-accredited Civil Engineering program through the Engineering Accreditation Commission, featuring specialized tracks in structural engineering, environmental engineering, geological engineering, and architecture & engineering (with a structures emphasis). Additionally, CEE offers non-ABET accredited pathways in Engineering & the Liberal Arts and Architecture & Engineering (architecture emphasis), designed for students seeking an engineering foundation for diverse careers like medicine, law, public policy, visual arts, or specialized engineering studies in areas such as materials, ethics, or history. The Department strongly maintains that independent research is essential to engineering education, requiring all seniors to undertake a year-long thesis project, produce a written thesis, and present their findings during the academic year. Sophomores and juniors are also urged to engage in independent research and should proactively discuss their interests with faculty members in the department.
Academic record is evaluated within the context of your educational system and school curriculum. Your academic record should include any available internal grades from classes, achieved marks from external exams (for example: (I)GCSE, British A-Level, International Baccalaureate, national leaving exams such as Std X/Std XII in India), or a combination of both.
If English is not your native language and you are attending a school where English is not the language of instruction, you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System Academic (IELTS Academic) or the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic). You are not required to take the TOEFL, IELTS or PTE Academic if English is your native language or if you have spent at least three years at a secondary school where English is the primary language of instruction.