BSc in Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering and Science in Urbana United States | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

For over fifty years, the Water Resources Engineering and Science (WRES) program in CEE at Illinois has been a global pioneer in education and research. Water resource engineers plan, design, operate, and manage surface and groundwater systems, protect and improve natural river and watershed environments, construct water control facilities, and conserve water resources. Students in the WRES program learn from a distinguished faculty with broad expertise in water resources science and engineering. By collaborating with various university departments, programs, and researchers, the WRES program provides a thorough, interdisciplinary education that equips students to tackle the intricate water resource challenges they will face in their professional lives. The WRES program boasts excellent computational, laboratory, and field study facilities. The 11,000-square-foot Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory includes advanced equipment for research in environmental fluid mechanics and riverine, coastal, and estuarine morphodynamics. A distinctive field methods course is available during the summer session. WRES faculty head the Critical Zone Observatory on Intensively Managed Landscapes (IML-CZO), part of a National Science Foundation-funded network studying the interconnected hydrology, ecology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry of near-surface environments.