毕业于里海大学的土木工程师继续设计，建造和维护桥梁，建筑物，运输设施，沿海设施，近海平台，水坝，隧道，地基和水路。他们在公共部门与市，州和国家政府一起工作，在私营部门与个人房主，小型企业和国际公司一起工作。土木工程师负责管理大型项目，这些项目具有很高的复杂性，寿命和成本。社会依赖于商业，并且繁荣发展于他们创造的系统和结构上，从为它们提供动力的建筑物和工厂，到连接所有事物的道路，桥梁，隧道和水路。Lehigh的土木工程课程为学生提供广泛的学习和研究机会，以帮助他们做好成为行业领导者的准备。学生将获得设计和管
Lehigh’s undergraduate major in civil engineering provides a broad base of learning and research opportunities to prepare students to become leaders in their profession. Students gain skills and knowledge in designing and managing large-scale engineering projects while also learning to be leaders and innovators in a wide variety of related pursuits, including engineering management, business administration, law and medicine.<br>The program provides rigorous training in the fundamentals of the physical sciences, mathematics and scientific methods, coupled with complementary studies in the humanities and social sciences. Students acquire critical thinking and problem-solving skills, learn fundamentals in analysis and design, learn how to communicate effectively, and work as part of a team. They graduate with broad technical knowledge and a strong sense of how best to apply it in a globalized society. Civil engineers who graduate from Lehigh University go on to design, build and maintain bridges, buildings, transportation facilities, coastal facilities, off-shore platforms, dams, tunnels, foundations and waterways. They work in the public sector—with municipal, state and national governments—and the private sector—with individual homeowners, small businesses and international companies.