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The major application is now open for Autumn 2024

This admission path is for transfer, current UW non-engineering students and Engineering Undeclared students with advanced credit. The deadline is April 5th, 2024 (5:00 p.m. PDT). Late applications or application materials will not be accepted.

If you are unable to complete all application requirements by the April 5th deadline, or all of the enrollment requirements by the time you enroll in CEE at UW in autumn quarter, you must obtain permission to apply from the department. Learn more about the conditional application request. 

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Admission and enrollment statistics

Undergraduate enrollment at a glance

The CEE undergraduate enrollment for autumn 2021 consists of 326 students in the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) program and 51 students in the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering (BSENVE) program, for a total of 377 undergraduates.

As of Autumn Quarter 2021  BSCE BSENVE Total
Total CEE undergraduate enrollment 292 63 355
Women 94 38 132
Transfer students  71 10 81
Under-represented Minority (URM) students 32 8 40
International students 15 5 20

BSCE admissions statistics by type of admission

BSCE historically had Upper-Division (UD) and Early Admissions (EA). Since 2019, admissions to the major have been through Upper Division Admissions (divided into interest changer and transfer students) and Direct-to-College Placement. DTC placement is a separate process on its own schedule, so it is not shown below. To see data on DTC placement for both BSCE and BSENVE, click here

BSCE Admissions: Enrollment by Type 2020 2021
Total Upper Division (UD) admission 63 52
UW Interest Changer admission 28 16
Transfer student admission  35 36

BSENVE admissions statistics by type of admission

The BSENVE program, launched in autumn 2017, was a minimum requirement admission through 2018. Since 2019, admissions to the BSENVE have been through the competitive application Upper Division Admissions and Direct-to-College Placement. Upper Division BSENVE admissions are also divided into interest changer and transfer categories. 

BSENVE Admissions: Enrollment by Type 2020 2021
Total Upper Division (UD) admission 11 6
UW Interest Changer admission 6 1
Transfer student admission  5 5

The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) degree program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering (BSENVE) will be eligible for ABET review in 2019-2020 following the graduation of the program’s first senior class.