The Underground Engineering Certificate is offered by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Geotechnical Engineering group at the University of Illinois has educated generations of experts in the use of natural and engineered geomaterials. In recent years, underground construction has rapidly expanded in response to increasing societal needs, particularly in urban areas. At the same time, many new applications in underground engineering have emerged.

Learners who complete this certificate will gain the tools to successfully navigate this expanding area of Geotechnical Engineering. This certificate includes one of the only courses on tunneling offered in the United States, as well as courses on the fundamentals of numerical modeling and new geoenergy applications for underground construction and geostructures.

Learning Criteria

• Complete three classes for 12 credit hours.
• Earn a B- or higher in each course.

Courses

Learners choose three courses from the following:

• CEE 498GE Geoenergy Systems
• CEE 580  Excavation and Support Systems
• CEE 589 Computational Geomechanics
• CEE 593 Tunneling in Soil and Rock