How to Declare CEE as your Major

Stanford freshmen and sophomores who want to pursue a major in Civil and Environmental Engineering should follow the course plan in the SoE Undergraduate Handbook. Taking the appropriate math and sciences courses in the early years will be a great help throughout the undergraduate program.

Declaring CEE as your major

Stanford undergraduates who wish to declare Civil and Environmental Engineering as their major should review the declaring deadlines and other information about declaring on the Registrar’s website. Interested students may also wish to consult with CEE's Undergraduate Peer Advisors to learn more about our undergraduate degree programs! You can meet with the peer advisors before or after declaring your major.

Instructions for declaring in Civil Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, Atmosphere and Energy, and Architectural Design

  • Enter your major declaration (CE, EnvE, Atmosphere & Energy or ArchDesign) in Axess.
  • Download and complete your major Program Sheet, which you can obtain from the School of Engineering Undergraduate Handbook. Be sure to fill in all courses that you have taken and those that you plan to take. For the courses you plan to take, indicate the year and quarter you intend to take them in the "date" column. You will have the opportunity to revise this later, so please fill in as many courses as you can.
  • Identify a faculty member whom you'd like to be assigned as your advisor and have them review and sign-off on your program sheet. Students can review this list of potential advisors to see which CEE faculty are eligible to advise students across CEE's major programs. [CEE Major Academic Advisors]
    • Note —If students have any questions or difficulties with this please reach out to CEE's Assistant Director of Undergraduate Degree Progress and Curriculum Management, Rachel Stringari (rstring@stanford.edu ) for help.
  • E-mail CEE's Assistant Director of Student Services for Undergraduate Studies Rachel Stringari, (rstring@stanford.edu ). In your email be sure to  Upon receiving your signed sheet, Rachel will approve your major declaration in Axess and you will be added to the relevant department e-mail lists relevant to your major program.
  • You are encouraged to meet with your CEE undergraduate adviser at least once a quarter to review your academic progress. Changes to your program sheet can be made by emailing a revised sheet, obtaining your undergraduate adviser’s signature and returning the approved sheet to the CEE Student Services Office.
  • NOTE — it is very important to confirm that your program sheet is up to date at least one quarter prior to graduation. Changes to your program may not be accepted within one quarter prior to graduation.

Other information

  • Procedures for requesting transfer credits and program deviations are described in detail in the Undergraduate Handbook. Forms may be filled out and distributed electronically. If you are requesting transfer credits or program deviations, you should bring copies of your filled-out forms with your transcript and program sheet to the CEE Student Services office.
  • Check with the CEE Student Services Office to make sure that you are signed up on the CEE undergraduate students email list server for important announcements about CEE department events and activities.