What is Metropolitan

What is the ASCE Metropolitan Student Symposium?

The ASCE Metropolitan Student Symposium is one of twenty-two ASCE regional student symposia held annually as an opportunity for ASCE student chapters in their respective regions to showcase their skills and achievements by designing, building, and/or competing in various civil engineering activities.

The ASCE student symposia take place in the spring and include competitions, professional and personal development opportunities, networking, and of course fun, as a celebration of civil engineering and the ASCE community.

The ASCE Metropolitan Region includes 17 universities from New Jersey and New York. In 2025, the ASCE Metropolitan Student Symposium will be hosted at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with nearly 200 students expected to attend!

The ASCE Metropolitan Student Chapters are: 
City College of New York-CUNY, College of New Jersey, Columbia University, The Cooper Union, Fairleigh Dickinson College, Farmingdale State College, Hofstra University, Manhattan College, Nassau Community College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New York City College of Technology, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Princeton University, Rowan University, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Stevens Institute of Technology, Stony Brook University.

If you do not have an ASCE Student Chapter but are interested in attending and/or competing in the ASCE 2025 Metropolitan Student Symposium, please contact [email protected]

Who can attend?

All are welcome to register for the 2025 ASCE Metropolitan Student Symposium. Students who will be competing in Society-wide Competitions must meet eligibility requirements as detailed by ASCE: https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences/eligibility

What is ASCE?

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is an engineering society devoted to advancing technologies, encouraging lifelong learning, promoting professionalism and the civil engineering profession, developing civil engineering leaders, and advocating infrastructure and environmental stewardship.

“The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 160,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society.

ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.” — asce.org