Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering

The objective of the graduate program in civil engineering is to prepare students for continued professional and scholarly development consistent with their technical interests. Students, with the assistance of a faculty advisor in their area of interest, plan their programs of study in one of the technical areas in civil engineering. Typical program and research areas are: Construction Engineering and Management, Environmental (water and air quality control, and solid and hazardous materials control), Geotechnical (soil mechanics and foundations), Infrastructure Systems Engineering and Management, Structures and Applied Mechanics, Transportation (traffic planning, highways, airports and transit), Water Resources (hydrology and hydraulics).

A student must meet the following requirements for unconditional admission:

A Master's Degree or at least 30 hours of graduate coursework in Civil Engineering. (Applicant with a Master's Degree in another discipline is considered, subject to satisfactory completion of deficiency courses for the CE area of interest.)

No specific GPA requirement (application considered as a whole). However, a graduate coursework GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, as calculated by the Graduate School, is typical of a successful applicant.

For applicants whose native language is not English, a minimum score of 550 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 79 on TOEFL iBT, 50 on the SPEAK, 148 on Verbal GRE, 86 on MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery), or 6.5 on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System).

Graduate Application Priority Dates - Fall: March 15; Spring: August 15; Summer: February 15.