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The civil engineering graduate program aims to equip students for ongoing professional and academic growth aligned with their specialized interests. With guidance from a faculty advisor in their chosen field, students design their curriculum within one of civil engineering's technical disciplines. Common focus areas include: Construction Engineering and Management, Environmental Engineering (covering water/air quality and waste management), Geotechnical Engineering (soil mechanics and foundation design), Infrastructure Systems Engineering, Structural Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Transportation Engineering (encompassing traffic planning and transit systems), and Water Resources Engineering (hydrology and hydraulic systems).
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.