The Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) was created to prepare students for advanced leadership positions in research and development in the public or private sector, academics, or government. Students may elect to study in the areas of: environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, construction engineering and management, infrastructure systems engineering, structural engineering, or transportation engineering. Admitted students will complete both required and applicable course work in their technical interest area based on a plan of study prepared with a doctoral advisor. They will take qualifying exams that assess student’s breadth of knowledge at the graduate level and competency to conduct research. They will gain experience through required teaching at the undergraduate level. They will form a doctoral committee, prepare, then defend a dissertation proposal leading to PhD candidacy. Finally, they will conduct original scholarly research and prepare, then defend a doctoral dissertation. Both part-time and full-time study is available.

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