About Civil And Infrastructure Engineering, Phd in George Mason University

The Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 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: construction engineering and management, environmental and water resources engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, or transportation engineering. Admitted students will complete both required and applicable coursework 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 form a doctoral committee and prepare and 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.

Total credits: 72

Graduate degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university. 

English Language Requirements

TOEFL iBT Graduate- Testing code 5827

• School of Business Graduate: 93 points, 20 points in each section
• Volgenau School of Engineering Graduate: - 80 or higher, no section minimum
• Schar School of Policy and Government PhD Programs: 100 or higher, 23 points in each section
• All other graduate programs- 88 points, minimum 20 in each section

IELTS Graduate

• School of Business Graduate: 7 overall, with a minimum of 7.0 in each subsection
• All other graduate programs- 6.5 total band score

Pearson Academic Test of English

• A minimum score of 59, all applicants

George Mason University Cost of Attendance

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