To be considered for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy degree program in Construction Management on regular status, an applicant must have completed a master's degree program in Construction Management (CM) or Construction Engineering & Management (CEM) from an accredited U.S. institution. An applicant with a master's degree in a related field or from a non-U.S. institution may be considered for provisional admission but will be required to complete additional requirements for change to regular status (refer to Table 1 for additional requirements).

The following are major admission requirements preferred by the program admission committee:

• a master's degree in Construction Management (CM) Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) or in a related field - Civil Engineering (CE), other Engineering (ENGR), Interior Design (ID), Architecture (ARCH), Landscape Architecture (LA), Business Management (MGT), and Urban and Regional Planning (URP)
• GRE Scores no lower than 1150 in the combined Verbal and Quantitative, and at least 4.5 in Analytical Essay
• TOEFL Score (for international applicants) no lower than 235 on computer based / 575 on paper-based {with no sub-scores below 52 (paper version) or 19 (computer version)}
• GPA no lower that 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in bachelor's degree and 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in master's degree.

Faculty/Advisor - applicant must indicate preference for a Ph.D. advisor based on his/her communication with the faculty member whose research area most closely matches applicant's interest area.

The indicated faculty member will present applicant's case to the admission committee.

Applicants who do not meet the regular status requirements but demonstrate outstanding potential may be granted a provisional admission by the Construction Management program, subject to the approval of the dean.

Table 1: Examples of applicants' backgrounds and additional requirements:

*Note: May also be required to take an additional course in technical writing and/or CMP 898 - 1 credit (research report)