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Program Details

Graduate Program: Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics (MS)

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Program/Degree
Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics (MS)  
Program Description

Master's degrees may be awarded for graduate work to students who have received a recognized bachelor's degree. Master's degree involves advanced training gained through intensive study, beyond the bachelor's degree, in a special field (or major) supplemented by study in supporting subjects.

A thesis or engineering report is required. At the option of the department, the degree may be awarded to candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy degree who have passed the comprehensive examination, provided they write a thesis or engineering report.

 
Department/Academic Unit(s)

Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics

The department offers programs leading to the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Work is directed toward research and professional development in such areas as engineering mechanics, engineering materials, highway engineering, hydraulics and fluid mechanics, geomechanics, geo-technical engineering, water resources, structural engineering, and transportation engineering. Certain interdisciplinary options such as regional development and urban planning, and environmental engineering are available by combining various areas of the program with programs in other departments. For further information concerning these options, see the College of Engineering web site.

The department also offers a degree in Master of Science, Masters of Engineering, an Accelerated Masters Degree in both MS and ME degrees and has three certificate programs; Advance Transportation, Geoengineering and Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering.

 

 

 
College

College of Engineering

 
Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 
Contacts
Admissions Contact
Cylan William Shaffer
520-621-6564
Graduate Program Coordinator
Cylan William Shaffer
520-621-6564
Director of Graduate Studies
Tribikram Kundu
520-621-6573
Graduate College Degree Counselor
Megan Jia Mcnulty-Luoma
520-626-9962
 
Tuition and Fees
Please refer to the UA Bursar's Office Tuition and Fees Calculator for up-to-date information about tuition and fees. 
Please refer to the UA Registrar's's Office Special Course Fees for up-to-date information about special course fees. 

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

To be considered for admission to the Masters program, the candidate must have attained a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field and be admitted to both the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and the University of Arizona Graduate College.  Minimum eligibility requirements for admission to the Graduate College includes a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 grade scale.  An official on-line application for admission to the UA Graduate College

Required Materials for Graduate Application:

  • Personal Statement
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Official transcripts from ALL universities/colleges attended  Please do not send transcripts until you have been recommended
  • GRE Scores
  • Minimum TOEFL score of 79 (iBT)  or IELTS-composite score of 7 (no subject area below 6).  (For international students only)
  • Minimum GPA - 3.00
 
Standardized Tests

Required Standardized Tests -

  • GRE score of at least Quantitative 155, Verbal 151, and minimum GPA of 3.0 are required. To be competitive for scholarship, applicants are expected to have GRE score exceeding 160 in Quantitative.  GRE Institution Code (University of Arizona) - 4832  /  GRE Subject Code(s) - CE 1102, CE 1199 (other), EM 1501
  • Minimum TOEFL score of 79 (iBT)(CBT = 213)  or IELTS-composite score of 7 (no subject area below 6).  (For international students only)
 
Funding Opportunities
  • Teaching and Research Assistantships
  • Fellowships
  • Tuition and Registration Scholarships
  • Available based on student qualifications

Prospective students should directly contact faculty members with whom they potentially share research interests regarding Research Assistantships.  

Applicants are encouraged to apply for institutional funding offered through the UA Graduate College, including Graduate Access Fellowships, UA/SIGP Fellowships, and NASA Scholarships.  Domestic students should submit a Free Application for Federal Student Loans, FAFSA, to qualify for institutional funding http://fafsa.gov/.  Detailed information on UA financial aid may be found at http://grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources

 
Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

  • Fall: January 1st
  • Spring: June 1st

DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

International Applicants:

  • Fall: January 1st
  • Spring: June 1st

DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.

No Summer Admission

 
International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information
The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

30 

Core Coursework Requirements

Minimum Credit Hours - 30

Minimum GPA - 3.00

Minor Requirements - N/A

Language Requirement(s) - N/A

 
Elective Coursework
  • Construction Management
    • CE 582 Construction Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control (3)
    • CE 583 Construction Cost Estimating (3)
    • CE 585 Construction Equipment and Methods (3)
  • Engineering Mechanics
    • CE/EM 502 Introductory Finite Element Method (3)
    • EM 504 Elasticity Theory and Application (3)
    • EM 508 Fracture Mechanics (3)
    • EM 605 Mechanical Behavior of Materials II - Special Topics (3)
    • EM 606 Wave Propagation in Solids (3)
  • Courses out of department
    • AME 500A Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)
    • AME 500B Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)
    • AME 564A Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3)
    • AME 564B Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3)
    • INFO 550 Artificial Intelligence (3)
    • INFO 557 Neural Networks (3)
    • SIE 530 Engineering Statistics (3)
    • SIE 645 Nonlinear Optimization (3)
  • Geotechnical
    • CE 540 Foundation Engineering (3)
    • CE 541 Earth Structures in Geotechnical Engineering (3)
    • CE 542 Ground Improvement (3)
    • CE 544 Special Topics in Geomechanics (3)        
    • CE 545 Geoenvironmental Engineering (3)  
    • CE 546 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3) 
    • CE 548 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (3)
  •  Courses outside of department
    • GEN 548 Geophysical Exploration and Engineering (3)
    • MNE 515 Rock ExcavationMNE 527 Geomechanics (3)
    • MNE 547 Underground Construction Geomechanics (3)
    • MNE 580 The Mechanics of Fracture in Rock and Other Brittle Materials (3)
  • Hydraulics
    • CE 522 Open-Channel Flow (3)
    • CE 523 Hydrology (3)
    • CE 527 Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)
    • CE 529 Special Topics in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (3)
    • CE 622 Sedimentation Engineering (3)
  • Courses outside of department
    • BE 526 Watershed Engineering (3)
    • BE 555 Soil and Water Resources Engineering (3)
    • BE 556 Irrigation Systems Design (3)
    • BE 558 Soils, Wetlands and Wastewater Reuse (3)
    • BE 559 Design of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal Systems (3)
    • CHEE 500R Water Chemistry for Engineers (3)
    • CHEE 574 Fate and Transport Processes in Environmental Engineering (3)
    • CHEE 576A Water Treatment System Design (3)
    • CHEE 577R Microbiology for Engineers (3)
    • CHEE 578 Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3)
    • CHEE 676 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)
    • HWRS 503 Subsurface Fluid Dynamics(3)
    • HWRS 521 Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (3)
    • HWRS 528 Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3)
    • HWRS 543A Risk Assessment for Environmental Systems (3)
    • HWRS 549 Statistical Hydrology (3)
    • HWRS 575 Economics of Water & Environmental Markets & Incentive-based Policies (3)
    • HWRS 577 Advanced Topics in Water Resource Economics and Policy (3)
    • HWRS 642 Analysis of Hydrologic Systems (3)
    • HWRS 655 Stochastic Methods in Surface Hydrology (3)
    • RNR 520 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3)
    • RNR 573 Spatial Analysis and Modeling(3)
    • SIE 514 Law for Engineers/Scientists (3)
    • SIE 522 Engineering Decision Making Under Uncertainty (3)
    • SIE 533 Fundamentals of Data Science for Engineers (3)
    • SIE 540 Survey of Optimization Methods (3)
    • SIE 557 Project Management (3)
    • SIE 558 Model-Based Systems Engineering (3)
  • Structures
    • CE 510 Probability in Civil Engineering (3)
    • CE 532 Advanced Structural Design in Steel (3)
    • CE 534 Design of Wood and Masonry Structures (3)
    • CE 535 Prestressed Concrete Structures (3)
    • CE 537 Advanced Structural Design in Concrete (3)
    • CE 538 Behavior and Design of Structural Systems (3)
    • CE 632 Infrastructure Rehabilitation (3)
    • CE 633 Reinforced Concrete (3)
    • CE 638 Advance Structural Stability (3)
    • EM 633 Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3)
    • EM 634 Advanced Structural Dynamics (3)
  • Courses outside of the department
    • AME 500A Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)
    • AME 500B Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)
    • AME 553 Computational Multibody Dynamics (3)
    • AME 558 Intro Adv Linear Control Theory (3)
    • AME 560 Advanced Vibration (3)
    • AME 561 Finite Element Methods  (3)
    • AME 564A Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3)
    • AME 564B Mechanics of Deformable Solids (3)
    • AME 565 Design Optimization (3)
    • INFO 521 Intro to Machine Learning (3)
    • ECE 501B Adv Linear Systems Theory (3)
    • ECE 523 Eng App of Machine Learning (3)
    • ECE 529 Digital Signal Processing (3)
    • ECE 503 Prob. and Random Process for Eng. App (3)
    • MSE 531A Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection  (3)
  • Transportation
    • CE 560 Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3)
    • CE 562 Traffic Engineering and Operations (3)
    • CE 563 Traffic Flow and Capacity Analysis (3)
    • CE 565 Transportation Data Management and Analysis (3)
    • CE 566 Highway Geometric Design (3)
    • CE 567 Traffic Safety (3)
    • CE 569 Travel Demand Modeling (3)
    • CE 568 (PLNN) Urban Transportation Planning (3)
  • Courses outside of the department
    • MIS 584 Big Data Technologies (3)
    • MIS 611D Topics in Data and Web Mining (3)
    • SIE 530 Engineering Statistics (3)
    • SIE 531 Simulation and Analysis  (3)
    • SIE 540  Survey Optimization Methods  (3)
    • STAT 566 Theory of Statistics (3)
    • STAT 564 Theory of Probability (3)
    • STAT 571A Advanced Statistical Regression Analysis (3)
    • STAT 571B Design of Experiments (3)
  • Multi-disciplinary Courses
    • CE 564A Integrated Highway Bridge Design w/LRFD Method (3)
 
Additional Requirements
  • Transfer units. Up to six (6) units for a master’s degree may be transferred from other accredited institutions. To transfer, the coursework must have been taken for graduate credit, and an A or B grade must have been earned. These grades will not be included in the student’s GPA
  •  M.S. program options: Thesis option - twenty-four (24) units of course work, all are 500 or 600 level courses, and six (6) thesis units (CE/EM 910). Technical report option - twenty-seven (27) units coursework all 500 or 600 level courses and three (3) units for a written engineering report (CE/EM 910). All coursework must be in courses graded A, B or C except for one independent study course. To complete degree requirements, the cumulative GPA in graduate level courses must be greater than 3.0. A student whose GPA falls below 3.0 will not be permitted to register for additional courses (see Graduate College Policies online at https://grad.arizona.edu/catalog/.
  • Final exam. Scheduling of the final oral examination and the satisfaction of all requirements relating to this examination are the sole responsibility of the student.
  • No minor required

 

 
Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Program StatisticsInformation about these numbers

Program-level Information
Application Acceptance Rate 40%
Avg. Time-to-degree (years) 2.16
 
Department-level Information
Enrollment Percent Male 77.42%
Enrollment Percent Female 22.58%
Enrollment Percent International 70.97%
Enrollment Percent URM 9.68%

Back to statistics
  • All application, admit, and enrollment data are from Fall 2022.
  • Average Time to Degree calculates how long graduates in the last 5 years (2018-2022) took to complete their degrees, counting back to the first semester entering their program.
  • Underrepresented Minorities (URM) includes domestic students of ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.

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Last revised 21 Apr 2022
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