PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Washington University

Programme overview

Environmental engineering students use one of the world’s largest wastewater treatment plants as a real-world laboratory to improve the water quality of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Structural engineering students study earthquake engineering, extreme event design of structures, and bridge design on a state-of-the-art, six-degrees-of-freedom earthquake simulator.

Faculty: School of Engineering and Applied Science | Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering | Duration: 30 credits | Location: Washington, DC, United States

What you will study

The general requirements stated under School of Engineering, Doctoral Program Regulations. Students with an MS degree must take a minimum of 30 credits, of which at least 18 must be from graduate courses, and at least 12 must be dissertation research credits. The courses to be taken by the student must be approved by the student’s advisor.

Career pathways

Our location and relationships with companies and government agencies in the Washington, DC, area allow for collaborative research opportunities that greatly increase our graduates’ job prospects.

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Application information

Entry requirements

* A limited number of doctoral applicants are accepted for the summer. Please contact the admissions office for details. The GRE General Test is optional for all applicants. For applicants who want to submit scores, they must be submitted officially from ETS using the institutional code 5246. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the PTE Academic is required of all applicants except those who hold a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree from a college or university in the United States or from an institution located in a country in which English is the official language, provided English was the language o

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are submitted through the Graduate Application Center with a non-refundable $80 application fee; deadlines vary by programme and school.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.admissions.gwu.edu/international-student-application-requirements

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