PhD Building Construction at Georgia Institute of Technology

Programme overview

The PhD in Building Construction requires 60 hours beyond the master's degree and prepares students for advanced study and research in building construction and facility management. Residency is at least four semesters excluding summers, with an additional year or more usually needed for the dissertation.

Faculty: College of Design | Department: School of Building Construction | Duration: Minimum two years full-time residency; an additional year or more typically needed for dissertation | Study mode: full-time | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Requirements are a 15-hour programme core (BC 7100 Quantitative Methods, BC 7200 Advanced Readings, BC 8000 Seminar, BC 8100 Research Methodology), at least 12 hours of concentration electives, a 9-hour minor outside the School, and thesis hours (BC 8999 minimum 12, BC 9000 minimum 14), plus comprehensive exam, proposal and defense.

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Application information

Entry requirements

International applicants (Georgia Tech graduate admissions): TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with Reading, Listening and Writing at least 4 and Speaking at least 3.5 under the scoring used from January 2026 (earlier scale: 90 overall, 19 per section), or IELTS Academic 7 overall with at least 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 5.5 in Writing; scores are valid for two years, Duolingo is not accepted, and applicants with a degree from a regionally accredited US institution or an English-medium or approved-country degree can be exempt; individual programmes may set higher scores.

Requirements published at faculty level.

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 use one online graduate application (gradapp.gatech.edu) for all programmes and campuses; deadlines vary by programme and are published on each programme page.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.gatech.edu/

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