Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree

Course requirements for the Ph.D. degree vary according to the degree concentration selected by the student and the student’s dissertation committee.  Students should consult with individual program area coordinators for more information.

There are no formal course requirements for the Ph.D. degree.  The coursework requirements for the Ph.D. are set by the program areas. The student’s course of study, including both technical and non-technical courses as well as the dissertation topic, is determined by program areas and, in the case of some program areas, defers to the student and the Dissertation Committee. Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy concerning admission, residency, the preliminary examination, the dissertation, and the final examination are specified by the Graduate School elsewhere in this Bulletin.

Further information is available online: https://www.umass.edu/engineering/academics/master-science-civil-engineering.

Additional requirements for a Ph.D. degree with a concentration in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering can be found in this Bulletin under the heading for the Environmental Engineering Program.