PhD in Civil Engineering

DCE GRADUATE PROGRAM MISSION

To provide broad and specialized education in the field of civil engineering in order to produce competent professionals and researchers using modern tools and practices for ensuring safety, sustainability, and socioeconomic development.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOS)

PEO-1: The graduates implement technical and managerial skills in planning, design, execution, and operation of multi-disciplinary engineering/research projects.

PEO-2: The graduates enhance and improve analytical and investigation skills through excellence in applied research.

PEO-3: The graduates establish an understanding of ethical practices, sustainability, the social, and environmental impact that allow them to be professional leaders and contributors to society.

PROGRAM LEARNING OBJECTIVES (PLOS)

PLO-1: Discipline Specific Knowledge & Skills

An ability to demonstrate technical knowledge and skills to the solution of engineering problems in at least one broad area of Civil Engineering disciplines. Those specific areas include structural engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering and management, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, construction engineering, and management.

PLO 2: Design/Development of Solutions

An ability to design sustainable and optimal solutions for engineering problems that meet specified needs with the use of modern tools.

PLO 3: Investigation and societal impact

An ability to investigate complex design/research problems and analyze/interpret the results for appropriate conclusions and recommendations to a real-world civil engineering problem with a significant perspective of economy, society, environment, and research.

PLO 4: Communication, Ethics and Project Management

An ability to employ effective communication using written, oral, and visual techniques. Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of engineering and research practice. Moreover, the ability to demonstrate management skills and apply engineering principles to one’s own work, as a member and/or leader in a team, to manage projects in a multidisciplinary environment.

PLOS-PEOS MAPPING

PhD PROGRAM

Title of Degree:

• PhD in Civil Engineering

Degree Duration:

• 3-5 Years

Eligibility / Admission Criteria:

• As per Advertisement & IIUI Policy
• MS or equivalent (18 years schooling) in relevant fields with CGPA 3.00/4.00 or equivalent
• MS with Thesis of minimum 6 credit hours mandatory
• GAT Subject or equivalent Admission test conducted by University, passed with 70% score

Frequency of Offering:

The programs will be offered every year in August. Admission process will commence in April. Details will be provided at www.iiu.edu.pk

Research Strengths:

• Structural Engineering
• Transportation Engineering
• Water resources Engineering
• Construction Engineering & Management

Degree Requirement:

A student admitted in this program will have to complete the following degree requirements:

• 18 Credit Hours of course work
• 36 credit hours of Research work
• Comprehensive Exam
• Proposal Defense
• Research Publication as per HEC rules
• Thesis foreign Evaluation
• Local Defense

Scheme of Studies for PhD in Civil Engineering:

List of Courses (PhD Civil Engineering):

Contact Information:
Graduate Program Office
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
International Islamic University, Islamabad
[email protected]
+9251-9019961

Graduate Program Incharge:
Engr Dr Muhammad Arsalan Khan
[email protected]
+9251-9019961