Graduate Studies

Graduate Studies in Civil Engineering aims to train professional civil engineers in providing solutions to contemporary issues on sustainability and disaster risk.

The Department boasts a faculty roster of eighteen full-time PhD degree holders, up-to-date research equipment and facilities, numerous library resources, and state-of-the-art civil engineering software. The Department has very strong linkages with Japanese and ASEAN universities, especially in collaborative research and training.

A laboratory is dedicated to each of its specializations. Each features equipment such as total station equipment for surveying, Direct and Residual Shear Testing Machines, One-dimensional Front Loading Oedometer, Electromechanical Universal Testing Machines, Large Shear Box Apparatus, Triaxial Load Frame, Automatic Triaxial Tests System, Seepage Flow Visualization Apparatus, for soils, UTM, load and displacement transducers, data loggers for structures, and hydrology apparatus, fluid channel, and fluid friction apparatus for water.

State-of-the-art software such as Midas, ETABS, SAP2000, CSI, Section Builder and other ACECOMS software for structural engineering, BIM Softwares (Cubicost and Autodesk) for construction technology and management, STELLA software for systems modelling, and EMME3, DYNAMEQ, JICA STRADA3, HCS+7F, 12D, PTV Vistro and ARCGIS for transportation planning and engineering, Rocscience for geotechnical engineering are available in the computer laboratories.

Bachelor/Master of Science Honors Program (BS/MS)

The BS/MS Honors program is an accelerated program for undergraduate students with exceptional academic research aptitude. The BS/MS student can earn both BS and MS degrees by just adding two (2) terms in his/her four-year BS Civil Engineering program. The student applicant can apply in the BS/MS program at the start of his/her freshman year or during his/her junior year. The student must maintain a CGPA of 3.2 without any failure throughout the duration of the program. The MS component of the student’s coursework is also equivalent to that of the MS Civil Engineering student by crediting some of his/her MS subject as undergraduate subjects and must conduct an MS thesis alone.

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Thesis Option)

The Master of Science in Civil Engineering offers 30 academic units in addition to a research thesis equivalent to 6 units. Scholarships are available for qualified MSCE students. The following is the distribution of the course requirements:

Methods of Research 3 units
Advanced Mathematics 6 units
Major Subjects 15 units
Cognates / electives 6 units
Thesis 6 units
Orientation for Non-DLSU graduates (1 unit)
Total 36 units

Master of Science in Ports and Harbors Engineering and Management (MS PHEM)

The Master of Science in Ports and Harbors Engineering and Management (MS PHEM) program offers 30 academic units in addition to a research thesis equivalent to 6 units that offers higher learnings and knowledge in navigation infrastructure, hydraulic, nautical or coastal engineering, logistics and economic theories in intermodal planning and design. The course requirements of an MS PHEM are similar to that of any MS in Civil Engineering specialization. However, a non-BS in Civil Engineering graduate can enroll in the MS PHEM program especially those in other engineering fields, statistics, planning, and other fields aligned with ports and harbors engineering and development.

Methods of Research 3 units
Advanced Mathematics 6 units
Major Subjects 15 units
Cognates / electives 6 unit
Thesis 6 units
Orientation for Non-DLSU graduates (1 unit)
Total 36 units

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PHDCE)

The PhD Program in Civil Engineering offers five fields of specialization, namely: Construction Technology and Management; Geotechnical Engineering; Structural Engineering; Transportation Planning and Engineering; and Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering. Under these, the program offers two integrative courses: Sustainable Infrastructures for the Natural and Built Environment and Natural Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management. PhD students are each assigned an adviser.
Students with a non-thesis Master of Engineering degree will be required an independent and supervised research work (Directed Research), to be conducted for two terms or six months, equivalent to 6 units of enrolment. This is to assess the capability of the student to conduct research prior to acceptance to the PhD program.
Graduates of Master of Science in Civil Engineering graduate (thesis program) can enroll directly to the PhD Program upon submission of requirements. The curriculum of the PhD program is composed of 30 units of coursework and dissertation, summarized as follows:

Specialization Courses 12 units
Philosophy Course 3 units
Seminar 3 units
Dissertation 12 units
Orientation for Non-DLSU graduates (1 unit)
Total 30 units