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San Francisco State University

San Francisco , CA ,United States

Master of Science in Civil Engineering

The MSCE (Master of Science in Civil Engineering) provides students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and gain hands-on experience in the modern civil engineering field.  This program will offer a set of civil, structural and earthquake engineering core courses that broadens the students’ perspective in the field. In addition, selective courses offer an opportunity for the students to follow their interests and align their course work with their career objectives.  A culminating experience of an applied research project or thesis offers an opportunity for the students to practice their knowledge and gain hands-on research experience.

The non-sequential structure of most graduate courses permits students to take courses in their areas of interests without committing themselves to a long series of courses. The 30-unit degree offers a series of focused courses in civil engineering, in which students learn how to develop concrete professional skills to be successful in projects. Our program prepares the students to write technical research papers, collaborate with peers for group projects, to enter Ph.D. programs at other universities and complete lab or practicum requirements as needed. The courses are scheduled in the evenings, keeping in mind the convenience of the working engineers.

Intakes

  • Aug
  • Oct

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

PSW Opportunity

  • 2 Years of PSW

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Admission

  • At the time of admission to the University, the minimum GPA must be 3.0/4.0 for the last 60 units of the applicant’s study. For the applicants with mainly non-English preparatory education, a minimum score for TOEFL (Institution code - 4683) is 550 for paper based and 80 for internet based is required. Alternatively, this requirement may be satisfied by a minimum IELTS of 7.0 or PTE Academic score of 65.
  • The School of Engineering also requires two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s previous academic work or professional accomplishments.
  • More details about the admission required in listed as below:
  • Non-Engineering or Other Engineering-Major Applicant holding a B.S. Degree:
  • B.S. graduates from non-engineering programs or from other engineering majors than civil may be admitted as conditional graduate students with the equivalent of the equivalent of the following course:
  • MATH: MATH 226, MATH 227, MATH 228, MATH 245
  • PHYS: PHYS 220/PHYS 222
  • ENGR: ENGR 102, ENGR 200, ENGR 201, ENGR 309, ENGR 323, ENGR 430, ENGR 425, ENGR 426, ENGR 427, ENGR 431
  • Applicants must have a record well above the university admission requirements stated above and be able to demonstrate clearly their potential in Civil Engineering.
  • Conditional graduate students may apply for advancement to classified graduate status, after satisfying minimum prerequisites.
  • No conditional admissions are issued to international students with B.S degree in major than civil engineering.

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