Master of Science - Civil Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy
Research Thrust Areas
Environmental Engineering
- Landfill Technology
- Composting
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- Solid Waste Management
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EM) & Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
- Air Quality Studies
- Sludge Management
- Noise Pollution Control & Management
- Water Quality Studies
- Geo-Environment
- Other Fields in Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
- Slope Stabilization (Soil/Rock)
- Ground Improvement
- Reinforced Soil
- Landslide Risk Management
- Application of Geosynthetics
- Rock Mechanics
- Blasting & Vibrations
- Foundation Engineering
- Land Reclamation & Rehabilitation
- Geotechnical Assessment
- Piling Vibrations
- Geo-Spatial Analysis
- Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
- Soft Clays
- Collapsible Soil
- Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering
- Geotechnical Assessment
- Other Fields In Geotechnical Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
- Water Supply
- Urban Storm Water Management
- Hydrological
- Flood Forecasting
- River Engineering
- Integrated Water Resource Management
- Urban Hydrology
- Sediment Transport
- Modeling of Pump Station
- Irrigation & Drainage
- Hydraulics
- Fluid Mechanics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Eco-Hidrologi
- Remote Sensing & GIS Application in Water Resources
- Coastal Engineering
- Hydraulic Structures
- Other Fields in Water Resources Engineering
Highway and Transportation Engineering
- Pavement Engineering
- Asphalt Technology
- Traffic Engineering
- Road Safety
- Intelligent Transport System
- Public Transport Studies
- Highway Capacity Studies
- Travel Behaviour Studies
- Sustainable Transport
- Remote Sensing & GIS Applicaiton in Transportation
- Other Fields in Highway, Traffic & Transportation Engineering
Structural Engineering
- Concrete Technology
- Construction Technology
- Masonry Engineering
- Concrete Repair Materials and Techniques
- Wind Engineering
- Earthquake Engineering
- Timber Engineering
- Tensioned Structures
- Shell and Spatial Structures
- Computational Mechanics
- Advanced Structural Analysis
- Structural Dynamics
- Steel Structures
- Water Retaining Structures
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Structural Retrofitting
- Other Fields in Structural Engineering
Geomatic Engineering and Management
- Monitoring System
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Deciison Support System (DSS)
- Geo-Information Sciences (GIS)
- Digital Mapping and Imaging
- Engineering Survey
- Spatial Statistics
- Cadastral Survey
- Sub Surface Detection and Assessment
- Other Fields in Geomatic Engineering
Management in Engineering
- Management
- Stress Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Engineering Entrepreneurship
- Project Management
- Construction Management
- Other Fields in Engineering Management
Expertise available in the following School:
School of Civil Engineering
www.civil.eng.usm.my
Admission Requirements
Applicants should possess one of the following:
MSc
- A Bachelor’s degree with Honours or equivalent.
PhD
- A Master’s or Bachelor’s (First Class Honours / CGPA >3.67) degree in related areas.
(Applicable for International Applicants Only)
- A minimum score of 550 in TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), or A minimum score of 6.0 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Results must be attached with the applicationform.
Duration
MSc
- Full-time: Min 12 months / Max 36 months
- Part-time: Min 24 months / Max 72 months
PhD
- Full-time: Min 24 months / Max 60 months
- Part-time: Min 36 months / Max 90 months
