PhD Construction Management

The faculty in the Del E. Webb School of Construction offer a graduate program leading to the PhD degree in construction management. The purpose of the construction management doctoral program is to prepare research scholars, new faculty and professionals for positions in industry, universities and government, as well as facilitate a higher level of investigation and knowledge creation through the professor-doctoral student dynamic.The Del E. Webb School of Construction is distinctively positioned to provide students with a transdisciplinary educational and research experience at the doctoral level, which will provide value in construction education, research and industry programs, private construction research facilities, and high-level management positions in the construction industry.The objectives of the degree program include providing research experience for doctoral students who might wish to pursue careers in either industry or academia as members of transdisciplinary research teams as well as providing a high-level transdisciplinary doctoral education for those who wish to develop academic careers teaching at the university level.