Overview

The Environmental Engineering Ph.D. degree at University of Houston requires 52 credit hours of approved study beyond the M.S. degree. These requirements translate to a minimum of 24 credit hours of organized course work (eight 3-credit non-research courses) beyond the Master's Degree plus 28 hours of Ph.D. research and dissertation.

Features

It is also possible to obtain the Ph.D. degree without obtaining the M.S. degree.

Consult program director for details. A maximum of 100 credit hours as a Ph.D. student also applies. After 100 hours, the student is no longer eligible for the lower, Texas-Resident Tuition.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

A Post-M.S. student becomes a Ph.D. student after passing the qualifying examination, which is usually taken after three semesters in residence.

The qualifying exam consists of a critical review of a manuscript published in the peer-reviewed literature, and related to the student's research area chosen by the chairman of the student's dissertation committee.

The student has 10 calendar days to write a comprehensive critique of the article and then, approximately two weeks after submitting the written critique to the examination committee (consisting of the core faculty members) the student presents and defends the critique in front of the committee.

The result is pass (excellent, good or fair) or fail (poor). The examination may be retaken once.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

52 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Houston, United States

Disciplines

Environmental Engineering View 57 other PhDs in Environmental Engineering in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A B.S. degree in engineering or in a science related to engineering from an accredited college or university or the foreign equivalent of an accredited American B.S. or M.S. degree in engineering. Non-engineers with degrees in related fields may be considered for admission after certain prerequisite courses are completed. Applicants with non-science bachelor's degrees in fields such as technology, management, business, and the arts must obtain an accredited engineering degree before applying.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of "B", i.e., 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on the last 60 hours of course work attempted.

Satisfactory scores on the General Aptitude test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). The GRE advanced test (engineering) need not be taken. Old scores are valid, provided ETS can provide official copies to us.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

9703 USD / year

≈ 9703 USD / year
Out-of-State

9703 USD / year

≈ 9703 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

4451 USD / year

≈ 4451 USD / year

Living costs

Houston

United States

1067 - 1950 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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