Construction systems are key to creating and operating an adaptive and resilient built environment and infrastructure systems needed to sustain and enhance human life. The vital, large, and exciting field of construction is now disrupted at all levels by deep technologies including AI, robotics, embedded sensors and nano-materials.

• Program Leader of Transportation/Systems/Construction Systems: Professor Raja Sengupta, rajasengupta@berkeley.edu, (510) 642-2880.
• Chair of Construction Systems Graduate Admissions: TBD for 2025

Questions?

Construction Systems graduate students are required to attend the seminar and enroll for 1 unit in the corresponding section of CIV ENG 298, offered in the Fall and/or Spring semester. These seminars provide a forum for learning about what is happening in the profession and in academic research.

See the Berkeley Calendar for a full list of program events that are open to the public.

Course Planning Tools

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Admission Prerequisites

Applicants for the Master's Degree typically will have completed (or will be nearing completion of) an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering or related field. Applicants with other backgrounds will be considered based on their individual merit. 

A minimum background would consist of:

Students interested in research and conducting an independent study (CIVENG 299) should reach out and make arrangements with an individual faculty member. View our faculty's personal webpages for more specifics regarding ongoing research and teaching, and how to reach them.

The Construction Systems curriculum is taught by these UC Berkeley Senate Faculty: