The information and program qualifications related to the Project and Construction Management Doctor of Philosophy Program, under the Department of Architecture of the Graduate School, are summarized below.
Information About The Program
"Project and Construction Management", or its common name "Construction Projects Management", is an independent profession and activity which performed in the construction industry nearly for 50 years all over the world. Project and Construction Management is a generally accepted area not only in construction practice, but also in the graduate programs. There are large numbers of undergraduate, master degree and PhD. programs where this profession is educated over the world. In Turkey, this education field firstly took place in the courses of Department of Architecture in ITU Faculty of Architecture and again master’s and Ph.D. level education firstly took place in Project and Construction Management Graduate Program of ITU Graduate School of Science Engineering and Technology Department of Architecture.
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Registration Requirements
Application Term : Previous Term / 2024-2025 Spring Semester
Application Requirements (For T.C Nationality) ALES Numerical must be minimum 85 (old system GRE Quantitative minimum 740, new system GRE minimum 158 ). Graduate GPA must be minimum 3.00/4 (76.66/100). Minimum GPA from undergraduate to doctorate must be 3.5/4 (88.33/100). Graduation must be Civil Engineering, Architecture. PhD applicants are required to obtain a letter of acceptance from the supervisor they plan to work with during their education.
Quota (For T.C Nationality): 2
Application Requirements (For International Students) ALES Numerical must be minimum 85 (old system GRE Quantitative minimum 740, new system GRE minimum 158 ). Graduate GPA must be minimum 3.00/4 (76.66/100). Minimum GPA from undergraduate to doctorate must be 3.5/4 (88.33/100). Graduation must be Civil Engineering, Architecture. PhD applicants are required to obtain a letter of acceptance from the supervisor they plan to work with during their education.
Quota (For International Students): 1
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Application requirements, application dates, and quotas are updated in real-time from the Application System.
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Program Educational Objectives
Ensuring the graduates can make international level research by using the contemporary management techniques and tools, current communication and information technologies used in the field of project and construction management
Ensuring the graduates have the culture, innovative character, the latest technological development knowledge and management skills to solve all kinds of problems encountered in their field in the long run
Ensuring the graduates can access to available information, can intensify knowledge in the direction of research and can classify and use that knowledge to bring contemporary solutions to the current problems of the construction industry
Ensuring the graduates gain skills in problem solving in the field of project and construction management; decision making and leadership in addition to generate international collaborations
Ensuring the graduates have acquired group and individual research ethics, discipline, and culture
Making theses based on original researches using theoretical knowledge, various approaches, methods and techniques in the cross section of architecture, civil engineering and business engineering professions
Making national and international publications from theses based on original researches
Measurement and Evaluation
Evaluating Student Success
The student success is evaluated considering Articles 56, 57, 58, and 59 of the Istanbul Technical University Graduate Education and Training Regulation Senate Principles.
ARTICLE 56 - Before the enrollment for the courses begins, the faculty member who offers the course informs the Program Executive Committee about the types, number and contribution percentage to the final grade of the studies within the semester, as well as requirements for a right to take the semester final exam. These requirements shall be finalized by approval of the Program Executive Committee and approval of the chair of the department, who declares them to the student and informs the Graduate School.
ARTICLE 57 - A student may appeal the final grade of a course within one week following the announcement of the grades. Appeals must be submitted to the Graduate School in writing. The relevant faculty member shall re-evaluate the student's success status and submit the result to the Graduate School within one week. Appeals not submitted within the prescribed time frame shall not be considered by the Graduate School.
ARTICLE 58 - Courses in graduate programs shall be evaluated according to the following grading system.
| Grade Description |
Grade |
Scale |
| Excellent |
AA |
4.00 |
| Very good plus |
BA+ |
3.75 |
| Very good |
BA |
3.50 |
| Good plus |
BB+ |
3.25 |
| Good |
BB |
3.00 |
| Conditional Pass |
CB+ |
2.75 |
| Conditional Pass |
CB |
2.50 |
| Conditional Pass |
CC+ |
2.25 |
| Conditional Pass |
CC |
2.00 |
| Fail |
FF |
0.00 |
| Fail(No Exam) |
VF |
0.00 |
ARTICLE 59 - Students who wish to improve their cumulative grade point average may retake courses during the course-taking period. The most recent grade will be counted for the repeated courses.
Internship
There is no internship in this program.
Graduation Requirements
1. Project and Construction Management Ph.D. Program students:
a. Must successfully complete at least 21 credits during the Ph.D.
b. Must take at least 50% of the total credits that they must take during their studies from 600-coded courses.
c. Must take at least 30% of the total credits that they must take during their studies from English courses.
2. Project and Construction Management Ph.D. Program students must have a GPA of at least 3.00, must successfully complete seminar, doctorate proficiency exam, thesis proposal and thesis study, in order to graduate from Ph.D. program.
The Awarded Degree and Title
Degree : Doctor of Philosophy Title : Doctor of Philosophy
Program Employment Opportunities
The need of qualified construction managers trained in Turkey’s booming construction industry, that is increasingly competitive in national and international arena, is increasing day by day. It is observed that the field of construction management has developed rapidly in our country parallel to the developments in the world. In addition to the demand on qualified researcher and lecturer in this area, the increasing demand from the sectoral stakeholders has become important.
In the field of project and construction management, the construction managers at the doctoral level have the opportunity to work in the areas of construction management knowledge areas such as; scope, cost, time, quality, communication, integration, human resources, procurement, risk, occupational health and safety, strategic management, finance, information technology and environmental management, that can create added value in the sectoral sense to the problems that will arise within the framework of current needs and developments. Construction managers who make doctoral level studies in the field of construction project management are expected to play an important role on behalf of providing a competitive advantage to the construction sector, which is Turkey’s leading sector in both academic and sectoral investments, in the international arena.
Number of Graduates
Graduate Statistics
| Year | Number of Graduates |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 |
Program Outcomes
P.O.1 Developing and intensifying the current and high-level knowledge in the area with the use of original thinking and/or research processes and in a specialistic level, based upon the competency in M.S. level
P.O.2 Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to one’s area; reaching original results by using the specialistic knowledge in analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating new and complex ideas
P.O.3 The ability to evaluate and use new information in the area with a systematical approach
P.O.4 Developing a new idea, method, design and/or application which brings about innovation in the area; or, applying a conventional idea, method, design and/or application to a different environment; researching, grasping, designing and applying an original subject
P.O.5 The ability to critically analyze, synthesize and evaluate the new and complex ideas (skill).
P.O.6 Acquiring the most developed skills about using the research methods in studies in the related area
P.O.7 Contributing to the progress in the area by independently carrying out a study which uses a new idea, method, design and/or application which brings about innovation in the area; or, applying a conventional idea, method, design and/or application to a different environment
P.O.8 Expanding the limits of knowledge in the area by publishing at least one scientific article in an international peer reviewed journal and/or creating or interpreting an original work
P.O.9 Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the original and inter-disciplinary problems
P.O.10 Developing area-related new ideas and methods by making use of high level intellectual processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making
P.O.11 Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to direct the actions to change these when necessary.
P.O.12 The ability to establish effective communication with experts in the international environments to discuss the area-related subjects and to defend original opinions, showing one’s competency in the area
P.O.13 Proficiency in a foreign language –at least European Language Portfolio C1 Level- and establishing written, oral and visual communication and developing argumentation skills with that language
P.O.14 Contributing to the society’s state and progress towards being an information society by announcing and promoting the technological, scientific and social developments in one’s area
P.O.15 Ability to establish effective communication in the solving of the problems faced in the area, by using the strategic decision making processes
P.O.16 Contributing to the solution of area-related social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems and promoting the development of these values
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