Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management

The Master of Science in Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management (MSAECM) Program is jointly offered by the School of Architecture and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. 

The MS in Architecture–Engineering–Construction Management degree program is intended for practitioners, researchers, and educators in engineering, architecture, construction management fields, and other professionals in the building industry who wish to be leaders in advanced management technologies and their application to the built environment.

The program is designed to accommodate flexibility in the admission and graduation needs of candidates through program length and prerequisite courses that build up toward more advanced courses.

SoA offers two versions of the program, with varying residency requirements. The 9-month program is custom-designed for applicants with professional experience and advanced standing in core course categories. The 16-month program is designed for all other applicants. Both versions begin in the fall semester.

Pre- & Co-requisites Courses

• Project Management for Construction
• Engineering Economics
• Statistical Reasoning & Practice 
• Paradigms of Research in Architecture (9)

Core Courses

• Value Based Design in AEC
• Management: Embeded Commissioning (9)
• Special Topics: Building Information
• Models & UT-based Analysis for Construction 
• Knowledge Management in Architecture & Planning
• Practicum
• Summer Internship

Restricted Electives Courses

• Probability & Estimation Methods for Engineering Systems
• Civil Systems Investment Planning & Pricing
• Real Estate Design & Development
• Infrastructure Management

Elective Courses

• Data Management
• Building Performance Modeling 
• Productivity, Health & the Quality of Buildings
• Special Topics: Ecological Footprints 
• Special Topics in CD: Parametric Modeling with BIM 
• Zero Energy Housing
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design
• Advanced Life Cycle Assessment 
• Sustainable Engineering Project
• Sustainable Design Synthesis Prep 

Management Courses

• Business Management
• Engineering and Technology Innovation
• Finance for Innovation Management
• Life Cycle, Taxation, and Asset Management
• Operations Management 
• Organizational Learning and Strategic Management
• Management Methods
• Organizational Management

Synthesis 

• AECM Synthesis
• Architecture Design Studio AECM UDBS
• AECM Synthesis Theory
• AECM Synthesis 
• UDBS for AECM MS

BEFORE OUR ONLINE APPLICATION OPENS IN OCTOBER:

• Review the AECM program information;
• Take the GRE exam as early as possible (and the TOEFL exam if you are a non-native English speaker); and
• Ask permission from three referees who can support your application before assigning them as references.

ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 15:

Begin your online application. You do not have to complete all sections of the online application at once. You can revisit the online application by clicking on the link emailed to you by our online system.

BEFORE OUR APPLICATION DEADLINE OF JANUARY 15:

• Contact Education Testing Services to send your GRE scores (and TOEFL scores) directly to our department, using the institution code 2074, GRE department code 4401, and TOEFL department code 12. Or contact the British Council to send your IELTS scores to:
  • Attn: Samantha Weaver
    Graduate Programs
    School of Architecture
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, Room 412G
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
• Assign three references to your application
• Upload the following:
  1. Statement of Purpose (2 pages recommended max)
  2. Copy of unofficial transcript(s)
  3. Copy of GRE (and TOEFL/IELTS) scores
  4. Resume/CV
• Pay the $75 application fee
• Verify that you have completed all of the above. Our graduate committee will only review your application once we have received all required documents. 

Scholarships

• Teaching Assistantships