About the Field

The goal of this field is to empower specialists to manage civil projects and optimize project management to achieve their objectives, enhance productivity and quality levels, complete projects on time within the designated budget, and implement scientific methods in accordance with international and national standards. Another important objective of this field is to address management challenges at all levels of projects, including financial issues, scheduling, resource allocation and leveling, considering risks, and guiding projects towards satisfying all stakeholders. Project and construction management can be implemented in all projects in the public sector, public institutions, and the private sector.

According to higher education regulations, this field has the following objectives to achieve sustainable development at the national level and improve the quality of projects:

• Mastering important scientific works and international and national standards of project and construction management.
• Familiarity with advanced research methods in the field of project and construction management.
• Achieving the latest scientific, research, and technological foundations in the field of project and construction management.
• Innovation in scientific and research fields and contributing to the advancement and expansion of knowledge boundaries.
• Mastering teaching, research, planning, execution, or leading and supervising, evaluating, analyzing, and solving scientific issues and addressing the scientific problems of society in one of the fields of project and construction management to perform tasks in the research system and the educational system of the country or managerial and strategic tasks in government organizations and planning institutions of the country.
• Disseminating and producing project and construction management knowledge tailored to the cultural characteristics and specific conditions of the country.

Graduates of this field, by familiarizing themselves with the principles and foundations of project and construction management and appropriate and correct methods of managing various projects, as well as acquiring the necessary skills regarding project management subsystems, will be able to scientifically implement project management processes, including ten subsystems according to relevant standards, in various types of projects and contribute to improving their quality and sustainability.

Roles and Abilities of Graduates in This Field

• Training the specialized workforce needed by society.
• Conducting advanced research on management and construction engineering challenges in the country.
• Managing architectural and construction projects.
• Planning, managing, and coordinating project execution.
• Supervising construction work, including general and high-level supervision.
• Acting as the responsible engineer for construction and execution stages from the initial phase to project completion.
• Supervising the selection of building components and elements.
• Engaging in project and construction management education.
• Collaborating and partnering with other specialists and stakeholders in building design and execution.

Graduates of this field, in addition to providing project and construction management services as independent consultants or contractors in the private sector and various projects, can collaborate with all government agencies and public institutions responsible for project design and execution, including infrastructure and other areas.