Construction and Real Estate

With engineering, management, economics and law rolled into one, the Department of Construction and Real Estate of SCE is committed to fostering top-notch talents in engineering management. Drawing on the strengths of two primary disciplines, civil engineering (CE) and management science and engineering (MS&E), the Department offers a comprehensive suite of educational opportunities. These include undergraduate programs in engineering management; master, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs in MS&E and CE construction and management; and part-time master programs in engineering management. Overall, the Department proudly offers an array of interdisciplinary undergraduate and post-graduate programs, all of which are internationally accredited and infused with unique Chinese characteristics.

The engineering management discipline is supported by a team of 8 doctoral supervisors and 19 master's supervisors, alongside an array of cutting-edge multidisciplinary research institutes. These institutes include the SEU Building Information and Simulation Lab, Smart City Governance Research Center, Jiangsu Construction Industry Development Research Center, PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) International Research Center, Livelihood Security Research Center, Institute of Engineering Law, Research Institute of Construction Management & Real Estate, Project Management Institute, and Property Management Institute. The department has conducted extensive research in areas such as smart construction, building information modeling (BIM), green building, sustainable construction management, public-private partnerships (PPP), infrastructure investment and financing, complex engineering management, whole-process consultation, project management, resilience and disaster response, engineering business and law, Belt and Road international project management, innovative construction industrialization, and social risks of major projects. It has spearheaded more than 200 national, provincial and ministerial projects, including significant consultation projects for the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), national key R&D programs, key and general projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation (NSSF), and general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation (NNSF). Furthermore, it has contributed to the construction of numerous national major projects, such as the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Ningde Nuclear Power Plant, Shanghai New International Expo Center, and the 2nd and 3rd Nanjing Yangtze River Bridges.

Scientific research remains a top priority. In recent years, the faculty has undertaken significant research in emerging fields of engineering management, including major project life cycle safety, infrastructure PPP models, BIM and construction industrialization, engineering project management, and sustainable development. Over the past five years, the Department of Construction and Real Estate has carried out nearly 100 scientific research projects, comprising one major CAE consultation project, two national key R&D programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), one key NSSF project, approximately twenty general and youth NNSF programs, and dozens of provincial and ministerial consultation projects. The faculty has published hundreds of papers in leading engineering management journals, such as Automation in Construction, Advanced Engineering Informatics, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, International Journal of Project Management, and Safety Science.

The Department of Construction and Real Estate boasts 23 full-time faculty members, including 5 full professors (19%) and 9 associate professors (34%). Approximately 96% of the full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees. Notable faculty members such as Cheng Hu, Li Qiming and others simultaneously serve on the Project Management Steering Committee of the Ministry of Construction (now known as the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development), the Engineering Management Review Commission of the Ministry of Construction, the Architectural Society of China, China Construction Industry Association, the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics, China International Contractors Association, the Institute of Civil Engineering of Jiangsu Province, real estate economics research associations, and various academic and trade associations. They typically hold positions such as executive directors, specialized academic committee directors, members and consultants. Additionally, they serve on the editorial boards of distinguished journals, including Construction Economy, International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management and Project Management Technology. Most full-time faculty members have obtained qualifications as Registered Supervision Engineers, Construction Engineers, Cost Engineers, Structural Engineers, Real Estate Appraisers and Investment Consulting Engineers. They typically hold Ph.D. degrees from prestigious domestic and international universities such as Southeast University, National University of Singapore, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Ruhr University Bochum, Nanjing University, Tongji University, Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Glasgow and Chongqing University.

Degrees Offered

B.S. Degree in Engineering Management

M.S. Degree in Management Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Degree in Management Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Degree in Civil Engineering Construction and Management

Main Research Areas

(1) Smart construction and construction industrialization;

(2) Building information modeling (BIM);

(3) Green building;

(4) Sustainable construction management;

(5) PPP and infrastructure investment and financing;

(6) Complex engineering management;

(7) Whole process consultation;

(8) Resilience and disaster response;

(9) Engineering business and law;

(10) Belt and Road international project management;

(11) Social stability risks of major projects.