Master of Science in Building Science

Building science draws upon physics, chemistry, engineering, architecture, and the life sciences to evaluate and improve the technical performance of buildings, building materials, and building systems. You'll learn to create high-performance buildings by assessing the physical behavior of a building as a system and determining how its behavior impacts energy efficiency, durability, comfort, and indoor air quality. Building science is a field of study concerned with the technical performance of buildings, building materials, and building systems that draws upon physics, chemistry, engineering, architecture, and the life sciences. Understanding the physical behavior of the building as a system and how this impacts energy efficiency, durability, comfort and indoor air quality is essential to innovating high-performance buildings. Modern building science employs models of the building as a system (systems theory), and applies empirical techniques to the effective solution of building design problems.

Individual program admission requirements include:

BS degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or Architecture,

or a BS degree in mathematics or a natural science,

or a bachelor’s degree and passing score on the F.E. Civil exam

or an MS degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management,

or a Master of Architecture (M.Arch),

or a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)

Additional Admission Requirements

Undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A"), or the equivalent.

The minimum English proficiency scores for most programs are: 80 (TOEFL iBT) or 6.5 (IELTS). Scores must be sent directly to the Center for International Education from the Testing Institution.