The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering will offer a new master’s degree in construction engineering and management. Classes will begin in Fall 2019 and students can now apply to the two-year program. The program is the only one of its kind at a public university in the Chicago region. According to the April 2017 U.S. Census Report, approximately $1.2 trillion in construction work was performed in the U.S. in 2017, and jobs in construction management are predicted to rise over the next five years. Students in the program will focus on best practices in integrated construction project management to ensure that complex construction projects are completed successfully. Students will study construction budgeting, financial planning and cost control, project estimating and scheduling, construction law and regulations, construction equipment, engineering entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, stakeholder management, managerial strategic planning, to name a few. Students in the construction engineering and management program also will have opportunities to work together with faculty and students in the planned UIC John Marshal Law School.