Introduction to the Engineering Management Program
1. Program Information
Program Name: Engineering Management
Degree: Bachelor of Management
Duration: Four Years
2. Educational Objectives
The Engineering Management Program is designed to cultivate interdisciplinary and high-level management professionals equipped with fundamental knowledge in management, economics, and civil engineering technology. Students are expected to master the theories, methodologies, and practical approaches of modern engineering management while developing the professional competencies required of registered constructors and registered cost engineers.
Graduates are prepared to engage in pre-project consulting, whole-process cost management, construction site management, and other professional activities in both domestic and international engineering and construction industries. The program currently includes specialization directions in Engineering Project Management and Investment & Cost Management.
3. Learning Outcomes
(1) Knowledge
Students systematically study the fundamental theories, methodologies, and technical knowledge of engineering management and civil engineering, with particular emphasis on:
· Investment and Cost Management
· Engineering Project Management
· Construction Management
· Engineering Economics
· Engineering Laws and Regulations
(2) Competencies
Through professional training and practical education, students are expected to:
· Master literature retrieval and information research methods
· Develop preliminary scientific research and practical working capabilities
· Apply computer-aided technologies to solve engineering management problems
· Acquire professional knowledge and practical skills required for registered constructors and registered cost engineers
· Develop competencies in project consulting, whole-process cost management, and construction site management
(3) Professional Qualities
Students are expected to develop:
· Strong professional ethics and humanistic qualities
· Awareness of engineering standards and regulations
· Dedication, responsibility, and teamwork spirit
· Understanding of domestic and international developments in engineering management
· The ability to analyze and solve practical engineering problems
· Lifelong learning awareness and continuous professional development capabilities
4. Program Features and Advantages
The Engineering Management Program began undergraduate enrollment in 1999 and launched postgraduate education in 2010. In 2012, it was recognized as a Key Undergraduate Program for Strategic Development at Wuhan Institute of Technology.
Over years of development, the program has established distinctive strengths in the fields of Engineering Cost Management and Project Management. It has also established a Circular Economy Research Center and multiple practice-oriented teaching bases to provide students with strong platforms for practical learning and professional development.
The curriculum system and teaching content are closely aligned with the professional qualification systems for registered cost engineers and registered constructors. Based on the three major control theories of project management—quality, schedule, and cost control—the program emphasizes whole-process engineering project training to cultivate students’:
· Professional practical abilities
· Engineering software application skills
· Data analysis capabilities
· Innovative design abilities
· Team collaboration competencies
The program also emphasizes interdisciplinary integration between civil engineering and management science. Research achievements are actively integrated into teaching activities, while frontier topics such as BIM, PPP, prefabricated construction, urban utility tunnels, and underground space engineering are incorporated into the curriculum, enabling students to develop broad professional perspectives and up-to-date engineering competencies.
The program has implemented an open and innovative teaching model combining:
· Online and offline teaching
· Classroom instruction and engineering site practice
· Academic learning and professional training
These reforms have achieved excellent educational outcomes. In recent years, faculty members have received more than ten provincial- and national-level awards in teaching and scientific research. Students have also achieved outstanding results in national and provincial competitions, including First Prize awards in the National Engineering Cost Skills and Innovation Competition for Undergraduate Students.
5. Core Courses
Major core courses of the program include:
· Civil Engineering Drawing
· Engineering Surveying
· Architecture and Building Construction
· Engineering Mechanics
· Engineering Structures
· Engineering Economics
· Construction Laws and Regulations
· Civil Engineering Construction
· Engineering Cost Estimation
· Engineering Project Management
· Engineering Contract Management
· Engineering Bidding and Tendering
· Project Financing and Risk Management
6. Cooperation and Exchange
The Engineering Management Program has a strong faculty team consisting of 20 full-time teachers, including 5 professors and 10 associate professors. All instructors teaching core professional courses hold associate professor titles or doctoral degrees and are qualified as master’s supervisors.
Several faculty members possess nationally recognized professional qualifications, including:
· Registered Cost Engineer
· Registered Consulting Engineer
· Registered Equipment Engineer
The program leader and many core faculty members also serve as expert evaluators for provincial government procurement agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and municipal construction authorities, while holding important positions in academic and professional organizations.
The program actively promotes inter-university collaboration and industry-university integration in both undergraduate and postgraduate education. It has established close cooperative relationships with:
· School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University
· School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology
· Evergrande Real Estate Group Hubei Company
· Country Garden Real Estate Group Wuhan Company
· Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group
· Hanyang Municipal Construction Group
Through these partnerships, the program has developed an integrated education model combining industry, academia, and research.
Since 2017, outstanding undergraduate students in the program have been eligible for recommendation-based admission to postgraduate programs without entrance examinations, and many students have been successfully admitted.
7. Student Activities
Students actively participate in various academic, technological, cultural, and athletic activities, including:
· National BIM Design Competitions
· National Engineering Cost Skills and Innovation Competitions
· Mathematical Modeling Competitions
· English Competitions
· Structural Design Competitions
· “Internet Plus” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competitions
· Academic forums and paper publication activities
· Cultural and sports events
· Academic Innovation Week activities
These activities comprehensively enhance students’ innovation capabilities, teamwork skills, communication abilities, and practical competencies.
8. Perspectives on the Program
Dean’s Perspective
Chen Xuyong, Professor and Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Engineering Management is an interdisciplinary field integrating civil engineering and management science. The program aims to cultivate versatile professionals capable of meeting the demands of modern engineering construction and scientific and technological development.
Graduates not only possess solid engineering technology knowledge but also strong project management capabilities, healthy psychological qualities, and excellent professional ethics. They are well prepared to work in design institutes, research institutions, real estate enterprises, construction companies, government agencies, and engineering consulting organizations engaged in engineering design, construction, management, testing, and related technical management work.
Professor’s Perspective
Shen Wei, Professor and Director of the Engineering Management Research Institute
Under China’s Belt and Road Initiative and rapid urban development, the construction industry, real estate industry, municipal infrastructure sector, and engineering consulting industry are facing historic development opportunities. Society increasingly demands engineering management professionals who possess modern economic management knowledge, industry management expertise, and professional technical capabilities.
Engineering Management education places strong emphasis on cultivating students’ research capabilities, innovation awareness, and interdisciplinary competencies. Graduates of the program are typical examples of interdisciplinary professionals who understand both engineering technology and management science, perfectly matching the needs of modern society.
Student Perspective
Engineering Management students systematically study management, economics, and civil engineering technology while building solid foundations in engineering technology, management, economics, law, foreign languages, and computer applications.
Students acquire diverse professional skills, including:
· Engineering surveying
· Civil engineering drawing
· Construction management
· Bill-of-quantities pricing
· Technical and economic evaluation
· Engineering bidding and tendering
· FIDIC contract management
The “multi-competency” training model effectively responds to future enterprises’ demand for interdisciplinary talents.
9. Graduate Development and Career Prospects
The Engineering Management Program is committed to cultivating interdisciplinary senior management professionals with strong engineering and technical capabilities. Over the years, the program has provided a large number of professional talents for construction management departments, design institutes, real estate enterprises, state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, and engineering consulting organizations in China’s coastal cities and the Central China region.
Graduates of the program have achieved outstanding performance in various sectors of the construction and engineering industry, with many alumni serving in key technical and managerial positions across enterprises and public institutions. The program has formed seven stable career pathways:
· Engineering Bidding and Contract Management
· Engineering Economic Evaluation and Project Management
· Project Financing and Risk Management
· Construction Investment Analysis and Cost Management
· Circular Economy and Environmental Economic Evaluation
· Geological Hazard Economic Evaluation
· Real Estate Management and Project Development
Detailed information regarding graduate employment and further study destinations for the Classes of 2016–2018 can be found in Appendices 1–3.
10. Distinguished Alumni
Hu Jiali
Hu Jiali, originally from Guizhou Province, graduated from the Engineering Management Program of Wuhan Institute of Technology in July 2007 with a Bachelor of Management degree. Since graduation, she has worked at Evergrande Group Hubei Company, where she has successively served as Documentation Specialist, Planning Administrator, Deputy Manager and Manager of the Comprehensive Planning Department, Manager of the Engineering Management Department, and General Manager of the Ezhou Project. She currently serves as Assistant General Manager of the Hubei Company.
She is responsible for cost management and oversees bidding and tendering, budgeting and settlement, procurement, contract management, and legal affairs. Due to her outstanding performance and excellent comprehensive management capabilities, she has received honors such as “Outstanding Employee” and “Evergrande Women Excellence Award.”
He Feng
He Feng, a graduate of the Engineering Management Program in 2007 and a National First-Class Registered Constructor, currently serves as General Manager of the Wuhan Zuoan and Dongjing projects under the Hubei regional division of Country Garden Holdings. He is also a recipient of the company’s “Feitian Award” for Outstanding Managers.
Under his leadership, the Zuoan project team ranked first in engineering quality inspections within the Hubei region for thirteen consecutive months and received the Golden Phoenix Award, the highest engineering honor within Country Garden Group. The team was also recognized as an “Excellent Project Department.”
The Dongjing project was among the first in Hubei Province to implement the SSGF construction system and prefabricated building technologies promoted by Country Garden Group. It became the first prefabricated construction site in the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone and received high recognition from the local construction authority for its standardized management practices.
Ke Gensong
Ke Gensong, a graduate of the Engineering Management Program in 2004, holds a master’s degree and currently serves as Head of the Party Affairs Division at the Cigarette Materials Factory of China Tobacco Hubei Industrial Co., Ltd..
He previously served as Deputy Director of the Office at Hongjinlong Group and Huanghelou Technology Park Group, as well as Lecturer at Huanghelou College. He has undertaken several provincial and national research projects, including projects funded by the Hubei Provincial Social Science Foundation, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, and the China Association for Science and Technology.
Research projects in which he participated received two Second Prizes for Scientific and Technological Progress from China Tobacco Hubei Industrial Co., Ltd. and one First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress in Hubei Province. He has also co-authored several academic publications on media management and corporate culture.
Hu Moudong
Hu Moudong, from Jingzhou, Hubei Province, graduated from the Engineering Management Program in 2009 and later pursued postgraduate studies in Architecture and Civil Engineering at Wuhan University.
He currently serves as Deputy General Manager of Yipin Real Estate Company under China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Green Industry Investment Co., Ltd. He holds qualifications as both a National First-Class Registered Constructor and Registered Cost Engineer.
He participated in the Shenzhen Kerry Plaza project, a 200-meter-high mixed-use complex in Shenzhen’s CBD that received the National Quality Engineering Award and LEED Gold Certification, where he was engaged in construction site management and commercial management work.
He has also participated in industry research projects and contributed to the compilation of engineering cost quota standards in Hubei Province. In addition, he has delivered numerous professional lectures within enterprises and universities.
Zhou Qin
Zhou Qin, a member of the first graduating class of the Engineering Management Program in 2003, joined Wuhuan Engineering Co., Ltd. after graduation.
She is currently a Senior Engineer and Registered Cost Engineer and has served as a cost control engineer for more than 30 large-scale EPC projects both domestically and internationally. She was recognized as an Outstanding Employee for five consecutive years and received the “Top Ten Outstanding Employees” honor in 2017.
Zhou Biao
Zhou Biao, from Loudi, Hunan Province, graduated from the Engineering Management Program of Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2012 with a Bachelor of Management degree. In 2017, he obtained a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University.
He currently works in investment and development management at Jinke Property Group Changsha Industrial Company.
Peng Li
Peng Li graduated from the Engineering Management Program in 2007 with a Bachelor of Management degree and joined Guangzhou No.2 Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd. after graduation.
He has successively served as Surveyor, Construction Engineer, Bid Specialist, Regional Manager, and Deputy Manager of the Market Development Department. He obtained the qualification of National First-Class Registered Constructor in Municipal Engineering and later earned senior professional engineer certification in municipal road and bridge construction.
He has also served as President of the company’s Basketball Association, organizing internal team selection and external sports exchange activities.
Lei Lei
Lei Lei obtained her master’s degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering from Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2015 and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
During her postgraduate studies, she participated in several industrial development planning projects and contributed to development indicator systems, investment estimation, financing analysis, and economic evaluation. During her internship at Hubei Haohua Engineering Investment Project Management Co., Ltd., she participated in engineering quantity calculations and project settlement auditing work.
She was recognized as an Outstanding Postgraduate Student in 2014. During her doctoral studies, she participated in a national key research project on engineering project management theories and methods under digital construction models and applied for an invention patent related to image-recognition-based 3D environmental reconstruction systems.
11. Alumni Testimonials
Ke Gensong
The Engineering Management Program effectively integrates theoretical instruction with practical project-based education. It emphasizes the application of knowledge in real engineering contexts and cultivates highly competent engineering management professionals with both technical expertise and practical capabilities.
As an interdisciplinary and application-oriented discipline combining engineering and management, the program not only strengthens students’ foundations in engineering, economics, and management theories, but also emphasizes practical application skills, including construction technology, engineering economics, and cost management. More importantly, it focuses on cultivating project management capabilities and developing engineering-management-oriented professionals rather than simply training technical staff.
Hu Jiali
The curriculum of the Engineering Management Program covers a broad range of knowledge areas, providing graduates with extensive career opportunities and strong adaptability in the workplace. Graduates are able to quickly understand different professional fields and continuously improve their comprehensive capabilities.
Hu Moudong
Having the opportunity to study at Wuhan Institute of Technology was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. Choosing the Engineering Management Program was also one of the most important decisions I have made.
As an interdisciplinary field integrating engineering technology and management science, Engineering Management possesses remarkable professional flexibility, diversity, and long-term development potential. During my studies, faculty members of the School and the Engineering Management Department not only guided me academically, but also shaped my professional attitude and sense of responsibility toward life and work. I remain deeply grateful for their dedicated support and sincerely hope the program will continue to grow and prosper.
Zhou Biao
During my studies in the Engineering Management Program at Wuhan Institute of Technology, I benefited greatly from the guidance and support of faculty members. My knowledge, critical thinking, communication skills, professional competence, and personal vision were significantly enhanced, laying a strong foundation for my future studies and career development.
Although the program covers a wide range of interdisciplinary knowledge, students who work diligently under the guidance of excellent teachers will certainly discover broad opportunities for future development.
Peng Li
The professional courses offered by the Engineering Management Program are highly beneficial for national constructor qualification examinations in the construction industry. Courses such as Engineering Economics, Project Management, and Construction Laws and Regulations correspond closely to the public examination subjects for the National First-Class Registered Constructor qualification.
Mastering these courses substantially reduces examination difficulty and enables candidates to focus more effectively on practical engineering subjects. Therefore, graduates of Engineering Management possess distinct advantages in professional qualification examinations.
With the advancement of tax reforms and modernization in China’s construction industry, traditional extensive management approaches are no longer sufficient to meet industry demands. The market increasingly requires highly professional engineering management personnel, making graduates of the Engineering Management Program highly competitive and sought after.
Zhou Qin
As a member of the first graduating class of the Engineering Management Program, I received tremendous care and guidance from faculty members during my studies. The program helped me move from uncertainty to a clear professional direction.
Faculty members provided abundant case studies and internship opportunities, which laid a solid foundation for my future career development. My achievements today would not have been possible without the dedication and support of my teachers, to whom I remain sincerely grateful.
