The master in CME is organised as one coherent programme at each of the three locations. However, the programme can be adapted to suit individual needs, which means that students can sign up for electives at any of the three locations.

Specialisations
While the general parts of the programme are essentially the same in the three universities, the specialisations vary across the three locations. This allows students to tailor the programme to personal requirements and preferences from a wide variety of high standard course components.  The three departments are characterised as follows:

Delft
At TU Delft the programme has been jointly developed by three faculties: Civil Engineering and Geosciences; Technology, Policy and Management; and Architecture. Besides the four general cornerstone courses, these faculties offer compulsory and elective courses specific to Delft, including probabilistic design, operations research, plan and project evaluation and risk management.

Most of the second year is dedicated to thesis work. Compulsory courses, such as financial engineering and dynamic control of projects, provide the basis for further specialisation in Delft and elective courses help the student acquire in-depth knowledge to carry out the graduation project effectively. The focus of the graduation work is either on process and system innovation in the building industry in general or on the 'Living Building Concept', which has been developed with the design and construction processes section at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Within the Living Building Concept there are six main research areas: stakeholder participation, tendering and outsourcing, supply chain integration, value creation, dynamic life cycle support and instrumentation (IT).

Eindhoven
CME at TU/e focuses on integration of complex assignments in urban area development ('technology pull') and related innovations in technology ('technology push'). This relates to town planning, and more specifically to public-private (re-)development of urban areas; nationally as well as internationally. The fact that urban life continues during redevelopment means another special discipline of construction management becomes involved. Construction management incorporates not only project management, but also – and more importantly – process management and involvement (commitment) into a single vision. The opportunities for technical development offered by new materials and products, and ICT capabilities play important roles. New methods of building and process management are encouraged. It emphasises innovation in business and entrepreneurial activities through research into (the re-design of) construction processes and related business organisation.
Sustainability, safety, originality and economy are key judgement criteria in all CME final projects.

At TU/e the CME programme is supported by the departments of Architecture, Building and Planning, and Technology Management. Through the support of these two departments, students experience the interdisciplinary approach to both their specialisation courses and graduation projects.

Twente
Key study areas of the department of Construction Management and Engineering at Twente include sustainable building, public-private governance, industrialisation in engineering and construction, supply chain and ICT, markets, organizations and innovation and risk management.
The specialisations offered by Twente are closely related to these research areas.

Graduate education and research at Twente show certain common characteristics.
They combine technical and management sciences. The success of construction projects largely depends on well integrated engineering and management. Therefore, management and engineering are combined and integrated, referring to both technical and social sciences.
They integrate the process .All stages of construction are covered: from initiative and design, to maintenance and demolition. Specific attention is paid to transition from one stage to the next.
They involve intensive contacts with the construction industry. Over recent years a wide network has been built up as a result of cooperation with the construction industry. Through this network, emerging trends and opportunities can be quickly discovered.