Materials Science & Engineering

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Learn to advance the materials underpinning science and technology.

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Admission Requirements

Requirements specific to the materials science and engineering engineering program include:

  • A bachelor's degree, GPA of 3.0 or better, in a STEM field from an accredited institution.
  • Successful completion of all of the following courses (or their equivalent):
    • Math: Calculus, I, II, and III
    • Chemistry: General Chemistry I with Lab (CHEM 131 and CHEM 132)
    • Physics: Fundamentals of Physics I & II (PHYS 121 and PHYS 122)
    • Engineering: Thermodynamics, and Solid State Physics

For a complete list of admission requirements, visit the Application Process page. Completed applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.


Degree Requirements

Master of Engineering: 30 Credits or 10 Courses

This option requires three core courses, three special topics courses in electronic materials, polymers, and structural materials, and four technical electives. There is no research or thesis required for this degree.

Graduate Certificate in Engineering: 12 Credits or 4 Courses

Students pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Engineering must complete:

  • ENMA461, Thermodynamics of Materials
  • ENMA650, Nanometer Structure of Materials
  • ENMA661, Kinetics of Reactions in Materials
  • One additional 600-level ENMA elective

Degree Planning Sheets

All students are expected to complete a preliminary course plan for their intended degree program (10-course for MEng or 4-course for GCEN) with the Senior Academic Advisor by the end of their first semester of study. The Degree Planning Sheet lists the core and technical elective requirements for each program, and all courses that are pre-approved for that program. Alternative technical electives must be approved by the same academic advisor. 

Degree planning sheets for all academic programs can be found here.

For additional course information, please refer to the MAGE Course Catalog, where you can find course syllabi and/or course intro videos for ENPM and ENAI courses, as well as the Graduate School Catalog, where you can review the course descriptions for courses offered in the other engineering areas.


Tuition and Fees

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Program Content Advisor

Dr. Shenqiang Ren

Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering 
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute

Admissions Contact

Emily Golub 


mage@umd.edu

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