The School of Engineering and UAB Online are working together to offer you a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering. 

This Ph.D. program takes advantage of the world-renowned research centers across UAB by providing a robust curriculum and faculty expertise from many research areas.

In today’s work force, students must be educated in more than one area to remain competitive and have successful careers whether they are in academia or from industry.

Companies are particularly interested in graduates with an education that emphasizes breadth of knowledge as well as depth in a particular field.

Today’s professionals must be able to effectively function between disciplines in order to keep up with rapid market shifts and technological advances.

The Interdisciplinary Engineering program offers students a foundation for utilizing methods and insights from several fields of study and combining them into novel approaches for solving today’s problems.