- MSc in Materials Science and Engineering at the Michigan Technological University is offered as a 1-year program by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
- This university is ranked #147 among National Universities by U.S. News & World Report Ranking 2020.
- It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
- Materials Science and Engineering meld together the synthesis and processing, structure, properties, and applications of engineering materials while interacting closely with industry and government partners.
- Students will have the opportunity to study metals and alloys; ceramics; electronic, magnetic, and optical materials; and polymers. Materials Science and Engineering are inherently interdisciplinary—students interact and collaborate with students and scientists in other engineering and science disciplines.
- Materials science and engineering focus on the synthesis, processing, properties, and applications of engineering materials—from the production of primary metals to the development of microelectronic nanomaterials with novel properties.
- The graduate program offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering provides an outstanding foundation for careers in research, academia, materials production, and manufacturing.
- Graduate students have the opportunity to study composite materials, ceramics, metals and alloys, electronic and optical materials, and polymers.
- Research topics include synthesis and processing of primary materials, thermodynamics and kinetics of microstructural evolution, and material properties and performance, to name a few.
- The MSc program consists of 30 credits.