The graduate program in materials scinece and engineering at UCI offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. This interdisciplinary program allows materials science and engineering graduate students to select areas of emphasis within the different disciplines represented at UCI. For example, stidents can select advisors from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or chemical engineering, representing research in electronic and photonic materials, mechanical behavior of advanced materials and synthesis of new materials. Each student can pick an area of emphasis within Materials Science and Engineering: Electronic and Photonic Materials, Structural Materials, Mechanics of Solids, or Chemical Processing of Materials, for research and advanced coursework. Materials Science and Engineering program at UCI has been rated by Science Watch as one of the top programs in the world.
A sequence of core courses for the graduate program offers a common foundation in Materials Sciecne and Engineering.
The sequence of courses is as follows: MSE200, Advanced Concepts in Materials; MSE205, Physical and Electronic
Properties of Engineering Materials; and MSE 210, Materials Characterization Techniques and Analyses. Additional
courses needed for the M.S. degree requirement of 26 cocurse units. Both a thesis and a course only
option are available for the M.S. degree.
Ph.D. students are selected on the basis of demonstrated potential and outstanding scholarship. Applicants must hold the appropriate prerequisite degrees from recognized institutions of high standing. Course requirements for Ph.D. students are individualized in consultation with the students advisor and the director of the MSE concetration.
There are opportunities for fellowships and teaching and research assistantships. Applicants with undergraduate training in engineering or the physical sciences (chemistry, physics, geology) are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience, preferably no later than February 1 for Fall Quarter admission.
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