项目介绍

2022年10月10日

We offer MS/PhD Track, PhD or EngScD degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering, along with a specialty in Solid-State Science and Engineering. Students interested in materials science and engineering enroll in the materials science and engineering program in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics.

Doctoral Program

Students wishing to pursue an MS degree which continues directly into a PhD program, should apply to the MS / PhD Track Program in Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. Students who have already earned an MS degree should apply to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or the Doctor of Engineering Science (EngScD or DES) degree programs.

Financial aid is available for students pursuing a doctorate. Fellowships, scholarships, teaching assistantships, and graduate research assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. The Aptitude Test of the Graduate Record Examination is required of candidates for admission to the department and for financial aid.

At the end of the first year of graduate study in the doctoral program, candidates are required to take a comprehensive written qualifying examination, which is designed to test the ability of the candidate to apply course work in problem solving and creative thinking. The standard is first-year graduate level. There are two four-hour examinations over a two-day period.

Candidates in the program must take an oral examination within one year of taking the qualifying examination. Within two years of taking the qualifying examination, candidates must submit a written proposal and defend it orally before a Thesis Proposal Defense Committee consisting of three members of the faculty, including the adviser. Doctoral candidates must submit a thesis to be defended before a Dissertation Defense Committee consisting of five faculty members, including two professors from outside the doctoral program. Requirements for the EngScD (administered by the School of Engineering and Applied Science) and the PhD (administered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) are listed elsewhere in the SEAS bulletin.