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The Department of Mechanical Engineering equips students for professional paths across industrial, research, and academic fields. Learners focus on specialized areas including Design/Manufacturing/Tribology, Dynamics, Control Systems, Robotics, Neural Engineering, Simulation-Based Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Nanotechnology/MEMS, Bioengineering and Biomechanics, Energy and Sustainability, Engineering Design and Innovation, Product Development, Engineering Management, among others. The MS degree in mechanical engineering builds upon undergraduate foundations by delivering deeper technical expertise and introducing students to pioneering research in current technologies.
This graduate program mandates coursework spanning at least three academic quarters, culminating in either a thesis or project based on original research. While some students finish the program in nine months, most typically require 12 to 15 months to fulfill all degree requirements.
Admitted students must hold a U.S. bachelor’s degree or a comparable non-U.S. degree from a regionally accredited institution.
Those whose native language is not English must also supply Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores with a minimum of 577 or higher on the paper-based text, 233 or higher on the computer-based test, and 90 or higher on the Internet-based test. An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.0 also fulfills this requirement.