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BS Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University, United States

Programme overview

Materials, like ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites, are critical to the growth and success of many industries and key to most engineering disciplines. Graduates of Materials Science and Engineering are employed, or proceed to graduate studies, in many fields such as energy, medicine, sustainability, electronics, communications, transportation, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure industries.

Faculty: College of Earth and Mineral Sciences  |  Duration: minimum 131 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: University Park, PA, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 131 credits, including General Education and the requirements for the major. Required courses include Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry I, Process Quality Engineering, Calculus of Several Variables, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Solid-State Materials, Computational Materials Science and Engineering.

Career pathways

Because all industries rely on materials, materials science and engineering graduates find employment in numerous fields, both within traditional engineering domains and in arenas outside of those traditional engineering disciplines.

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Entry requirements

In order to be eligible for entrance to the Materials Science and Engineering major, a student must have: Attained at least a 2.00 cumulative grade-point average. Completed CHEM 110 , CHEM 111 , ( CHEM 112 or MATSE 112 ), CHEM 113 , MATH 140 , MATH 141 , MATH 220 and PHYS 211 ; earned a grade of C or better in each of these courses.

Undergraduate applications are accepted for Fall, Spring and Summer entry; the application opens August 1 for Fall and Summer and June 1 for Spring.

Early Action: apply by November 1 to receive a decision by December 24. Recommended submission deadline for all applications: December 1. Applicants apply through the MyPennState application or the Common App. A nonrefundable application fee is paid by credit card; fee waivers are available to eligible students.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.psu.edu/apply/

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