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IPhD Materials Science & Engineering at University of Maine

University of Maine, United States

Programme overview

Materials Science & Engineering concentration within the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. programme, open to all STEM majors. It teaches the relationships between a material's structure, composition, processing and properties from nanometer to macroscopic scales.

Faculty: Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST)  |  Department: Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Orono, ME, United States

What you will study

Micro/nano materials and devices, clean room fabrication and testing, thin-film technologies, and spectroscopic, microscopic, diffraction, molecular, biochemical and electronic property analysis tools.

Career pathways

Chemical processing, electronics, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, manufacturing and product development, defense, infrastructure, health care and biomedical technologies.

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Application information

Entry requirements

University of Maine graduate applicants: an application essay and resume are required for every programme; letters of recommendation are required for some programmes; test scores, writing samples or portfolios are required depending on the programme; unofficial transcripts are uploaded with the application and official transcripts are required on admission.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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