PhD Materials Science and Engineering at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

Graduate study is focused on a range of materials, including metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, nanomaterials, structural materials, electronic and photonic materials, energy materials, and computational materials.

Faculty: Cockrell School of Engineering | Duration: 72 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 72 semester credit hours. A student may choose to pursue the doctoral degree without first obtaining a master’s degree. Before admission to doctoral candidacy, the student must have a master’s degree in materials science and engineering or an equivalent amount of graduate credit and must have demonstrated satisfactory performance on each part of the doctoral qualifying process, including a minimum of 3.30 GPA in the four Core courses.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): Students with a bachelor’s degree in engineering or in one of the physical sciences may be admitted to the materials science and engineering degree program upon the recommendation of the Graduate Studies Committee. Students who do not have a background that the committee considers satisfactory for the study of advanced materials science and engineering will be required to take preparatory coursework, some of which may be at the undergraduate level. Completion of some coursework may be required before the student begins the work for the graduate degree.

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.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

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

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