Mechanical Engineering MS

Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.

Master's

Total Units Required: 12

(At least five courses excluding MECH_ENG 499-0 Projects/MECH_ENG 512-0 Seminar/MECH_ENG 590-0 Research must be 400-level)

Course Title
Unless doing MS with a Specialization, at least one course each from four of the eight subareas: Solids, Fluids/Thermodynamics/Energy, Dynamics/Controls, Design/Manufacturing/Tribology, MEMS/Nanotechnology, Biomedical/Biology, Mathematics/Sciences, Engineering Management
MS with Thesis
Research (3 units)
Seminar (must be taken in all quarters of full-time registration)
9 additional graduate-level courses, including:
At least 5 units of 400-level courses
At least 5 units of MECH_ENG courses
Non-Thesis MS
12 graduate-level courses, including:
At least 6 units of 400-level courses
At least 8 units of MECH_ENG courses

Other MS Degree Requirements

  • Examinations: addresses research project
  • Research/Projects: research report on topic of interest to both student and advisor