GRADUATE DEGREES OFFERED

• Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering)
• Doctor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering)
• Graduate Certificate Programs:
  • Engineering Mechanics or
  • CAD/CAM & Rapid Product Development

PROGRAM FEATURES

As a student in a graduate program in mechanical or aerospace engineering, you will develop a broad-based knowledge of technology and learn theory and skills necessary to conduct cutting-edge research and design products and processes for a range of industries. In mechanical engineering, you will use your knowledge of mathematics, science and economics in the aerospace, automotive, communication, energy, food processing, general manufacturing or heavy equipment manufacturing industries. In aerospace engineering, you will design, construct or test aircraft, rockets, satellites, and shuttles or develop environmentally clean energy and transportation systems.

REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCH and DESIGN AREAS WHERE YOU CAN WORK with a GRADUATE DEGREE in ME or AE:

Acoustics; Aerosol Mechanics; Aerothermochemistry; Cellular Biomechanics; Combustion; Compliant Mechanism Design; Composite Material Structures; Composite Materials; Computational Fluid Mechanics; Conduction, Convection and Radiation Heat Transfer; Design Theory and Methodology; Fracture Mechanics; Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics of Energy Systems; HVAC Systems; Hypersonic Propulsion; Industrial Energy Management and Waste Minimization; Intelligent Control; Internal Combustion Engines; Laser Material Processing; Laser-Based Manufacturing; Manufacturing, including Intelligent Machining; Mechanotronics; Monitoring and Control of Manufacturing Processes; Nanotechnology; Neural Networks; Piezo-Actuators and Transducers; Probabilistic and Statistical Methods; Rapid Prototyping; Solid and Continuum Mechanics; Spacecraft Design; Synthesis of Mechanisms; Tribology; Unsteady Flows and Virtual Reality.

THE EXTRA EDGE

Ranked 50th in mechanical engineering among the nation's best graduate engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2006"

Ranked 68th among the nation's best graduate engineering schools by U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2006"

One of the "best 361 colleges" in the United States by The Princeton Review, August 2006

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• B.S Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a GPA of 3.0 / 4.0 or higher
• M.S Degree with a GPA of at least 3.5 / 4.0 (for Ph.D. students)
• International Students for whom English is not their native
  language must submit a TOEFL score of at least 570.
• GRE score V+Q of at least 1100, GRE AW score of at least 3.5.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Master of Science without Thesis
A minimum of 30 semester hours. At least nine 400-level coursework hours from the major field of study are required.

MSME: This includes at least 21 hours of course work within the department, of which 6 hours must be from two ME core curriculum areas, and at least 6 hours from outside the department.

MSAE: This includes at least 18 coursework hours within the department, of which 9 hours must be from the aerospace core curriculum, and at least 6 hours in mathematics and/or computer science.

Master of Science with Thesis
A minimum of 30 semester hours, including 24 hours of coursework and 6 hours of research in a major area. This includes at least 6 hours in mathematics and/or computer science.

MSME: This includes 9 coursework hours from the ME core curriculum.

MSAE: This includes at least 9 coursework hours from the AE core curriculum.

Dual Master’s Program
Graduate students already holding or completing a master's degree in engineering can obtain a second master's degree by completing additional 24 semester hours of graduate coursework.

Doctor of Philosophy
A minimum of 60 semester hours beyond the master's degree (or 90 hours beyond the bachelor's degree), including 24 hours of coursework and 36 hours of research. The Ph.D. candidates must satisfy the departmental core course requirements for the master's degree.

Doctor of Engineering
A minimum of 90 semester hours beyond the bachelor's degree, including a minimum of two semesters in residence at Missouri S&T with a graduate registration of at least 12 hours per semester.

Graduate Certificate Programs
The Graduate Certificate Program is designed to appeal to working professionals. Four designated courses must be completed in three years with GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale or better. If the four-course sequence is completed with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, the student can be admitted to the M.S. program. The certificate courses taken by students admitted to the master's program will count toward their master’s degrees.

THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION CENTER IN ST. LOUIS

The Engineering Education Center serves the population of Greater St. Louis providing evening graduate programs in various engineering and computer-oriented disciplines. This service of Missouri University of Science and Technology is intended for working engineers and computer specialists interested in enhancing their qualification and status through acquisition of an advanced degree.

The EEC was started in 1964 at the request of local industry. It has awarded over 2,500 master's degrees since its inception.