Mechanical Engineering Graduate Education

Graduate Degrees

• Master of Science in Engineering (M.S.E.) in Mechanical Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering

M.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering

The requirement for this degree is 30 credit hours of approved graduate course work. At least 18 hours must be taken in mechanical engineering, 6 hours in mathematics, and 6 cognate credits. Up to 6 credit hours of research or 9 credit hours of thesis can be taken as part of a 30-credit-hour requirement. Research can be done in an industrial environment ('practicum'). Details of degree requirements may be found at http://www.me.engin.umich.edu/prospective/graduate/.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

A doctoral committee is appointed for each applicant to supervise the investigative work of the student and election of graduate courses of instruction and passing the qualifying examination. Candidacy is achieved when the student demonstrates competence in his/her field of knowledge through completion of courses and passing the preliminary examination.

The doctoral degree is conferred after the student presents the result of their investigation in the form of a dissertation, and in recognition of marked ability and scholarship in a relatively broad field of knowledge.