PhD
Doctorate degrees
You can apply to our PhD program with a master’s or just a bachelor’s degree, and our PhD students receive full funding, which includes a tuition waiver, monthly living stipend, and health insurance. Find out why you should get a PhD at Michigan.
All of our departments offer doctorate degrees, and we also have interdisciplinary PhD programs that help you make the most of broad expertise at the university.
See what we offer in the Engineering Course Guide and Bulletin.
Find Faculty
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Physics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Climate and Space Sciences & Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Design Science
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Engineering Education Research
- Industrial & Operations Engineering
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Materials Science & Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences
- Robotics
- Scientific Computing
- U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
Research News
- Focusing on precompetitive problems, such as enabling communication between digital twins, U-M and ASU are seeking industry partners for an NSF research center.
- Human activity or other wetland factors like temperature or soil chemistry could be at play.
- Please join us in congratulating the cohort of Michigan Engineering emeritus faculty who retired between March 2024 and February 2025. May your next chapter be as awe-inspiring as your last.
About the degrees
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Full-time five-year research-based program. Develops skills that apply to careers both inside and outside academia. We provide all PhD students with a tuition waiver, stipend and health insurance.
Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing (DEng): Graduate professional degree for students who have already earned both a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a master’s degree in any engineering or business discipline. Details in Michigan Engineering Course Guide and Bulletin.