Program Overview

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IDGP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) offers a Ph.D. degree, and non-thesis and thesis-based M.S. degrees that prepare highly talented and motivated students for graduate studies and/or industry careers in MSE. Faculty in the MSE IDGP work in a wide range of fields such as Advanced Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Biomaterials, Catalysis, Energy Conversion and Storage, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnology, Quantum Computing, and Soft Matter, among others. Students can pursue coursework, obtain equipment and instrumentation training from dedicated staff, and perform original research at the forefront of MSE in state-of-the-art research laboratories and shared facilities at UMass.