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Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 120
Program Details
The educational objectives of the Materials Engineering curriculum are:
- Provide students a strong foundation in oral and written communication, teamwork experiences, and individual professionalism including ethics and environmental awareness.
- Provide students with the skills for lifelong learning both within and outside the profession.
- Provide students with the foundation necessary to succeed in materials-related industries or post graduate programs through a curriculum that includes in-depth instruction, the development of problem-solving skills, and exposure to open-ended real-world problems.
- Provide students with the ability to think critically and to perform effectively within the profession.
What You Will Learn:
Materials Engineering is the study of the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of engineering materials, such as metals, ceramics, polymers and biomaterials. A materials engineer predicts and controls material properties through an understanding of atomic, molecular, crystalline and microscopic structures of engineering materials. As an essential member of an engineering team, the materials engineer is responsible for synthesis and processing of advanced materials.
Admissions & curriculum
120 Required Credits
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Materials Science and Engineering Salaries
$73,000
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
$77,500
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, the median income for materials scientists is $101,570.
Career Prospects
Where do Materials Science and Engineering (Materials Science Option) majors work?
Common Job Titles
- Researcher
- Research Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Metallurgist
Top Employers
- TTX Company
- Owens Corning
- Croda
What our students are saying
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I have enjoyed my time in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, particularly the small classes and individual attention that help in hands-on learning."Emine S. Karaman -
Getting a degree from a great school like NJIT gave me the opportunity to choose the job I wanted."Seif Issa -
NJIT was my dream school."Hilsson Angeles
Materials Science and Engineering (Materials Science Option)
What do Materials Science and Engineering (Materials Science Option) majors do?
What our students are saying
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I have enjoyed my time in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, particularly the small classes and individual attention that help in hands-on learning."Emine S. Karaman
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Getting a degree from a great school like NJIT gave me the opportunity to choose the job I wanted."Seif Issa
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NJIT was my dream school."Hilsson Angeles
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- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 60
Program Details
The mission of the Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. program is to provide advanced education and research opportunities for students and professionals in the theoretical, experimental, and analytical foundations of materials science and in the engineering use, modification, and application to the structures and products of the technological age. We expect that, as a student and/or graduate of the Materials Science and Engineering M.S. program, you will exhibit the following:
- Academic Excellence: Students will demonstrate compressive knowledge in their area of concentrations, formulate advanced research questions independently and propose methods of investigation to research currently unsolved problems.
- Real-World Research Experience: Students will gain expertise and demonstrate a broad knowledge of their field, its tools, and techniques, and use this to develop new knowledge using ethical standards of conduct.
- Professional Communication and Collaboration: Students will develop top-level communication skills to collaborate and speak effectively about scientific topics, issues, and research at national and international meetings.
What You Will Learn:
Upon graduation all Ph.D. students in Applied Physics should be able to meet the following learning outcomes:
- Formulate advanced research questions independently and propose methods of investigation, including the design of experiments to investigate currently unsolved problems.
- Demonstrate and apply comprehensive knowledge in the area of concentration to identify, find, evaluate, articulate and use scientific information at a high level of proficiency.
- Apply quantitative methods to describe and analyze phenomena.
- Publish at least one scientific article as the first author in peer-reviewed journals in the area of concentration.
- Present at least one professional talk at the national or international conference in the area of concentration.
- Demonstrate broad knowledge of the field, its tools, and techniques to develop new knowledge.
- Identify, find, evaluate, articulate and use scientific information associated with their field.
- Interact with other professional and student researchers in a skilled, cooperative fashion to discuss issues and solve scientific problems at a high level of proficiency.
- Conduct research and develop relationships using ethical, professional standards of conduct.
Admissions & curriculum
60 Required Credits
Explore this area of study
Materials Science and Engineering Salaries
$73,000
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
$77,500
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, the median income for materials scientists is $101,570.
Career Prospects
Where do Materials Science and Engineering (Materials Science Option) majors work?
Common Job Titles
- Researcher
- Research Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Metallurgist
Top Employers
- TTX Company
- Owens Corning
- Croda
What our students are saying
-
I have enjoyed my time in the Materials Science and Engineering Program, particularly the small classes and individual attention that help in hands-on learning."Emine S. Karaman
-
Getting a degree from a great school like NJIT gave me the opportunity to choose the job I wanted."Seif Issa
-
NJIT was my dream school."Hilsson Angeles
