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Degree Overview
- 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
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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
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Common Job Titles
- Researcher
- Research Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Metallurgist
Top Employers
- TTX Company
- Owens Corning
- Croda
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- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 72
Program Details
Ph.D. students in NJIT’s the Electrical Engineering program are expected to originate and advance research in their area of study, while also preparing to become leaders in academia, industry or the government. The Ph.D. candidate enters as a student, progresses as an apprentice scholar and graduates as a colleague of his or her mentor. These are some of our basic goals for doctoral students, which include both intellectual and ethical considerations.
What You Will Learn:
Doctoral students in NJIT’s the Electrical Engineering Ph.D. program are preparing for diverse fields and will work with renowned experts in these specialty areas.
- Demonstrate a broad technical expertise in Electrical Engineering through successful coursework and achievement on exams.
- Communicate research outcomes to the scientific community through oral presentations and written work, including your dissertation, conference presentations, and journal papers.
- Perform high-quality independent research that is original and well -executed.
- Teach, often at the collegiate level.
- Develop ethical reasoning skills to conduct research.
- Find employment in computer engineering or a related field.
Admissions & curriculum
72 Required Credits
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Electrical Engineering Salaries
$67,500
Starting Salary, NJIT Average
$72,564
Mid-Career Salary, National Average
Top Ranked Online Master's in Engineering Programs - U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Career Prospects
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Common Job Titles
- Power Systems Engineer
- Telecommunication Engineer
- Computer Network Architect
- Control Systems and Robotics Engineer
- Electronics Engineer
Top Employers
- National Grid
- Dominion Energy
- Exelon Corporation
- PSE&G
- General Electric (GE) Power
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Dhawan, Atam
- Chief Strategic Innovation Officer
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Grebel, Haim
- Professor
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Hou, Edwin
- Professor
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Kam, Moshe
- Dean, Newark College of Engineering
- Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Liu, Qing
- Associate Professor
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