Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

Meeting many of the most critical challenges facing modern society requires advances in the materials that underpin new technologies. Examples include providing carbon-free and renewable energy, clean water, advanced medical treatments and devices, and sustainable materials manufacturing. New materials are also required for continued economic growth in areas as diverse as aerospace, computing, and sensors.

Materials scientists and engineers at UWMadison work toward solutions to these problems via research in a wide variety of areas. Research areas include ceramics, computational material science, composites, corrosion, electrical, optical, magnetic materials, growth and synthesis, joining, materials for energy, metals, materials characterization and microscopy, nanomaterials, phase transformations, photonics, polymers and biomaterials, materials for nuclear energy, quantum computing, self-assembly, semiconductors, structural materials and mechanical properties, surfaces and interfaces, sustainability, thin films, and wear.

A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required.
A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a master's degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. Applicants from an international institution must demonstrate strong academic achievement comparable to a 3.00 for an undergraduate or master's degree.
Minimum TOEFL requirement- 92 internet (iBT), 580 paper-based test (PBT)
Minimum IELTS requirement- 7.0
Minimum IELTS Indicator requirement- 7.0