Overview

In our state-of-the-art labs, you’ll apply new materials to existing engineering applications and the property of matter to various areas of science and engineering. If you’re fascinated by how materials properties change and perform based on different manufacturing process parameters and environmental applications, you’ll find many opportunities for investigating that during the Materials Science program of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Key Features

You’ll explore the structure, properties, processing, kinetics, thermodynamics, and performance of existing materials and develop improved processes to make new materials for fields involving medical devices, health care, energy, and nanotechnology. As a student in our masters in material science program, you’ll apply your wide-ranging knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and math with mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering principles to uncover previously unknown uses and properties of materials.

As a student in the master’s in material science, your fundamental course work includes courses in Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials, Advanced Thermodynamics, X-Ray Diffraction, Analytical Methods in Materials Engineering, and Phase Transformations in Materials. Once the required courses are complete, you'll have the option to continue with a thesis or non-thesis option.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Materials Characterization

Mineral Processing

Heat Treating

Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing

NanoEnergy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-21 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-14 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Worcester, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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150 _(verbal)

165 _{(quantitative)}

3 _(analytical)

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Application fee of $70

Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can comment on your qualifications for pursuing graduate study are required

GRE: Required for international applicants; recommended for all others. There are no minimum GRE scores, but the average for admitted students is typically 150 verbal, 165 quantitative, and 3.0 analytical

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year
Out-of-State

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year
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In-State

30420 USD / year

≈ 30420 USD / year

Living costs

Worcester

United States

1100 - 1620 USD / month

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