Overview

The Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM), home to the Engineering Mechanics program of Virginia Tech, is fully committed to providing an environment for strong undergraduate and graduate education that emphasizes fundamental understanding, high-quality teaching, frontier-level research, innovation, and service to the professional mechanics community.

Key facts:

Instilling EM graduates with a highly flexible professional perspective enables them to pursue successful careers in a variety of engineering industries, in research environments, and in higher education. Indeed, EM graduates now populate prominent engineering departments across the nation and are transmitting the values of their engineering science training to new generations of students. Our graduates also serve as science and technology advisors to local, regional, and federal governmental organizations; hold leadership positions in professional societies; and are active participants in public discourse on the role and value of engineering science in relation to the research and educational competitiveness of the Commonwealth of Virginia and our nation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Scientific Communication in Engineering Mechanics

Continuum Mechanics

Solid Mechanics

Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials

Fluid Mechanics

Theory of Elasticity

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-06 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Blacksburg, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

$75 application fee

A B.S. degree in engineering from a recognized university

Three letters of recommendation

Statement of purpose (the statement of purpose articulates and demonstrates an applicant's specific qualifications and what that applicant's end goal might be once their work is completed. This document is submitted through the online application)

Resume (when you are completing the online application, you will be asked to attach a current resume/CV)

Any supplemental material, such as previous research experience and/or any program needs

Official transcripts and test scores, should be sent directly to the Virginia Tech Graduate School, not to the department

A minimum GPA of 3.0 is a Graduate School requirement

Test Scores (GRE / TOEFL / IELTS)

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

32622 USD / year

≈ 32622 USD / year
Out-of-State

32622 USD / year

≈ 32622 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

16232 USD / year

≈ 16232 USD / year

Living costs

Blacksburg

United States

1166 - 1906 USD / month

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Delivered

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