Fuse your creativity and interest in materials to mold a rewarding career.
A bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering will prepare you to create and innovate products that touch our everyday lives: prostheses, automobiles, mountain bikes, computers, cell phones, and more.
Materials scientists work at the forefront of technology, applying physics, chemistry, and biology to compose new products—many of which have the potential to greatly improve quality of life. These professionals have contributed to major scientific breakthroughs including
- New materials that allow energy conversion for a cleaner environment
- Artificial skin for burn victims
- Nanotechnologies that make computers smaller, faster, and more economical
- Tough new composites that enable mountain bikers to climb higher and faster
- Microscopic silicon chips that rewire themselves to conform to users’ needs
- Medical diagnostic equipment such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging
Our ABET accredited BS in Materials Science and Engineering prepares students to create the future.
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3rdmost focused materials engineering college (College Factual)
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10thbest value materials engineering college (College Factual)
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6thbest undergraduate MSE program in the Great Lakes region
Tomorrow Needs Science and Engineering on Many Scales
At Michigan Tech, explore a wide variety of materials ranging in scale from the nano- to the macro, and take an active role in their development and production. Find out what controls the properties, behaviors, and performance of metals, plastics, ceramics, biomaterials, electronic materials, and more.
Be Career-ready
Students who graduate with a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering are prepared to transition directly to entry-level jobs in industry. The majority of our alumni find positions in process engineering, quality control, and materials design. A large number go into the electronics, auto, and foundry industries. An advanced degree is desirable for research positions.
Each year, more than 400 employers come to campus to recruit Huskies at our career fairs and our business grads go on to work at Fortune 500 companies, tech startups, small businesses, and everything in between.
Career Opportunities for Materials Science and Engineering
- Reliability engineer
- Composites engineer
- Research engineer
- Semiconductor processing engineer
- Failure analysis engineer
- Materials engineer
- Quality assurance engineer
Engineering Enterprise Concentration
Pursue an Enterprise concentration as part of your degree by taking part in Michigan Tech's award-winning Enterprise Program. It's a great way to enhance your undergraduate degree with client-based teamwork. Enterprise is when students work in teams on real projects, with real clients, in an environment that's more like a business than a classroom. Choose any one of 20-plus Enterprise teams on campus to invent products, provide services, and pioneer solutions. Apply the skills learned in your major and gain some valuable new skills. Tackle real-world design projects for industry sponsors or take part in a national competition (or both). This concentration adds courses in business and entrepreneurship.