Materialize Your Future with UConn MSE

Welcome back to UConn MSE for the 2024 academic year. Now that we’re settled into the new Institute of Materials Science, our almost 300 students, researchers, staff, and faculty are eager to expand on our many successes thus far. Our national ranking is again in the top 25 for public MSE programs. Our newest faculty member, JC Zhao, is also our new College of Engineering Dean signaling the importance of MSE to our university and our region. And our research efforts, publications, awards, and grants all continue to grow, leveraging our particular expertise in metallurgy, additive manufacturing, functional and biomedical materials, materials for energy and sustainability, and novel materials modeling, processing, and characterization.

Don’t wait to join our undergraduate program, featuring more hands-on lab classes than any other engineering degree. Earn a PhD, or a part-time masters degree. Benefit from our industry partnerships, exceptional labs and facilities, and renowned faculty. Be an active member of the vibrant community we’ve established here in Science1.

Invent, apply, and manufacture the materials which make tomorrow better. Materialize Your Future with UConn Materials.

Why Study Materials Science and Engineering?

Materials Science is present in nearly every field of engineering, and in every aspect of your modern world. The demand for newer, stronger, cheaper, lighter, more functional and more sustainable materials is inherent in all types of industries. Materials science and engineering majors develop the materials that make the technologies we use in our everyday lives better. READ MORE.

Administrative Program Support

General Inquiries, Academic Services, Admissions, Travel
Sarah Moore
Email: sarah.e.moore@uconn.edu
Phone: 860-486-4620
Normal Office Hours: 8:00am-3:30pm
Mon., Tue., Thu., Fr. onsite and telecommuting Wed.

Financial Services, Payroll, Purchasing, Visas
Lorri Lafontaine
Email: lorri.lafontaine@uconn.edu
Phone: 860-486-4621
Normal Office Hours: 8:00am-3:30pm
All week onsite

Interim Department Head
Avinash Dongare
Email: dongare@uconn.edu

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MSE Among Top 25 Public Programs 

Degrees Offered
B.S. (ABET accredited)
MSE minor
M.S., MENG, Ph.D.

Faculty
20 Full-time Professors
4 Joint with the UConn Health Center
4 Additional Faculty in Graduate Program
13 Teaching, Research, Adjunct, and Emeritus Faculty

Students
98 Undergraduate Students
79 Graduate Students