Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:38
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:State Universities all have excellent material engineering programs, e.g., purdue, georgia tech. It's best to attend your in-state flagship.[/quote]
Nope. Not for those heading to the top of the field. Why do you think all the big name privates have the field and even more are adding it or just added it in recent years?
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:38
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Anonymous wrote:State Universities all have excellent material engineering programs, e.g., purdue, georgia tech. It's best to attend your in-state flagship.[/quote]
Nope. Not for those heading to the top of the field. Why do you think all the big name privates have the field and even more are adding it or just added it in recent years?
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:36
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Anonymous wrote:It's not a popular field.
It will likely be the most popular engineering field in a a few short years, due to the fact that the jobs are surging.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:35
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Anonymous wrote:DC is interested in materials science or engineering — loves physics and chem, loves exploring properties of materials, and likes the idea of researching either new materials or new properties/new applications of existing materials.
There don’t really seem to be any undergrad programs for materials engineering, and DC’s current plan is to major in physics or chem, likely with a minor in the other (or double major). But are we missing some niche program we just don’t know about?
What? Materials Sci can be its own department or paired with MechE.
These schools have Materials Science&Engineering at the undergrad and PhD levels, the latter of which provides increased research opportunities for undergraduates.
Stanford
MIT
Harvard
Northwestern
UPenn
UCB
Cornell
Columbia
Princeton(new)
UIUC
GTech
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:11
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
It's not a popular field.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:09
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
OP, any college search tool should help, or even just google, to identify materials science programs at the undergraduate level.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:05
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Mat Sci isn't rare.
It's available at UMD https://mse.umd.edu/undergraduate
And UVA https://engineering.virginia.edu/department/materials-science-and-engineering/academics/mse-undergraduate-field ml.
For two examples.
There's also a lot of variety within Mat Sci. You can study polymers, metallurgy, nanomaterials, etc. It's a fun field.
It's available at UMD https://mse.umd.edu/undergraduate
And UVA https://engineering.virginia.edu/department/materials-science-and-engineering/academics/mse-undergraduate-field ml.
For two examples.
There's also a lot of variety within Mat Sci. You can study polymers, metallurgy, nanomaterials, etc. It's a fun field.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 21:03
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
I use a materials scientist often in my work who went to Illinois.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:52
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
RIT
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:50
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Northwestern
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:46
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:18
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
State Universities all have excellent material engineering programs, e.g., purdue, georgia tech. It's best to attend your in-state flagship.
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:12
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
All the big flagship universities with good engineering programs have material science and engineering programs. For example:
https://matse.illinois.edu/
https://matse.illinois.edu/
Anonymous
04/14/2026 20:08
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
im confused. there are plenty of MatSci bachelors degree programs including Hopkins, MIT, Stanford amongst others
Anonymous
04/14/2026 19:45
Subject: Materials science/engineering programs?
DC is interested in materials science or engineering — loves physics and chem, loves exploring properties of materials, and likes the idea of researching either new materials or new properties/new applications of existing materials.
There don’t really seem to be any undergrad programs for materials engineering, and DC’s current plan is to major in physics or chem, likely with a minor in the other (or double major). But are we missing some niche program we just don’t know about?
There don’t really seem to be any undergrad programs for materials engineering, and DC’s current plan is to major in physics or chem, likely with a minor in the other (or double major). But are we missing some niche program we just don’t know about?