Overview

The Welding Engineering Technology program is designed to produce plant-level welding engineering technology graduates who are involved in the concept, design and engineering of weldments and implementation of welding processes.

This overall knowledge of weldments and the ability to engineer welding and joining systems produces graduatees who are in great demand and highly compensated.

Ferris State University provides several welding instructional areas including laboratories dedicated to inspection, mechanical testing, robotics, laser processing, resistance welding and material preparation/fabrication. In addition to core welding classes, courses in material science, computer aided design, electronics and machine tool disciplines are required and are taught by faculty specialists in those departments.

Career Prospects

With one out of two products that comprise the gross domestic product containing a weld, the welding profession is prevalent in all areas of our economy. Graduates of the Welding Engineering Technology program currently hold over fifty different job titles. The most common include welding engineer, manufacturing engineer, application engineer, sales engineer and project engineer or manager. Graduates find employment opportunities in all sectors of the construction, fabrication and manufacturing economy.

Programme Structure

Course include:

Quality Testing

Welding Automatics and Robotics

Design of Weldments

Advanced Resistance Welding

Advanced Welding Processes

Welding Metallurgy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

129 SCH

129-130

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Big Rapids, United States

Disciplines

General Engineering & Technology View 1156 other Bachelors in General Engineering & Technology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Welding Engineering Technology applicants are required to achieve a minimum score of 70 on the NOCTI Job Readiness Assessment for Welding (Test Code 4272) in order to be admitted to welding engineering technology or pre-welding engineering technology bachelor degree.

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

23884 USD / year

≈ 23884 USD / year
Out-of-State

14420 USD / year

≈ 14420 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

14420 USD / year

≈ 14420 USD / year

Additional Details

US residents and Canadians pay the same amount

Living costs

Big Rapids

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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