The Materials Science and Engineering program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been continually offered since 1865, originating as a degree in the study of geology, mining, and metallurgy.
Over the years, Materials Science and Engineering and the field of materials science and engineering have evolved to address worldwide challenges and meet societal needs in transportation, communication, medicine, and more. The Department awards degrees to around thirty students annually, who each pursue unique paths in research, industry, and policy.
The program's required core subjects address the fundamental relationships between processing, microstructure, properties, performance of modern materials — and their applications. Programming, modeling, and other techniques are introduced in focused computational subjects that pair with and build on core subjects.
Participation in laboratory work by undergraduates is an integral part of the curriculum. The departmental core subjects include extensive laboratory exercises that investigate materials properties, structure, and processing and are complementary to the lecture subjects.
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