The Grad Track Pathway in Materials Science and Engineering offers early provisional admission to the master’s degree program to exceptional undergraduate students and is designed for these students to earn coursework credit towards their master’s degree while completing their bachelor’s degree in the same discipline. In this program, a student can achieve both bachelor’s and master’s degrees faster than if pursuing the degrees separately. The student will first earn the bachelor’s degree and then the master’s degree. The student must complete the bachelor’s degree and meet the admission requirements for the master’s program before being admitted to the master’s program.

Degree programs

  • MS in Materials Science and Engineering
  • MS in Ceramic Engineering
  • MS in Metallurgical Engineering

Benefits of the program

  • Up to 9 credit hours of 5000-level or 6000-level Cer Eng, Met Eng or MS&E graduate coursework may be transferred from the Missouri S&T bachelor’s degree to the associated thesis master’s degree or non-thesis master’s degree.
  • Graduate coursework taken for Grad Track Pathway will be assessed undergraduate tuition rates.
  • Additional graduate coursework may be taken by applying for dual undergraduate/graduate enrollment.
  • Admissions criteria
  • How to apply

Admissions criteria

Minimum requirements for eligibility to the Grad Track Pathway in Materials Science and Engineering are:

  • Must apply no later than 30 days after the start of the semester the student will earn their BS degree.
  • Must have a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA.
  • Must have completed 18 credit hours of Cer Eng or Met Eng courses.
  • Must have a 3.5 minimum GPA in the Cer Eng or Met Eng courses.

How to apply

To be admitted into the pathway program, the student must submit the Admission and Course Approval Form to their departmental advisor, the Associate Chair of Academic Affairs, and then the dean of graduate education. Graduate coursework taken for Grad Track Pathway including any 5000-level or 6000-level Cer Eng, Met Eng or MS&E lecture courses will be identified on the Admission and Course Approval Form. Before enrolling in the master's program, the student must formally apply for admission to the master’s program with the GRE score required.

Questions?

For more information about the program, please see the Grad Track Pathway Admission and Standards. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Aditya Kumar, the Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs, or your undergraduate advisor.