Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

Baylor University

Baylor offers a Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering, allowing students to work with faculty across departmental boundaries. Materials Science and Engineering is multidisciplinary in nature, crossing traditional departmental specializations. Students, along with their interdisciplinary dissertation committee, will select from a wide variety of courses and research areas allowing students to establish expertise crossing traditional disciplinary lines. Baylor’s Materials Science and Engineering program specializes in two pillars of national need: Advanced Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Optical and Quantum Materials. The program is research-intensive and designed to prepare students for future careers in industry, federal laboratories, and academia.

School of Engineering and Computer Science