Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (STEM) The University of Alabama, USA

While pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME), the student will take graduate-level courses and may conduct research with a faculty advisor and observe how these studies will lead to key engineering innovations and societal impacts in the field of mechanical engineering.  Equipped with complementary and state-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities, the Mechanical Engineering Department has active research programs in the following three disciplinary groups; Dynamic Systems & Control (DSC), ThermoFluids Science (TFS), and Materials Processing & Manufacturing (MPM).  Faculty teach graduate-level courses and conduct research in cross-disciplinary thrust areas that include: automotive systems, robotics and human systems, automation and mechatronic systems, energy and building efficiency, internal combustion engines, manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing, and materials processing and modeling.  Graduate courses in these areas, in addition to the general core graduate courses, provide the foundation for earning an MSME degree.

In addition to offering a thesis and non-thesis master’s degree for the traditional on-campus student, the non-thesis master’s degree is available as a distance degree.  This distance option is available to students residing within the United States or serving abroad at a U.S. military installation.  For more information on the online Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, see the departmental program web page as well as the specific UA Online Degree Program.  We are confident that distance education students have a great opportunity to obtain their degrees with minimal travel or job disruption.

Students and faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have access to state-of-the-art computational facilities and capabilities.  On-campus assets include numerous commercially available computational modeling software packages.  In addition, high performance computing capabilities are accessible through The University of Alabama’s Office of Information Technology.

Qualified students in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program at The University of Alabama are eligible for early admission into the MSME program through the Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).  This program allows students to double-count up to 9 hours of graduate credit toward their undergraduate degree.