Drexel University

Materials science and engineering is at the cutting edge of technology, concerned with the production, structure, characterization, properties, and utilization of a variety of materials. Graduates of this program learn to extend the limited supply of materials and improve existing materials, but also learn to develop and design new, superior materials and processes with an awareness of cost, reliability, safety, and societal/environmental implications.

Students in this major gain the technical and theoretical knowledge to cover basic sciences and engineering of all materials but specialize in upper-level electives through tracks that concentrate on nanoscale materials, biomaterials, electronic and photonic materials, and more. Students eventually utilize their gained knowledge to develop their capstone senior design project, arriving at solutions to real-world engineering problems.