Quick Facts - Materials Science & Engineering

• Average class size: 8-15
• Our students may take advantage of an array of internships, industry co-ops, undergraduate research opportunities, and industry-sponsored senior design projects
• Our faculty are committed to educational excellence, with consistently high student teacher evaluations
  • Department average: 8.7 versus University average: 8.5 (Fall 2003)
  • Department average: 8.9 versus University average: 8.6 (Spring 2004)
• Our student chapters of professional societies are active and have received many national and international awards including seven ASM/TMS Chapters of Excellence Awards since 1993
• Students who are residents of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont enjoy reduced tuition
• We have invested more than $20 million in our state-of-the-art facilities, physically housed in the Institute of Materials Science (IMS), an interdisciplinary materials research center
• We have graduated more than 400 alumni from the Materials Science & Engineering program who are employed as engineers, managers, researchers, academics, and even presidents of major companies