M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering
Curriculum
Stages: there are two stages of study.
- Accumulative Studies: students working in the industry, and in parallel plan to complete an M.Sc. degree. They are admitted to the Accumulative Study (AS) Stage, which can last no longer than 3 academic years (minimum 3 courses per year). After this time, the student is transferred to the Regular Studies (RS) Stage, where they can complete their requirement.
- Minimum GPA during AS stage: 80 for full time students and 70 for everyone else
- Student must take a minimum of three courses per year (and pass at least two of them)
- Passing of courses: no later than semester 4. All mandatory courses should be taken in the first year of the M.Sc. (but no later than fourth semester of studies)
- 25% of the courses must be taken in the status of “regular student”
- Regular (Full-time) studies: They are directly admitted to the Regular studies (RS) stage. Students in this stage must complete the degree in a maximum of 2 years.
- Preliminary Stage: A candidate whose GPA is lower than the required minimum (but not lower than 75), may be admitted in a provisional status for a period of one year. Those candidates can then be admitted as RS students pertaining they pass their supplementary courses.
- Factors will be considered such as substantial professional experience in the field of materials, ranking, warm recommendations from professional experts (academia/industry), etc…
- A candidate’s program of required supplementary courses will entail completion of four core materials courses & will only be admitted after meeting the supplementary requirements.
Study tracks: There are two tracks which students can choose from. Note that for either track, the advisor is solely responsible for approving the student’s curriculum.
- Research Track requirements: (as detailed in chart below)
- Acquiring a permanent supervisor
- Only for full-time students
- Must complete the M.Sc. with a minimum 75 GPA
- Participation in seminars
- Project Track requirements: (as detailed in chart below)
- Must complete the M.Sc. with a minimum 75 GPA
|
Research Track |
Project Track |
Minimum course credit points |
24 credits |
36 credits |
Weight of Thesis/project |
12 semester hours |
3 credits |
Supplementary courses (if needed) |
No credits |
No credits |
Departmental Seminars (necessary) |
No credits |
No credits |
Mandatory courses, minimum |
8 credits |
8 credits |
Elective courses, minimum |
12 credits |
22 credits |
Other courses, approved by supervisor (maximum amount) |
4 credits |
6 credits |
For details on thesis or final project & mandatory seminars please click HERE
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