Overview

The science and engineering of materials hold the key to advances in many critical areas of high technology - from integrated circuits and chip carriers to turbine engines and optical waveguides. As a result, the field of Materials Science and Engineering abounds with scientific challenges critical to a broad variety of applications. Exciting times are ahead and Materials Science and Engineering program at The University of Arizona is poised to initiate new thrusts in optical materials, biomaterials, tissue engineering, nanotechnology and computational modeling of materials.

Key Features

Funding from the state, federal government and industry has provided modern facilities and supported research of ever expanding scope and magnitude. We conduct research at both the campus setting and at our off-campus research facility, the Arizona Materials Laboratory (AML).

The department has exciting research programs in areas as diverse as high-tech ceramics, non-linear optical materials, sol-gel and biomimetic processing, and polymers in electronic packaging. It has a long tradition of excellence in extractive and physical metallurgy; the movement toward high-tech materials has not been made at the expense of this excellence, but rather as a complement to it.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

The graduate programs in the department are designed to provide advanced study in the fields of materials properties, materials structures, and materials processing.

Emphasis is placed on metals, alloys, electronic and optical materials, ceramics, composites and biomaterials.

Courses and research are provided in extraction, thermodynamics, kinetics, transport, microstructural characterization, physical properties, processing, and application.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

63 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Materials Science General Engineering & Technology View 91 other PhDs in Materials Science in United States

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Minimum GPA 3.0

Official transcripts

3 letters of recommendation

Statement of purpose

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Tuition Fee

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International

34100 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 34100 USD per year during 60 months.
National

34100 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 34100 USD per year during 60 months.
In-State

14900 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 14900 USD per year during 60 months.

Living costs for Tucson

830 - 1140 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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