Overview

Materials Science and Engineering continues to change rapidly as a discipline, with recent advancements in experimental tools for probing the dynamics of material structure and properties, high-throughput multiscale computational methods, and materials informatics.

At the same time, we become increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative, allowing the community to seek and answer more innovative and complex solutions to our global challenges. Not only do these developments change how we do research, but they change how we approach graduate education.

About the program

North Carolina State University continuously modernizes our graduate training paradigm, with the goal of providing a supportive environment, leading educators, and state-of-the-art resources to create outstanding scientists, engineers, and global leaders.

While an innovative graduate curriculum and graduate research mentorship continue to underpin the graduate program, we also emphasize leadership skills, global engagement, and entrepreneurialism.

Through programs such as the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship on the Science and Engineering of Atomic Structure, we take a leading role in changing the global paradigm for interdisciplinary graduate education.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Structural Materials
Soft and Biomaterials
Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials
Computational Materials Science
Materials Characterization
Energy Materials

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 120 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Raleigh, United States

Disciplines

Materials Science View 86 other PhDs in Materials Science in United States

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Academic requirements

GRE^®

Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

The department requires you to submit:

GRE scores (Though submitting GRE scores has been waived, they are welcome to be included)
Three letters of recommendation
Transcripts
Statement of purpose
A Curriculum Vitae (CV) containing education and employment background, research activities, papers published, conferences attended, and any other evidence in support of the applicant’s qualifications, research interests, and other capabilities

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

12607 USD / year

≈ 12607 USD / year
Out-of-State

12607 USD / year

≈ 12607 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

4089 USD / year

≈ 4089 USD / year

Living costs

Raleigh

United States

1085 - 1853 USD / month

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