The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science offers the MS degree in Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The thesis plan requires seven formal courses and a thesis, which may be written while the student is enrolled in two individual study courses. The comprehensive examination plan requires nine formal courses and a comprehensive examination. In some fields students may be allowed to use the PhD major field examination to satisfy the MS comprehensive examination requirement. Full-time students complete MS programs in an average of five terms of study (about a year and a half). To remain in good academic standing, an MS student must obtain a 3.0 grade-point average overall and a 3.0 GPA in graduate courses.
A concurrent degree program between UCLA Samueli and the Anderson Graduate School of Management allows students to earn two master’s degrees simultaneously: the MBA and the MS in Computer Science. Contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for details.
The primary purpose of the Master of Science in Engineering Online self-supporting degree program is to enable employed engineers and computer scientists to augment their technical education beyond the Bachelor of Science degree and to enhance their value to the technical organizations in which they are employed.
The individual degrees include:
Engineering (online MS)
Engineering – Aerospace (online MS)
Engineering – Computer Networking (online MS)
Engineering – Electrical (online MS)
Engineering – Electronic Materials (online MS)
Engineering – Integrated Circuits (online MS)
Engineering – Manufacturing and Design (online MS)
Engineering – Materials Science (online MS)
Engineering – Mechanical (online MS)
Engineering – Signal Processing and Communications (online MS)
Engineering – Structural Materials (online MS)
The one-year Master of Engineering (MEngr) is a self-supporting, professional degree designed to develop future engineering leaders. Tailored to those who wish to pursue technical management positions, the degree addresses the needs of both students and industry with high-tech skill set and management savvy. Students in the program develop technical mastery in emerging research areas, learning business and technology management skills while creating real-world projects with industry input.
The Engineer (Engr) degree is similar to the PhD degree in that the program of study is built around a major and two minor fields, and the preliminary written and oral examinations are the same. However, a dissertation is not required. Unlike the PhD degree, the Engineer degree does have a formal course requirement of a minimum of 15 (at least nine graduate) courses beyond the bachelor’s degree, with at least six courses in the major field (minimum of four graduate courses) and at least three in each minor field (minimum of two graduate courses in each).