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Types of Degrees Offered in the School of Engineering

The UNM School of Engineering is ranked #14 for Engineering Graduate Programs by Princeton Review and #3 for Best Schools for Hispanics by Hispanic Business.

The University of New Mexico-Albuquerque is the only Hispanic-serving institution in the U.S. that is also classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University with Very High Research Activity.

The School of Engineering offers M.S. and Ph.D. programs in the following programs.

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Computer Science

Interdisciplinary Programs

• Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering
• Ph.D. in Cross-Disciplinary Nanoscience and Microsystems

  All participants in the Nanoscience and Microsystems Program are American citizens or permanent resident working towards their Ph.D. degree in a participating UNM graduate field. The program requires that IGERT fellows complete a curriculum of  integrated courses.

Certificate Program

• Computational Science and Engineering Certificate

Other Programs

* 3 + 2 BS/MBA Program

The School of Engineering recognizes that many engineers become managers of engineering programs and projects and thus require supplementary training in business methods beyond their engineering training. In cooperation with the Anderson Schools of Management (ASM) at UNM, the School of Engineering offers a "3 + 2" program of studies leading to the BS and MBA degrees in five years. This program involves selecting core and technical electives that are compatible with both degree programs, and applying to the MBA program at the end of the junior year of engineering studies. Please consult your departmental advisor in engineering and the advisors for the MBA program in ASM for details of this program. More information can be obtained at Engineering Student Services.

Student Group

The University of New Mexico has a total undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 30,000. The School of Engineering has about 1,500 undergraduate students and 560 graduate students, of whom 60 percent are master's candidates and 40 percent are doctoral candidates. Women constitute 20 percent of the graduate engineering enrollment. About half of the graduate students are studying on a part-time basis.

Admission

Students wishing to pursue graduate programs in engineering must meet both the requirements for admission to graduate study at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the prerequisites of the department through which the desired program is offered. Admission decisions are made by departments. Deficiencies may need to be corrected in individual cases.

Requirements for the M.S. degree include a minimum of 30 semester hours with a minimum academic average of B. Six of these hours may be thesis work. A total of 36 hours is required for the M.E. degrees.

Requirements for the Ph.D. degree include a minimum of 48 semester hours of courses beyond the B.S. degree or 24 semester hours beyond the M.S. degree and evidence of superior scholarship and ability as an independent investigator. The M.S. and M.E. degrees require eighteen to twenty-four months of full-time study; the Ph.D., thirty-six to forty-eight months.

Financial Support

Numerous research assistantships paying from $14,000 to $22,000 per year are available through the departments, along with teaching assistantships paying from $12,000 to $15,000. Assistantships may also pay the cost of tuition. Almost all full-time graduate students receive financial aid. A limited number of graduate fellowships, which are offered on a competitive basis, pay considerably more.

What UNM School of Engineering Students Say

As a part-time graduate student who works full-time as an electrical engineer, the flexibility of classes with the option of on-line instruction makes an otherwise impossible endeavor achievable. The accessibility and dedication of the professors shows the focus on students at UNM, which is of the utmost importance. The high caliber of faculty in the electromagnetics specialty of the electrical engineering department greatly enhances the quality of education and reputation of the program. Partnering with labs, such as Sandia National Laboratories, provides research opportunities for students that would normally only be found at the largest universities. Matthew B. Higgins, Sandia National Laboratories

School of Engineering
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