When you hear the word “innovation,” you picture a product, vehicle or system with more features, faster operation or additional uses. Mechanical engineering propels these advancements forward — from car and technology designs to manufacturing, aerospace and health care capabilities.

As a mechanical engineer, you realize that keeping your skills up to date isn’t just a job requirement. Instead, your knowledge base helps shape these developments. As you contemplate the next chapter of your career, Missouri University of Science and Technology’s (Missouri S&T) online master of science in mechanical engineering lets you design your path forward.

As you look ahead, Missouri S&T’s program meets you where you are while supplying you with a transformative education. Gain insights from some of the field’s most eminent minds, receive mentorship from faculty and take part in impactful research. This approach positions you to lead projects and fuel societal innovation.

Customize your degree to your goals, interests and where you see yourself. Select from thesis and non-thesis tracks based upon whether you work in industry or plan to push the boundaries through academia.

However you structure your degree, the online master’s in mechanical engineering:

• Grows your knowledge of research and mechanical design
• Highlights advanced applications of science and mathematics in engineering
• Exposes you to the field’s latest tools and methodologies
• Explores where mechanical engineering intersects with other engineering and science disciplines
• Upgrades what you know about material properties
• Encourages you to think about mechanical engineering from a broader perspective, including environmental impact and project costs
• Presents the opportunity for developing a specialization in a subfield

Candidates have two pathways to enter the program. Apply directly, or explore an advanced mechanical engineering discipline through one of Missouri S&T’s graduate certificate programs before transferring your credits toward a master’s degree. Related certificate programs include composite materials and structures, control systems, energy conversion and transport, engineering mechanics and manufacturing automation.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in in aerospace or mechanical engineering, or a related engineering or science field
• Undergraduate GPA ≥ 3.0
• GRE V+Q ≥ 302, GRE Q ≥ 157, and GRE WR ≥ 3.5
• International requirement: TOEFL ≥ 80, IELTS ≥ 6.5 or satisfactory completion of an approved English language Institute program.

Please contact the academic department for details on the distance doctorate program. Email mae@mst.edu or call 573-341-4661.