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Types of Degrees Offered

The UNM School of Engineering is ranked #14 for Engineering Graduate Programs by Princeton Review and #5 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. Links will take you to specific departments:

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

The School of Engineering offers M.E. degrees in:

• Manufacturing

In addition to the Ph.D. degrees listed above, the School of Engineering offers Ph.D. degrees in:

• Optical Sciences
• Integrative 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.

Faculty

• There are 98 faculty members and 28 research faculty in five departments.
• More than three dozen faculty members have been elected Fellows in professional societies.
• Two are UNM/National Laboratories Distinguished Professors.

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

Graduate Degree Programs

Department, Contact Info and Web Site

Degrees, Concentrations & Research Opportunities

Chemical and Nuclear Engineering

www-chne.unm.edu

Contact: Jo White, Coordinator of Program Advisement

jowhite@unm.edu

(505) 277-5606

Master of Engineering

• Chemical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Master of Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing

Ph.D. in Engineering

Civil Engineering

  www.unm.edu/~civil

Contact: Josie Gibson, Coordinator of Program Advisement

jgibson@unm.edu (505) 277-6633

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)

• Construction Engineering and Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Hydraulics and Water Resources
• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• Transportation and Traffic Engineering

Master's in Construction Management (MCM)

Ph.D. in Engineering

Computer Science

  www.cs.unm.edu/

Contact: Lynne Jacobsen, Coordinator of Program Advisement
csinfo@unm.edu
(505) 277-3112

Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS)

• Track One: Theoretical Computer Science
• Track Two focusing on: Artificial Intelligence, Biocomputation, Scientific computation, Systems and Languages

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering

www.eece.unm.edu

Contact: Elmyra Grelle, Coordinator-Graduate Programs
egrelle@ece.unm.edu (505) 277-2600

Master of Science (MS)

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Optical Science and Engineering

Ph.D. in Engineering

• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

www.me.unm.edu

Contact: Heather Williams, Coordinator-Graduate Programs;
lhw@unm.edu (505) 277-2762

Master of Science (MSME) with Concentrations on:

• Computational Methods
• Dynamic Systems and Control
• Energy/Thermodynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Manufacturing Engineering Emphasis
• Materials Science
• Robot Engineering
• Solid Mechanics

Master of Engineering (MEME)

• Manufacturing Engineering Program

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

School of Engineering
Office of the Dean
Farris Engineering Center 107 - MSC01 1140
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 277-5521 Fax: (505) 277-1422
email: soe@unm.edu