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Graduate Degree Programs
Materials Science and Engineering

 

Material Science and Engineering is a field that explores all aspects of the ‘how and why’ materials behave the way they do and how to harness that knowledge to create materials with new and exciting properties. A graduate degree will further the applicants knowledge greatly.

Factsheet

  • Title: Bachelor of Science (MSc)

  • Mode of study: Maximum 3 years to complete | Full Research

  • Start date: 1 February 2022 (Spring Semester), 2 August 2022 (Fall Semester)

  • Application deadline: 30 November 2021 (Spring Semester), 30 April 2022 (Fall Semester)

  • ECTS credits: 90 ECTS credits

  • Study language: English/German

  • Location: Online

  • Department: School of Engineering and Computer Science

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Entry Requirements

To qualify for the Master of Engineering Management, you must:

  • Have a four-year undergraduate degree in engineering, or in a cognate discipline: OR

  • Have a three-year undergraduate degree in engineering, or in a cognate discipline, plus at least two  years of relevant work experience; OR

  • Demonstrate relevant prior learning and/or experience equivalent to the two points above, AND

  • Students must also be proficient in English. 

Research master's degree

A research master's degree comprises a research proposal module (where the outcome is an acceptable research proposal on a research topic). Once this module is finalized, you may then proceed to register for the research component (a dissertation).

Please note: If you fail the research proposal module, you will not be permitted to continue with the qualification. You will also be excluded from applying for admission for a period of two years.

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Research outline

Swiss Institute of Engineering's admission policy has changed and you are now required to submit a detailed research outline for each master's and doctoral qualification for which you apply. No application submitted without a detailed research outline will be considered. Although this research outline may differ for each qualification or academic department, the basic information required is as follows:

  • Title

  • Summary of topic

  • Short literature review

  • Expected contribution of the study

  • Methodology to be followed

  • Availability of the data

  • List of references

  • Reasons why you are interested in the topic

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