We offer curricula in Bio- and Immunoengineering, Quantum Engineering, Energy and Sustainability, Soft Matter Engineering, and AI/Computation for Materials. Your choice of a track will connect you to an academic advisor with expertise in that particular field.
Every Master of Engineering (MEng) student, regardless of track, completes the innovation leadership sequence together. Each of the tracks has a few Track Core courses representing foundational experiences or prerequisites for electives in the student’s chosen area of interest, and Track Electives, with which a student can explore a particular application (or applications) of the track. Other courses may be substituted by petition, subject to approval by the program. If you are interested in taking a course that is not listed, contact your academic advisor.
Innovation Leadership Workshop
The workshop, typically scheduled during the week before the Autumn Quarter orientation, focuses on communication and negotiation with individuals, teams, and organizations. The cohort will learn how to build and maintain high-performance teams to overcome (and benefit from) differences in motivations and attitudes within them, and to leverage the experiences and perspectives of diverse and global teams.
Schedule
The University of Chicago academic year is based on the quarter system. Quarters are shorter academic units than semesters and allow a school to offer four different sessions of classes per year. Each quarter is nine weeks long plus finals week. Please visit the University’s Academic Calendar for additional information.
Applied Curriculum & Coursework-focused Approach
The overall objective of the program is to prepare students for leadership roles in a technological society. The goal for most of the students is to follow traditional engineering paths in manufacturing, technology development, and research, but many will also follow paths that branch out into diverse fields such as law, medicine, business administration, consulting, entrepreneurship, or policy.
Graduate with an MEng degree
There are three ways that a student can complete the Master of Engineering program. Students do not need to choose their plan when they apply to the program, and can request to move from one plan to another up until the end of their second quarter of the program.
9-course plan
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9-course plan
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12-course plan
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You complete the program over the course of one academic year, made up of three quarters of coursework: autumn, winter, and spring. This option is well-suited for students who aim to go on to another educational program after the MEng is complete, or for those who have prior professional experience. |
You may request to complete the 9 course option on a part-time basis over four or more quarters of coursework. If approved, this leaves the summer quarter open to complete a practicum experience. This plan requires taking one or more quarters as a part-time student, taking fewer courses than the full time enrollment of three classes per quarter. |
You complete the program with four quarters of full time coursework: autumn, winter, spring, and a second autumn. This leaves the summer quarter open to complete a practicum experience. This option is typical for those who do not have prior professional experience and aim to go into industry and/or government careers. International students will engage with the Office of International Affairs for appropriate work authorization prior to beginning a practicum. |
Credits
Depending on their plan, students must complete either nine classes (900 units) or twelve courses (1200 units) and the workshop.