Admissions and Degrees

Graduate education at the College of Engineering is coordinated at the departmental level. Your first step in the application process is to contact the graduate education coordinator or a faculty member in the department that interests you. See degree programs list below for departments and degrees. You may also want to look at the additional options for graduate students.

Once you decide on a master's or doctoral program, you will make a formal application to the University of Illinois Graduate College.

Aerospace Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy 

Bioengineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, joint Master of Architecture and Master of Science, joint Master of Business Administration and Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Computer Science

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Master of Computer Science (campus and online), Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, joint Master of Science and Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy

Materials Science & Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy

Mechanical Sciences & Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, joint Master of Science and Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy

Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Physics

Graduate Degrees: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, joint Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine

Graduate Options

Computational Science and Engineering (CSE)
CSE is an interdisciplinary graduate option requiring expertise in advanced computing technology as well as in one or more applied disciplines. Students wishing to elect the CSE Option must first be admitted to one of the participating departments before enrolling in the CSE Program.

Energy and Sustainability Engineering (EaSE)
In addition to acquiring a rigorous background in a core engineering discipline, students taking the EaSE option combine an interdisciplinary understanding of the energy and sustainability challenges and a deeper understanding of a chosen sub-topic. The purposeful mixture of core, breadth, and depth will allow the graduate to tackle problems that are faced in research, planning, development, and implementation of advanced technologies, as well as the interface between technology and society.

SocioTechnical Systems Program
The SocioTechnical Systems program is a new option for graduate students in the College of Engineering and the School of Labor and Employment Relations. The program teaches students how to be effective at the intersection of social and technical systems in the workplace. 

Engineering and Computer Science Online
Our distance learning program offers you not only complete online master's degrees and online graduate certificates in engineering and computer science, but also the opportunity to take online classes as an audit student. You can receive professional development hour or university graduate credit.