Congratulations on your acceptance to the Materials Science & Engineering graduate program at the University of Colorado!
First Steps: Make sure to follow all steps on the Graduate School's Incoming Students page. You will not be able to register until these tasks are complete.
Next Steps: Registration and Degree Planning. Please feel free to review requirements and peruse our track course options (most of these are offered through other departments) and begin to plan your fall schedule. You can search for all courses using https://classes.colorado.edu/. Sign up for course through your Buff Portal. Directions here. You must sign up for at least 5 graduate credit hours to be a full-time student. This is normally 2 classes as most CU graduate courses are 3 credits. PhD students should always be registered full time every fall and spring (it is not necessary under most circumstances to be registered over the summer). MS students may be part-time but should concisder how this will affect their degree timeline. All first-year students should arrange to talk with the MSE Graduate Advisor, before the start of the semester.
Financial Information, Tuition and Fees: All incoming PhD students are supported by the program through a TA or RA appointment that includes tuition remission. Typically, new PhD students will be assigned as a TA for an introductory Chemistry or Physics course based on their academic background. PhD will be notified of their TA assigments no later than the week of orientation. Unfortunately MSE is not able to offer financial support to MS students at this time.
MS Students should review tuition rates and billing available on the Bursar's Office website. 21-22 Engineering Professional MS tuition and fee rate sheet.
Both MS and PhD students will be responsible for mandatory student fees. Please review fee information on the Bursar's Office website.
MSEN 5000 Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering (Boot Camp) will be offered to new incoming PhD students during the Augmester. It is an intensive 2-week course designed to provide students both the techincal and soft skills for a successful start to their PhD career. Boot Camp credits will count toward the breadth elective requirements.
Orientation: Mandatory orientation will take place during the first week of classes in the fall semester. Orientation schedules will be sent out to students closer to the start of the fall semester. The College of Engineering, the Graduate School and other offices and units will also host orientations that new students are highly encouraged to attend. MSE will communicate orientation schedules over the summer.
The following links will help prepare you to begin your graduate studies.