Academics
We help students translate fundamental discoveries at the nanoscale into materials that benefit society.
Our graduate programs will prepare you to excel and adapt to an evolving, open-ended future, as part of a mutually supportive and inclusive community. Our undergraduate programs offer students a fundamental background in the structure, properties, processing, and performance of materials that is essential to understanding the selection of materials for various applications.
Our Programs
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Undergraduate Program
We offer a bachelor of science degree and a minor in materials science and engineering.
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Graduate Programs
We offer M.M.S.E., M.S., and Ph.D. programs, as well as an online M.M.S.E. through the Virginia Engineering Online Program.
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Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: Olsson 001
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UVA Engineering Celebrates 2025 Achievement Award Winners
Read NowOn the evening of October 10, 2025, UVA Engineering’s Thornton Society members gathered to celebrate the school’s Annual Achievement Awards at the Boar’s Head Resort during their annual dinner.
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Forging the Future: UVA’s Role in the Nuclear Fusion Revolution
Read NowUVA researchers are advancing materials, data science and technology to make nuclear fusion — a clean, limitless energy source — commercially viable and power a sustainable future.
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UVA Students Take Research Global With a Summer in Germany
Read NowEngineering undergraduates went abroad to expand their studies, researching sustainable plastics, energy systems and computer modeling.
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UVA Engineering Welcomes New Faculty for 2025
Read NowThe University of Virginia is proud to welcome these outstanding new faculty members to our Engineering community.
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Bioelectronics Pioneer Discusses Wireless NICUs, Rewired Amputees
Read NowThe path to better health is sometimes skin deep. John A. Rogers delivers the inaugural Jefferson Engineering Lecture.