Aerospace Engineering

All students must complete a minimum of 72 semester hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. These shall include a minimum of 24 hours in Doctoral Research and Dissertation. The Aerospace Engineering program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Specific requirements for required course work are:

• Students entering with an MS degree will be required to take a minimum of 12 hours of graduate course work, exclusive of AE 601, dissertation credit or seminar courses.

• Students entering with a BS degree will be required to take a minimum of 42 hours of graduate course work, exclusive of AE 601, dissertation credit or seminar courses.

Energy Science and Engineering Concentration

This concentration is offered in collaboration with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE). The CIRE is a joint effort between the College of Engineering, other University of Tennessee colleges, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 

The students who wish to pursue this concentration will normally have completed 6 Core credit hours, 3 credit hours of Knowledge Breadth, and 6 credit hours of Knowledge Specialization coursework (minimum 15 hours) specified under the Energy Science and Engineering major.

The Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Engineering program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville University of Tennessee Knoxville .

Additional requirements for all students include the following:

• Registration and participation in the graduate seminar in the major program.

• Meet all departmental examination requirements, which include passing a written and oral comprehensive examination.

• Presentation of a dissertation proposal to the student’s advisory committee and approval of that proposal by that committee.

• Successful defense of the dissertation.