Mechanical Engineering

All students must complete a minimum of 72 graduate semester credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. The Mechanical Engineering program is offered by the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Features 

These must include a minimum of 24 credit hours in Doctoral Research and Dissertation. Specific requirements for required course work are:

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

• Students entering the  Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering program from  University of Tennessee Knoxville University of Tennessee Knoxville with a BS degree will be required to take a minimum of 42 credit hours of graduate course work, exclusive of ME 601, dissertation credit or seminar courses. 

Coursework: 

• A minimum of 9 semester credit hours of graduate work in mathematics courses numbered 400 or above with a minimum of 3 credit hours numbered 500 or above. The department may approve other courses with sufficient mathematical content to meet this requirement.

• A minimum of 21 credit hours of graduate course work in the major in courses numbered 500 and above. The department may approve other departmental courses to meet this requirement.

• A minimum of 6 semester credit hours of graduate course work is required at the 600 level. These are exclusive of ME 601, thesis or dissertation credit. The total number of approved course work and dissertation credit hours must meet the university’s requirement of a minimum of 72 credit hours.