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Graduate Programs

Nano to Supersonic Breakthroughs

Earn your MS or PhD in top aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering programs at the University of Arizona, a Tier 1 research institution. Tap into ongoing, high-profile, collaborative research and built in commercialization support through Tech Launch Arizona.

Develop technology for biomedical devices, renewable energy systems, defense systems and high-speed aircraft.

Join a community of dedicated thinkers publishing 200-plus scholarly articles each year in a department with $9.2 million in annual research expenditures.

Conduct your own research and test your own designs!

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Questions? For more information on the U of A AME graduate program contact Stephanie Amado at samado@arizona.edu.

Highlights of the U of A AME graduate program include:

  • World-renowned faculty and multidisciplinary curriculum
  • High-tech labs and facilities including supersonic and subsonic wind tunnels, water tunnels, a machine shop, and instrumentation, navigation and materials labs. Explore and learn more about U of A AME's graduate research labs (PDF).
  • Strong ties to leading companies and organizations such as Raytheon, Boeing, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Paragon and NASA
  • High-growth area for biomedical companies, aerospace manufacturing and defense industry

Now available! Pursue a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, designed for working engineers, completely online.

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High-Profile Collaborative Research

U of A aerospace and mechanical engineering grad programs unite faculty and students from many disciplines and provide a number of research opportunities, primarily in the following areas:

  • Aerospace technology
  • Biomechanics
  • Computational mechanics
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Micro- and nanotechnology
  • Renewable energy
  • Solid mechanics

See research Focus Areas for information about faculty expertise.

Students in the Spotlight

A Path to a Research-Intensive Career

"I realized that if I wanted to actively develop algorithms and use mathematics throughout my career in GNC, a PhD would give me more opportunities to pursue research-intensive work in industry, national labs and organizations like NASA."


Miguel Ayala, PhD student in mechanical engineering and NSF Graduate Research Fellow

 

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Rankings

$8.5M

annual research expenditures
(2025)

Top 25

aerospace engineering graduate program, public schools ranking
(U.S. News & World Report)

Top 30

mechanical engineering graduate program, public schools ranking
(U.S. News & World Report)

Contact: Stephanie Amado, samado@arizona.edu