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 $5.5 million in annual research expenditures.
Conduct your own research and test your own designs!
Highlights of the UA AME graduate program include:
- World-renowned faculty and multidisciplinary curriculum
- High-tech labs and facilities: supersonic and subsonic wind tunnels; water tunnels; a machine shop; and instrumentation, navigation and materials labs
- 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
High-Profile Collaborative Research
UA 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.
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