博士 学位要求完成72个学时。学生必须完成至少29个课程学分，包括所有5个4学分的MSE核心研究生课程，即高级热力学，高级机械性能，高级结构和键合，高级电子性能和材料反应动力学，至少一门3-或4学分的研究生课程（6000级）MSE系材料表征或计算材料科学课程，以及工程学院和/或至少提供2门另外的3学分或4学分的研究生课程（6000级）课程科学学院。在选修课程之前，必须经学生的学术顾问和研究生课程协调员批准课程选择。必须展示出有关结构，特性和材料性能之间关系的基础知识。撰写，分析，研究和捍卫有关研究问题的论
The Ph.D. degree requires completion of 72 credit hours. Students must complete a minimum of 29 coursework credits including three 4-credit MSE core graduate courses, namely, Advanced Thermodynamics, Advanced Structure and Bonding, and Advanced Kinetics, at least 9 additional 6000-level MTLE credits, and the remainder from 6000-level courses offered by the School of Engineering and/or the School of Science. The course selections must be approved by the student's academic adviser and graduate curriculum coordinator prior to the enrollment in the courses. The student must pass an oral preliminary examination covering the three core subjects, an oral candidacy examination presenting the Ph.D. thesis research proposal with preliminary results, and finally defend the Ph.D. thesis.