在完成BSMSNE学位后，学生将展示：具有通过应用工程，科学和数学原理来识别，制定和解决复杂工程问题的能力，可以应用工程设计来产生满足特定需求并考虑公共卫生的解决方案的能力，安全和福利，以及全球，文化，社会，环境和经济因素，能够与众多受众进行有效沟通的能力，能够认识到工程情况下的道德和专业责任并做出明智的判断的能力，这必须考虑工程解决方案在全球，经济，环境和社会环境中的影响在团队中有效发挥作用的能力，该团队的成员共同提供领导，创造协作性和包容性的环境，建立目标，计划任务和实现目标，具有发展和开展业务的能力
Materials science and engineering is about the processing, structure, properties, and performance of materials, such as metals and their alloys, semiconductors, ceramics, glass, polymers, composites, biomaterials, and nanomaterials. Materials scientists and engineers apply principles of math, physics and chemistry to design, produce, characterize, and utilize materials in all hardware that are essential to modern society. Examples range in size and properties from the nanometer-thick atomic layers in CPU transistors for data center and smart phones, the single-crystal superalloy blades in turbine engines, to the coated steels used in transcontinental pipelines and power lines. The Materials Science and NanoEngineering curriculum provides students with the requisite skills and educational background to contribute to the solution of many materials and nanoengineering problems, allows graduates to work in a fascinating field, and makes it possible to become a leader in one of the most challenging areas of technology.<br><br>The department's graduate degree programs include a non-thesis professional master's degree as well as research degrees which include a thesis. These programs, in their comprehensive educational and research activities, collaborate with other departments at Rice and other institutions and industry in Houston, including those in the Texas Medical Center. Collaborations are also extended to universities in the United States, Europe, Asia, North and South America. International collaborations include joint research activities as well as faculty and student visitor exchanges.