机械工程学系提供机械工程理学硕士学位（MS），并提供论文选修或课程选修。硕士学位和课程选择硕士学位大约需要两年时间才能完成。论文选项具有重要的研究组成部分，在机械工程系的教师指导下，可为学生提供宝贵的研究经验。选修课程的MS学位更加注重课程工作，但还需要至少3个学分的机械工程学系指导下的独立学习。对于这两种选择，学生均受UW“Madison机械工程系的世界一流老师的指导。
The MS Mechanical Engineering degree with a named option in Research takes approximately two years to complete. This program has a significant research component giving students valuable hands-on research experience with mentoring by faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The MS Mechanical Engineering: Research program requires a written thesis and defense. <br><br>The MS Mechanical Engineering degree with named options in Accelerated Program and Modeling and Simulation in Mechanical Engineering, each take approximately three terms (one calendar year) to complete. These programs include only coursework. All students are mentored by the world-class faculty in the mechanical engineering department at UWMadison.