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 UW–Madison.