Graduate Degrees and Certificates

The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke offers Masters of Science (MS) and Ph.D. programs based in all four of its departments: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Information about admissions and financial aid can be obtained through the Duke University Graduate School. Additionally, the Masters of Engineering Management graduate program is administered within the Pratt School.

Biomedical Engineering| View Your Options

A research focus is selected from the following areas: biomechanics of blood flow, cells, and hard and soft tissues; molecular, cellular and biosurface engineering, including tissue engineering and drug delivery; electrobiology of the heart and nervous system; medical imaging systems and biomedical optics; and medical informatics. The BME department offers the degree options listed below.

Civil and Environmental Engineering| View Your Options

A research focus is selected from the following areas: materials, structures and geo-systems; hydrology and environmental fluid dynamics; and pollution and remediation. Within these study tracks, students can pursue engineering mechanics, computational mechanics, geomaterials and environmental geomechanics, engineering and environmental geophysics, structural engineering, water resource engineering, hydrology, environmental fluid dynamics, and chemical and biological aspects of pollution of water, atmosphere, and soil, among others. The CEE department offers the degree options listed below.

Electrical and Computer Engineering| View Your Options

A research focus is selected from the following areas: computer engineering, computer architecture, fault-tolerant computer systems, scientific computing, parallel processing, VLSI CAD tools, signal processing, digital speech processing, signal processing for auditory prostheses, signal detection and estimation, ocean acoustic signal processing, image processing, solid-state electronics, integrated circuit processing and process simulation, molecular-beam epitaxy, III-V compound semiconductor materials and devices, machine intelligence, applications of electromagnetic fields and waves. The ECE department offers the degree options listed below.

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science| View Your Options

A research focus is selected from the following areas: thermal and fluids systems, mechanics and biomechanics, and dynamics, including nonlinear dynamics and control. Special attention is given to the aerospace and transportation vehicle industries. Within materials science, the areas of concentration include electronic materials, biomaterials, nanostructures, and the determination of material characteristics. The MEMS department offers the degree options listed below.

Master of Engineering Management Program | View Your Options

The Pratt School of Engineering offers a Masters of Engineering Management degree. This professional engineering program develops future industry leaders by combining a core management curriculum with a masters level technical education and an engineering internship. The program includes areas of study including business law, finance, marketing, and management. In addition, course requirements include graduate courses taken within the four engineering departments of the Pratt School of Engineering. The MEM program offers the options listed below.

Certificate Programs

Through Duke's Graduate School, the Pratt School of Engineering offers graduate certificate programs, enabling students to receive certification for specialized research efforts. Such certification programs enable the School to customize teaching curriculum around emerging new fields and strategic research initiatives. Apply for these certificates through Graduate Studies admissions.

Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering Certificate | View Curriculum

The University Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering is a multidisciplinary certificate program that integrates activities in engineering, the life sciences, and medicine. The participating faculty are from the departments of Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Medicine, Neurobiology, Ophthalmology, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery. The program emphasizes research, education (both undergraduate and graduate) and interactions with industry. The research focus of the program is upon the action of proteins, cells and tissues -- and the materials (both natural and synthetic) with which they interact -- in natural biological processes, and in the medical diagnosis and therapy. A NIGMS biotechnology training grant offers stipends, tuition and fees to a number of BTE pre-doctoral students.

Certificate in Photonics | View Curriculum

In recognition of the growing importance of Photonics as an enabling multidisciplinary field, Duke Graduate School and the Pratt School of Engineering have created a Certificate in Photonics. The purpose of the certificate is to broaden the scope of the typical disciplinary graduate student-training program. Students are encouraged to develop interdisciplinary and transferable sets of skills in their course work and research activities. The program is designed to accommodate both Professional MS and PhD students who have been admitted to one of the participating departments.

Nanoscience Certificate | View Certificate Description

The mission of the new Graduate Certificate Program in Nanoscience is to educate students in Nanoscience disciplines and applications. This graduate program is designed to address the need for an interdisciplinary graduate education at Duke in Nanoscience that extends beyond the traditional disciplines and skills that are taught within any existing department. In this program, graduate students are educated and mentored in classes, labs and research projects by faculty from many disciplines spanning the physical sciences, engineering, and basic biological-science disciplines relevant to Nanoscience. The program includes faculty from departments within Arts and Sciences, the Pratt School of Engineering, and the Medical School.

Admitting Certificate Programs

Pratt School of Engineering currently offers one admitted certificate program. Unlike our other certificates, admitted certificate programs offer direct admission. Current enrollment in one of our Ph.D. programs is not required. Apply for this certificate through Graduate Studies admissions.

Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials | View Curriculum

Through the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems (CBIMMS), Pratt offers a graduate admitting and certificate program in Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials. This program will teach students how to use engineering principles to explore nature's materials and processes, and will promote development of biologically-based products of societal benefit or to basic laboratory discoveries about living structures and systems. The curriculum, a blend of classroom and laboratory experiences as well as summer industrial internships, is open to students who will obtain doctorates in disciplines such as chemistry, physics or cell biology, as well as biomedical engineering or mechanical engineering and materials science. The program will incorporate fundamental chemistry, physical and biological topics into systems engineering courses emphasizing signal processing, modeling, dynamics, optimization and control.

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