MS program with thesis:

In order to graduate from this program, the students must complete a minimum of 122 ECTS credits and the following:

Eight courses three of which are the compulsory MATH 501 and MATH 502, GSSE 599 courses and 5 of them are elective courses)

Pre-thesis seminar (ME 591) and thesis (ME 592, ME 593) courses)

At most two of the elective courses can be selected from senior Mechanical Engineering courses (ME 4XX) or from 5XX courses of other graduate programs (with the approval of the advisor). At least three of the elective courses must be selected from ME 5XX courses.

Pre-thesis seminar and thesis courses are graded as Successful of Unsuccessful. The student needs to register for the thesis course every semester after the pre-thesis seminar and needs to defend it successfully both with a written report and oral presentation in front of a jury.

MS Program without thesis:

In order to graduate from this program, the students must complete a minimum of 92 ECTS credits and the following:

  1. At least a total of 31 credits of courses, including three compulsory courses (MATH 501, MATH 502, GSSE 599)  and 8 elective courses)
  2. Graduation Project (ME 590)

At most two of the elective courses can be selected from senior Mechanical Engineering courses (ME 4XX) or two from 5XX courses of other graduate programs (with the approval of the advisor). At least four of the elective courses must be selected from ME 5XX courses.

Graduation project is graded as Successful of Unsuccessful. The student has to submit a written project report at the end of the semester when the Graduation Project course is registered.