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Industry-focused programs designed for career success.
University of Wisconsin–Madison accelerated engineering master’s degrees are for engineers who want advanced technical expertise to pursue challenging careers. Our course-based programs can be completed in 12–16 months, so you can quickly graduate into a career with more interesting, meaningful work.
Plus, you’ll enjoy living in one of the best college towns in the United States! Madison, Wisconsin, is frequently cited as one of the country’s safest and best places to live and offers activities ranging from hiking and sailing to sports and cultural events.
Choose from 11 engineering programs that allow you to focus on your area of interest
Benefit from an industry-focused program that sets you up for success after graduation
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Graduate from a top-ranked university. UW–Madison’s College of Engineering graduate programs are ranked #9 among U.S. public universities by U.S. News & World Report
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The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering’s graduate programs are top-ranked among U.S. public universities by U.S. News & World Report
Explore accelerated engineering programs at UW-Madison
Combine the fundamentals of the biomedical sciences with advanced engineering methods. Focus your degree and choose from a variety of specializations including biomaterials and tissue engineering, biomechanics, biomedical imaging, neuroengineering and more.
Break into a biomedical career at the interface of engineering and business. Offered in cooperation with the School of Business, this program will advance your skills in design, prototyping, and manufacturing as well as general business fundamentals, entrepreneurship and project management.
Benefit from a comprehensive curriculum and choose a specialization to deepen your expertise and address the world’s pressing infrastructure needs. Specializations include construction engineering and management; environmental science and engineering; geological/geotechnical engineering; structural engineering; transportation engineering; and water resources engineering.
Elevate your career and gain practical skills in diverse areas of electrical and computer engineering. Specialize in one of nine areas including semiconductors, networking and security, computer architecture, power electronics and more.
In the Electrical & Computer Engineering: Machine Learning & Signal Processing MS program, you’ll delve into topics that help you tackle real-world problems in information processing and apply data-driven innovation to cutting-edge technology.
Push the boundaries of materials science with the Materials Science & Engineering: Materials Engineering program. Delve into cutting-edge topics like nanomaterials, artificial intelligence and semiconductor design to engineer the future.
Advance your career in aerospace engineering with the Engineering Mechanics: Aerospace Engineering MS program. Through coursework and projects, you’ll gain expertise to push innovation in the aerospace industry.
Apply engineering to improve healthcare with the Industrial Engineering: Human Factors & Health Systems Engineering MS program. You’ll develop skills in health system analysis and human factors design to make a lasting impact on health care.
Be prepared to meet the strong market demand for engineers who have mastered analytical tools and can transform data into insights. You’ll gain expertise in optimization models and methods, applied industrial analytics, simulation modeling, and analysis.
Fast-track your mechanical engineering career. Through this intensive program you’ll learn about core areas such as: Biomechanics, computation and data-driven engineering, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, mechanics, and robotics, controls and sensing.
Master the art of virtual engineering with the Mechanical Engineering: Modeling & Simulation in Mechanical Engineering MS program. You’ll be equipped with advanced computational tools for simulating robot motion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and other areas of interest to mechanical engineers.
Become an innovative leader with the Design + Innovation MS program. Through a blend of theory, hands-on projects, and courses, you’ll master advanced design thinking methodologies to bring innovative ideas to life.
If you’re like I was and don’t have any work experience after earning your bachelor’s degree, don’t be intimidated. Find your place, give it some time. There are so many experienced people around; you’ll have so many opportunities and resources. And everybody’s really happy to help. It has been very fruitful and very enriching experience.
Alisha Handa
Electrical & Computer Engineering: Professional MS
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At UW–Madison, we help you find the path to a better life, for you and for the people around you. Whatever your dream, UW–Madison is a catalyst for the extraordinary. That’s because we want you to move the world forward.
*UW–Madison Academic Planning and Institutional Research Dataviz (in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau and the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science.) Percent increase identified by comparing median salaries of engineering bachelor’s and master’s graduates one year after college.
