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Gain the skills, training and experience you need to make a greater impact as an engineer

Earn a master’s degree or certificate from a top-ranked engineering program that will differentiate you in the job market. Choose from a variety of engineering disciplines and specializations, allowing you to focus your education on topics that matter to you. Whether online or on campus, you’ll learn from world-renowned faculty and graduate as a Badger, joining a global network of engineering alumni.

  • Learn on campus or entirely online — our programs are offered in flexible formats for students at every stage of their career
  • Stand out with an advanced degree or certificate from one of the country’s top graduate engineering programs
  • Earn more with your graduate degree — engineers with master’s degrees earn an average of 22 percent more than engineers with bachelor’s degrees*

Explore our online and accelerated engineering programs

Flexible, course-based graduate programs

Discover over 20 graduate programs across engineering disciplines from UW–Madison. Choose our on-campus accelerated master’s programs to fast-track your degree and career, or opt for our interactive online programs, designed for practicing engineers. Tailor your experience to your interests, professional goals and personal needs and graduate from a top-ranked engineering program.

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

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Join a flourishing and collaborative community at UW-Madison

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.

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.

Spring 2026

International deadline: 09/01/25 Deadline: 11/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Spring 2026

International deadline: 09/01/25 Deadline: 11/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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The Civil & Environmental Engineering: Environmental Engineering MEng program equips you to tackle critical environmental challenges. Gain expertise in water treatment processes, energy principles and wastewater management, along with the fundamentals of hydraulics, to design sustainable solutions for a cleaner future.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 11/15/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Fall 2026

Deadline: 12/15/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Fall 2026

Deadline: 12/15/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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Advance your career without pausing it. Our flexible online format lets you balance work, life, and learning—while building the advanced skills and systems-level thinking that power engineering employers expect from industry-ready professionals.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,600 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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Master’s degree

Engineering Management MS

Get ahead without putting your life on hold. This interactive, flexible online master’s in engineering management gives you access to expert instructors, applied learning, and a network of peers—all on a schedule that fits your life.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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Build skills in machine learning, data science, and visualization with UW–Madison’s online Engineering Data Analytics master’s—designed for engineers.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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Advance your career with UW–Madison’s online master’s in Polymer Engineering. Learn polymer science, processing, and design—100% online for engineers.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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Shape the future of clean energy with UW–Madison’s online master’s in sustainable systems engineering. Study renewable energy, policy, and systems design.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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Advance your expertise in manufacturing systems with UW–Madison’s online MS—designed for professionals driving process innovation & smart manufacturing.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Online

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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.

Summer 2026

Deadline: 12/15/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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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.

Spring 2026

Deadline: 09/01/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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Master’s degree

Design + Innovation MS

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.

Fall 2026

Deadline: 02/01/26

Tuition

$1,600 per credit

Credits

30 graduate credits

Modality

Accelerated, Face-to-face

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Gain real-world management skills in a flexible, interactive online format. This capstone certificate helps you grow professionally or transition to a full master’s in engineering management.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 08/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

9 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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Advance your career with UW–Madison’s Capstone Certificate in Polymer Processing & Manufacturing. Build technical skills in plastics processing—100% online.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 08/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

9 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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Gain advanced skills in power electronics, drives, and controls with UW–Madison’s Capstone Certificate in Power Conversion and Control—100% online.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 07/01/25

Tuition

$1,600 per credit

Credits

9 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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Learn from anywhere and apply new skills directly to your work. This flexible program is ideal for engineers seeking practical knowledge in electric mobility and hybrid vehicle systems — without stepping away from their careers.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 08/01/25

Tuition

$1,300 per credit

Credits

9 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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*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.