A degree in Materials Engineering at UBC will provide you with the opportunity to join our exciting and vibrant research activities, which extend across materials extraction, materials processing, and materials performance. As a graduate student in the program, you will conduct independent and collaborative research within one of our research groupings. Researchers in the Department are actively investigating materials engineering challenges that span across the lifecycle of materials, and include a range of material systems. We have graduate students using a range of techniques and approaches, which encompass the development and application of ideas that extend the full range of theory, simulation and experiment. Research programs in our department mix fundamental know-how with real-world impact, often working directly with a range of industrial and academic partners from around the world.
For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website
Our research-focussed masters programs provide our students with a core grounding with graduate course in materials engineering and related engineering disciplines, together with an exciting research project in one of many dynamic research groupings. Our research blends fundamental know-how with real world impact, to create and sustain change in the world around us through the development and use of materials that underpin our everyday lives.
Recent research developments in our department are helping to reduce the environmental impact in the mining industry, developing lightweight and sustainable transportation, new forms of materials essential for the low-carbon energy transition, state-of-the-art materials characterization approaches, and the next generation of manufacturing technologies (including additive manufacturing/3D printing).
We have a long history of providing excellence in education and offer one of the top-rated materials programs in North America. Graduates of our program are enjoying rewarding careers locally and internationally in a wide range of industries from mining to advanced electronics, health care and aerospace. Many of our Masters graduates also continue onto further study, e.g. in PhD programs at UBC and beyond.
The Masters of Applied Science (MASc) and Masters of Science (MSc) are very closely related programs, which typically recruit from applied science/engineering (MASc) and science (MSc) backgrounds respectively.
Join us for an insightful online session to explore the exceptional opportunities for research, innovation, and graduate studies at UBC Engineering. Learn how our world-class researchers are addressing complex global challenges and discover how a graduate degree can help advance your academic and professional goals.
During this session, we’ll provide an overview of graduate program options, student life, funding opportunities, and the application process, along with practical tips for preparing a strong application. Whether you are considering graduate studies, actively preparing your application, or have already applied, this session will equip you with valuable information and resources to support your next steps.
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:
Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.
Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.
Minimum requirements for the three most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:
Overall score requirement : 4.5
Reading
4.5
Writing
4.5
Speaking
4.0
Listening
5.0
Overall score requirement : 90
Reading
22
Writing
21
Speaking
21
Listening
22
Overall score requirement : 6.5
Reading
6.0
Writing
6.0
Speaking