NOTE: Our PhD application deadline has been extended to January 31st for fellowship consideration.
Because of our unique structure and approach to engineering, for example, the lack of formal boundaries between engineering disciplines, our research is highly interdisciplinary and often includes connections to other departments on campus outside of the Division. The Division of Engineering offers Graduate Programs focused on the following research areas:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Electrical Sciences and Computer Engineering
- Fluid, Thermal and Chemical Processes (FTCP)
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanics of Solids
- Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME)
Information for Current Graduate Students
Committee for Graduate Studies Contacts
Graduate Guide
Admission to the Graduate Program
Frequently Asked Questions
Brown Graduate School
After you review our website and/or visit the Division you will see first hand how interdisciplinary we really are. Just to give you a ‘flavor’ of how integrated the division is on the campus, we have joint research efforts with the Department of Neuroscience, where engineers work with neuroscientists to develop electronic chips to be implanted in the brain, efforts between engineering and archeology utilizing vision algorithms to reconstruct archeological finds, and a research consortium of engineering faculty, faculty in biology and medicine, and sociology to understand the toxic and societal perceptions of nanotechnology.
A new masters program enables students with an engineering or science background to apply these skills to the development of high technology and innovation. Named the Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME) Engineering, students participate in a interdisciplinary experience interwoven with entrepreneurship, innovation, and globalization, with the overarching theme of learning how to develop and create value out of embryonic ideas ‘floating’ around the engineering and science research enterprise.
