Graduate Program

Though several other U.S. universities offer degree programs with courses in nanoscale science and engineering, the NanoEngineering Department at the UCSD Jacobs School aims to build an undergraduate program that will address those topics in a comprehensive way. The curriculum will address fundamental chemical and physical issues that arise when engineers work at the nanoscale. Faculty will foster the kind of stimulating multidisciplinary environment where cutting-edge discoveries are made. This innovative approach goes to the heart of the Jacobs School's style of research and education. Graduates of this program will become leaders in the evolving nanotechnology industry and benefit new and existing enterprises in the region and nation.

Effective Fall 2008, NanoEngineering will serve as the administrative home of the M.S. and Ph.D. Programs in Chemical Engineering. The curriculum for a Ph.D. NanoEngineering program are currently being created and the department hopes to launch the program by 2009.