Go inside UCSB's state-of-the-art Nanofabrication Facility where impactful technologies are designed and fabricated.
Consistently Top Ranked
Our graduate students are researchers who help make UCSB the #1 university in the world for research citation impact in engineering, among public universities, according to Leiden Rankings year after year.
#1 Materials Program in the World, several years running, US News, NRC
#2 Chemical Engineering Graduate Program, NRC
#5 Chemical Engineering Graduate Program, US News
Top 5 Echelon: All Graduate Programs at UCSB Engineering, NRC
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Master's and Doctoral Degree Programs
- Biological Engineering, PhD
- Chemical Engineering, PhD
- Computer Science, MS, PhD
- Electrical & Computer Engineering, MS, PhD
- Materials, PhD
- Mechanical Engineering, MS, PhD
- Technology Management, MTM, PhD
Optional Emphasis Programs
Affiliated Graduate Programs
The UCSB Engineering Advantage
The prestigious graduate programs at The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara are ranked among the best in the nation, year after year. Our materials graduate program has been ranked #1 in the nation among public universities for several years, according to multiple sources. The National Research Council has ranked all of our engineering graduate programs in the nation’s top 5. Major federally funded research centers with leading-edge facilities and labs, coupled with UCSB’s uniquely interdisciplinary environment, add to our engineering graduate-degree experience. This is the high-impact graduate experience you’re looking for.
Building on the university's strengths in biophysics, biomaterials, biomolecular discovery, and computational and experimental systems biology, UCSB recently launched its Biological Engineering PhD program, with the first graduate students having matriculated in fall 2022.
As a graduate UCSB engineering student, you will be involved in world-leading research in your field, working in an environment that enables you to go deeper into solving important problems, producing new technology, and evolving fundamental knowledge in science and engineering.
Graduate Admissions
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering has prepared a general outline of the graduate admissions process; however, prospective students interested in graduate studies within the COE should review the websites and the procedures for the specific department they are interested in, as well at the UCSB Graduate Division site, for complete graduate-admissions information. Requirements for admission, research concentrations, and contact information vary from program to program. Click here to view a recruitment one-sheet for each department.
UCSB Graduate Division
Visit the UCSB Graduate Division for information about graduate student admissions, financial aid, and other procedures and resources for all prospective and current graduate students.
