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METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is a diverse and interesting specialty that impacts nearly every facet of our economy. It applies chemistry, physics, and math for recycling and treating wastes, separating minerals into concentrates, producing and purifying metals, manufacturing metals into products, creating materials, and joining materials together.


Metallurgical and Materials Engineering students learn the wonders of innovation and how materials can be manipulated to meet modern demand through a series of labs. As one of Montana Tech’s lab-based “heritage programs,” students are required to participate in 20 laboratories, all taught using industry-based equipment.

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Contact: Dr. Jerry Downey | 406-496-4578 | jdowney@mtech.edu

 

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STATS & FIGURES

20 INNOVATIVE LABS ON CAMPUS

100% CAREER PLACEMENT RATE

1 OF 6 UNIVERSITIES OFFERING THIS DEGREE

$70K AVERAGE STARTING SALARY

"How many majors give their undergraduates the opportunity to pour thousand-degree molten metal in the morning and study nano-scale material structures on an electron microscope in the afternoon? As a student in the M&ME program, I have been given the opportunity to manage two research projects. I have found myself in seminars and giving academic presentations at conferences from Colorado to Maine. All students in our department develop quite the resume which is the direct result of both hard work, dedication, and the expert instruction that we have in our professors."


BEN SUSLAVICH | AURORA, MN | CLASS OF 2019

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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR DEGREE?

This is a field with endless career possibilities and earning potential. Job opportunities are available in a variety of industries where minerals, metals, and materials are produced and consumed. These industries include but are not limited to mining, extraction, manufacturing, petroleum, iron/steel making, automotive, recycling, chemicals, paper/pulp, aerospace, maintenance, corrosion, forensics, and more. Approximately 40% of undergraduates have gone on to graduate school, with about 20% continuing on to pursue their Ph.D. International opportunities abound.