{"id":2547,"date":"2024-12-16T13:46:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/first\/?page_id=2547"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:52:18","slug":"materials-science-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/first\/materials-science-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"MATERIALS  SCIENCE &amp; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>MATERIALS  SCIENCE &amp; ENGINEERING<\/strong> <strong>PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering (MS&amp;E) are now accepting applications to the interdisciplinary Ph.D. concentration. This I Ph.D in Materials Science &amp; Engineering is open to all STEM majors. 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