Engineering grad school w/ Physics BS

[bologna121121]

Hello,

I'll be graduating in one year with a BS in Physics and a BS in Applied Mathematics. I've done research in Astrophysics and Photovoltaics, and I'm considering pursuing a graduate degree (either MS or PhD) in Material Science Engineering. I've looked at various school websites and it seems like I'd be considered (having a physics, rather than engineering, background) but I don't really have a human perspective on the situation. Is this a good idea, based on admission and financial help? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[chill_factor]

Materials Science and Engineering, as well as Biomedical Engineering, are really interdisciplinary and take a lot of people with diverse backgrounds ranging from biochemistry to math. Don't worry about not having the right background.

This I know because my current research supervisor is in the Materials Science department and has graduated people with 6 different majors: biochemistry, chemistry, biomedical engineering, materials science, chemical engineering and physics.