Welcome

Welcome to the Graduate Programs page for the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The master's degree in mechanical engineering was authorized at Georgia Tech in 1922; the first degree was awarded in 1925. The doctoral program in mechanical engineering was established in 1946; the first Ph.D. in mechanical engineering was awarded in 1950. The first Ph.D. was awarded to a minority student in 1987 and the first Ph.D. in mechanical en gineering was awarded to a woman in 1984. In the past aca demic year, summer 2004 through spring 2005, the Woodruff School awarded 170 master's degrees and 44 doctoral degrees.

In fall 2005, the Woodruff School had almost 700 graduate students enrolled; current students come from more than forty States and fifteen different countries. The largest group of international graduate students is from France, and the state of Georgia has the largest representation of graduate students on the national level.