Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction

The Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Curriculum has been designed to provide graduates with carefully balanced needs covering basic science, engineering principles, and contemporary techniques. The first year of the program is designed to build competency in the basic sciences and introduce engineering as a profession. The following two years are intended to allow the student to learn the essential elements of the field using experimental, computational, and statistical methods. The final year shall allow the students to get specialized in an area of interest by selecting appropriate elective courses in addition to a two-semester capstone senior design project. The four elective courses offer an opportunity to satisfy a concentration requirement in line with the KSA vision and industry needs. This enables students to tackle materials-related challenges in the petroleum, gas, petrochemical, and basic industries‏.‏ The MSE elective courses are grouped into five areas: Computational Materials Design, Corrosion and Degradation, Nonmetallic, Metallurgy and Mining, Energy, and Water. The program offers mandatory digital enabling courses like artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences/analytics as well as a business course to introduce students to the basics of business and entrepreneurship for possible spin-off companies.