The Texas Materials Institute is a “virtual” department that guides the destiny of materials science and engineering on the UT campus without imposing the limitations or boundaries inherent to departmental structures.
TMI houses the Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program and Undergraduate Minor.
Please note that since our program is heavily research-based, we tend to admit only Ph.D. students. Only under special circumstances and when initiated by faculty members, M.S. degrees may be granted. At this time, M.S. students are not being admitted and M.S. inquiries might go unanswered. It is the responsibility of the applicant to reach out to faculty and inquire about such positions.
The MS&E Graduate Program consistently is highly ranked by the U.S. News and World Report. Our students are typically offered excellent funding, and upon graduation usually receive highly competitive jobs within industry, research labs, and academia.
Our alumni have been offered positions across industry, labs, and academia, including:
- Associate Mechanical Engineer
- Assistant Professor
- Technologist
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Process Engineer
- Engineer
- Battery Specialist
- Research Associate
- Module & Integration Yield Engineer
- Li-ion Cathode Scientist
- Advanced Cell Engineer
- Hardware Engineer
- Process Development Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Semiconductor Packaging Engineer
- Research Engineer
- Research Scientist
- Process Engineer Intern
- Director of R&D
- Tech Instructor & Lab Manager
- Senior Engineer
- Principal Engineer
- Battery Consultant
- Sr. Materials Engineer
They hold positions in both Fortune 500 companies and newer startups, as well as in national labs and universities across the country. Below are just some of the places our alumni work.

Interested in joining our program? Visit our Doctoral Program and Admissions pages for more information!
Recruiting Faculty for Fall 2027 admissions:
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