Specialize in one of two industry-aligned concentrations:

• The devices and nanosystems concentration enables you to explore topics including digital and analog integrated circuit design, VLSI system design, RF and microwave circuits, power electronics, solid state devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), quantum devices, optoelectronics, and silicon photonics.
• In the materials and manufacturing concentration, you’ll focus on topics such as electronic materials, semiconductor fabrication, robotics and automated manufacturing, statistical process control, statistical quality control, device reliability, additive manufacturing, and semiconductor packaging.

• Earn your degree in the country’s first MS in Semiconductor Engineering program.
• Study in an interdisciplinary program offered through the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation, multiple departments in the College of Engineering, and the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
• Gain research experience at an R1 research university. The program is offered through our world-leading Institute for NanoSystems Innovation in Oakland, California, one of the country’s most vibrant communities and hottest semiconductor hiring areas.
• Leverage our NanoSI entrepreneurial ecosystem, including partnerships with the largest semiconductor-based incubator programs in the country and several semiconductor-focused startups in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Burlington, Massachusetts.
• Select from three paths: thesis, project-based, or course-only options.
• Build your resumé in our top-ranked cooperative education program, allowing you to gain up to eight months of professional experience as part of your academics.

Earning a Master of Science in Semiconductor Engineering puts you at the forefront of a high-demand field. Since the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, demand for skilled engineers has surged across the U.S. Additionally, the National Semiconductor Association indicates that the semiconductor industry’s workforce will grow 33% by 2030.