BE/MS Accelerated Program

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an Accelerated (five-year) Bachelor of Engineering/Master of Science Program to qualified Stony Brook undergraduate ME students. Admitted students are allowed to take a specified number of graduate courses that will be counted towards both their undergraduate and graduate degree requirements; subsequently reducing the total time needed to obtain the M.S. degree.

The benefits of the program are:

• It allows students to apply graduate courses taken during their undergraduate years toward both undergraduate and the graduate degrees. As a result, students can complete the both degrees in five years (i.e., just one extra year/two semesters). Generally, three or four semesters are needed to obtain a M.S. degree in the graduate program.
• The application process is simple as it does not involve submission of a formal application form or letters of recommendation as required for regular graduate program admissions.

About the Program

The Accelerated BE/MS program is designed to allow mechanical engineering students with good academic standing to graduate with both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in five years. This is enabled by allowing undergraduate students in the program to take multiple graduate courses as their undergraduate technical electives. These graduate courses will also be counted towards their Master's degree. Up to two graduate courses taken as an undergraduate student may be counted for the both degrees. 

Note: if a student would like to double count the third graduate course towards both degrees, then it must be taken as  a graduate student. To do so, the student must first request the admission to the Graduate School to become a graduate student.

*Please see our list of  "Frequently Asked Questions" for more information about the application process, registering for graduate courses, and more.

The table below shows a typical course sequence for the last two years of study. Note that the  MS Degree Requirements must be satisfied.

Fall, Senior (undergrad) 16 Credits	Spring, Senior (undergrad) 15 Credits	Fall, 5th year (grad) 12 credits	Spring, 5th year (grad) 12 credits
MEC411	MEC441	MEC5XX	MEC5XX
MEC422	Tech Elect - MEC5XX	MEC5XX	MEC5XX
MEC440	Tech Elect - MEC5XX	MEC5XX	MEC5XX
Tech Elect - MEC4XX or MEC5XX	SBC	MEC5XX	MEC5XX
SBC	SBC	MEC 691*	MEC 691*

*Mechanical Engineering Seminar (0 credit) course required for full-time ME graduate student.

If you have further questions, you may contact the Graduate Program Director for specific course-related information and the Graduate Program Coordinator for administrative inquiries (MechanicalEngineeringGraduate@stonybrook.edu)