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The National Science Foundation (NSF) ranked Penn State first for total research expenditures in Materials Science in fiscal years 2018 and 2017. Second in engineering materials in fiscal year 2018.
17.3M
2021-2022 Annual Research Expenditures - $17.3M
300,000
The department has more than 50 active scholarship opportunities available to our undergraduate students; last year more than $300,000 was awarded to our students.
31
Tenured or tenure-track MatSE faculty
203
Undergraduate students enrolled in Fall 2022.
200
Graduate Students enrolled in Fall 2022.
43
Research Associates/Postdoctoral Scholars