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 Employment
Many
students opt to pursue full-time employment immediately after finishing their
undergraduate degree. Tufts graduates have been quite successful in obtaining
positions in companies and organizations including large engineering
corporations (Raytheon, General Electric), consulting firms,
and medium and small size companies. Some students have pursued careers in the
financial industry (Chase Manhattan, Morgan Stanley) while others have gone onto
public service (Peace Corps). Students should use the resources available at
Tufts to pursue employment including the newly expanded Career Services Center,
attendance of department seminars and student society meetings, and informal
discussions with faculty. The Department maintains an electronic inventory of
career resources on its web site.
Graduate School
Outstanding
undergraduate students should consider continuing their studies at the graduate
level. Such students are encouraged to discuss this possibility with their
advisor during their junior year. Recent graduates have been admitted to Masters
and PhD programs at Tufts, Berkeley, Georgia Tech, MIT, Michigan, Stanford and
other fine schools.
At Tufts, the Department of Mechanical Engineering offers the Master of
Science (MS) degree, Master of Engineering (MEng) and the Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) degree. There is also a non-degree Certificate in Manufacturing Program,
directed by Prof. Saigal, and a graduate program in Human Factors, directed by
Prof. Cao. The departmental graduate degree programs are summarized below
and detailed information is in the Graduate Programs Information Booklet
available in the Department Office or on the web.
Prof. Greif is Director of the Department's Graduate Programs.
Reserving Course Credits for Graduate Study
Students considering graduate school at Tufts or elsewhere often take graduate
level (i.e. 100-level) engineering courses during their senior year which are in
addition to the courses required by the bachelor degree programs. While some
universities do not accept this credit toward their graduate requirements, most
do. At Tufts, we accept up to two such courses. A student reserves specific
courses through a petition available in the Dean's Office. The petition must be
signed by the student's academic advisor and the Department Chair. These courses
should also be noted as "extra" on the bachelors degree requirement sheets which
the student and advisor use to track progress and substantiate degree sheet
applications. Graduate level courses reserved for transfer are not included in
computing the student's undergraduate grade point average. A maximum of 2 courses may be transferred to the MS degree program
including up to 2 courses
from an institution other than Tufts.
Letters of Recommendation
All graduate schools – engineering, law medicine, etc. – require confidential
letters of recommendation from faculty members. Students should feel free to ask
a faculty member who knows them through coursework, independent projects and/or
other activities to write letters of recommendation. It is very helpful if the
student provides the faculty member with a current resume and a copy of any
personal statements regarding graduate study plans that the student has
prepared. Also, students should give letter writers sufficient time to prepare
these recommendations.
Tufts Graduate
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