Successful graduate students in rheology make significant contributions to scientific knowledge. Their research is at the cutting edge of the discipline. Unusually difficult and challenging, graduate research in rheology is exciting and rewarding. Our students publish their work in the scientific literature, and their discoveries are well worth reading about. Through their graduate learning experience, our students become part of a well-informed scientific leadership. They become organized, resourceful, communicative and dedicated to science and engineering. Our students prepare not only to participate in industrial and academic research, but to embrace leadership roles in these communities.

At the University of Wisconsin, graduate studies in rheology are normally undertaken in Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and in the Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics Program (now in the department of Engineering Physics). In Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, rheology students normally proceed directly to the PhD after their bachelor's degree. In Mechanical Engineering and in the Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics Program, rheology students first complete a master's degree, then proceed to the PhD. Graduate studies in rheology are also undertaken in Applied Mathematics, and in the Materials Science Program.

Supplementing the doctoral degree paths, there are now many opportunities for course masters degrees, including the new Master of Engineering in Polymer Engineering and Science or the Certificate in Polymer Engineering and Science
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Application information can be obtained through the individual department websites. Admission to all these programs is competitive, and offers for funded assistantships are only extended to students with excellent references, potential for technical leadership, and with outstanding performance in strong undergraduate degree programs.

Highly qualified seniors may be admitted on senior-graduate basis, taking rheology courses for graduate credit while completing their bachelors degree. Practicing scientists or engineers can prepare their return to University for graduate studies through the Engineering Outreach Program. They can complete some rheology courses for credit by correspondence before their full time graduate studies.

Candidates for admission also apply for fellowships from many external organizations such as NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Likewise, foreign students apply for fellowships available in their countries. Applications for external fellowships are submitted in the final year of the bachelors degree, or soon thereafter. Applications for most external fellowships, and for all University and departmental fellowships, require Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Foreign students whose native language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Obtain more information on admissions from the Graduate School Catalog.

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