Take Your Next Step at UC Davis
Build on your undergraduate education, deepen your technical expertise and prepare for what comes next. A master’s degree from the UC Davis College of Engineering can help you pursue new career opportunities, explore a research interest or prepare for further graduate study.
Explore Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) and Master of Science (M.S.) options below.
Application Fee Fellowship for Future Engineering Master’s Students
Graduating from UC Davis with a STEM-related bachelor’s degree in the 2026-27 academic year? You may qualify for a fellowship to cover the application fee for one engineering master’s program.
Review the eligibility requirements and instructions below before paying your application fee. Fees already paid cannot be reimbursed.
Review application fee fellowship eligibility and instructions
Explore Our Master’s Programs
Find a program that fits your interests and goals. Follow the program links for details about coursework, research, degree requirements and admissions.
- Biological Systems Engineering: Apply engineering to biological systems, with opportunities to explore agriculture, food, biotechnology and natural resources.
- Biomedical Engineering: Bring engineering approaches to questions in biology and medicine through advanced study in biomedical engineering.
- Chemical Engineering: Deepen your chemical engineering knowledge through graduate study aligned with your academic interests and professional goals.
- Civil and Environmental Engineering: Develop expertise to address challenges affecting infrastructure, communities and the environment.
- Computer Science: Advance your understanding of computing through graduate coursework and opportunities for research.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering: Build advanced knowledge in electrical and computer engineering through a thesis or examination pathway.
- Energy Systems: Study energy challenges through an interdisciplinary program connecting technology, the environment, economics and policy.
- Materials Science and Engineering: Explore how materials are developed, characterized and used through advanced study in materials science and engineering.
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Deepen your expertise in mechanical and aerospace engineering while pursuing your interests in design, analysis and research.
- Medical Device Development: Prepare to advance medical technologies through a nine-month program combining engineering, product development, business and leadership.
- Sustainable Transportation Engineering: Develop expertise in sustainable transportation through a fully online program offering part-time and full-time study.
- Transportation Technology and Policy: Examine transportation challenges through an interdisciplinary approach connecting technology, policy and human behavior.
Application Fee Fellowship: Eligibility and Instructions
The College of Engineering offers Graduate Application Fee Fellowships to eligible applicants to our master’s programs. You may receive an application fee fellowship for only one graduate program.
Who Is Eligible?
To qualify, you must:
- Earn a STEM-related undergraduate degree from UC Davis during the 2026-27 academic year, or have written permission from your selected graduate program to request this fellowship.
- Have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- Submit a complete application to a College of Engineering master’s program by its general application deadline, with the application fee still unpaid.
- Submit the College of Engineering Application Fee Fellowship Form.
If you qualify for the Graduate Studies Graduate Preparation Program Fee Waiver, please use that program instead.
How to Request a Fellowship
- Choose your program and check its deadline. Explore the master’s programs above and review the program-specific general application deadlines.
- Submit your complete graduate application without paying the application fee. Your application must be fully filled out, all transcripts uploaded and all three letters of recommendation submitted.
- Submit the Application Fee Fellowship Form. The form records your UC Davis email address.
Do not pay the application fee. Fees already paid cannot be reimbursed.
What Happens Next?
Your graduate program coordinator should email you within 3-5 business days after you submit the fellowship form. If you submit your complete graduate application by the posted deadline, a delay of up to 3-5 business days in fee payment will not negatively affect your application.
For questions, or if you have not received an email within five business days, contact your graduate program coordinator.