Virginia Consortium of Engineering and Science Universities (VCES)

The College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, and the University of Virginia are involved in a cooperative program of graduate engineering and applied science education and research. This effort focuses on the needs of the NASA Langley Research Center and Newport News Shipbuilding and is also intended to serve others in the Peninsula region of the state. This consortium is intended to provide a resident graduate program that emphasizes study for the Ph.D. degree in engineering and applied science and a M.S. degree in naval architecture. The program complements the Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program, which already serves the region by providing, via videoconferencing, courses leading to the Master of Engineering degree.

VCES offerings include Ph.D.-level courses broadcast to and from the Peninsula region. The program also includes course offerings taught by resident faculty and adjunct faculty experts from NASA and Newport News Shipbuilding at its regional location in Hampton, VA. Course offerings and research are concentrated in the areas of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Applied Science. With the consortium agreement, a student may include 50 percent transfer courses in his or her program of study provided those courses are taught by faculty of the member universities. Accordingly, the student then receives his degree from the institution of his major advisor. The Ph.D. degree requirements are the same as mentioned in the Doctor of Philosophy section, with the exception of the residency in Charlottesville requirement.

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