Preparing graduates for a rapidly changing world
Graduate students work one-on-one with faculty members who are world-renowned leaders in their fields. Our approach is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative, and we stress the exploration of innovative and often unconventional ideas.
Our graduates tell us their Hopkins degrees have opened doors to enriching careers in engineering practice, management, industry, research, academia, and government.
Become a Hopkins Engineer
We welcome the opportunity to review your graduate application for possible admission to our graduate programs, as our professors will be seeking graduate students in all of our research areas for the fall and spring semesters.
The Graduate Experience
Our Graduate Programs
The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers a full-time and part-time Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), a Doctor of Engineering (DEng), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Research and Discovery
You’ll work on interdisciplinary research with pioneers in the field. The Department has a number of widely recognized research strengths, including fluid mechanics, biomechanics, and robotics.
Living in Baltimore
Get off campus and explore! Johns Hopkins University is based in Baltimore, a hub of social, cultural, and economic activity that retains the smalltown, neighborhood feel that earned it the nickname “Charm City.”
Beyond the Lab
Our diverse and active graduate student body hosts lab socials and group outings, competes on intramural sports teams, and gathers weekly for coffee and bagels. You can join several graduate student groups and organizations.
“Coming to Hopkins has let me take my career in any direction, whether I want to work in academia, industry, or a national lab. I have all those opportunities, and I’ve been able to work with someone in every one of those disciplines to get a feel for what I want to do. ”
Gianna Valentino
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, ‘20
Graduate Program Info Session
Watch this past Graduate Program Information Session to hear from faculty and graduate students, and discover what you can do with a degree from Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering.
Why Hopkins?
Advancing Discovery in Mechanical Engineering
Graduate student receives NASA and DoD fellowships - Miguel X. Diaz-Lopez, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive two prestigious national research fellowships.
Predicting the power of wind farms - PhD candidate Genevieve Starke developed a computational model that can accurately predict the power output of wind farms—even those using irregular and non-traditional wind turbine arrangements. Her work was published in the Journal for Renewable and Sustainable Energy.
Stopping cancer in its tracks - In the journal Biomaterials, PhD candidate Wei-Hung Jung and team share promising findings on the underlying mechanisms by which breast cancer cells turn healthy cells into CAFs during early stages of breast cancer.
Top 12 for Graduate Students
Everything you need to know in one place. The “Top 12” page addresses items which are most often asked by graduate students.