New Master’s For Digital Design and Manufacturing Innovators

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by Claire Tremont

Students can earn this degree remotely from anywhere in the world, offering an accessible path to advanced engineering education

Students enrolled in this degree take classes such as CAD for Industrial Design; Data Science for Materials and Manufacturing; Manufacturing Automation and Industry 4.0; and many other innovative courses (Christopher LaRosa / UConn College of Engineering Photo)

As academia works overtime to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding and evolving industry, one UConn Engineering graduate program is embracing the challenge to educate engineers to innovate with the latest digital design and manufacturing technologies. 

Computer-generated manufacturing designs.
Contributed illustration, made with artificial intelligence

The Master of Engineering (MENG) in Digital Design and Manufacturing is a 30-credit online graduate degree for engineers wishing to advance their knowledge in digital tools and models used in modern industries.

Students will learn and master the tools shaping the future of engineering, from digital twins and 3D design software to machine learning and data science, in a part-time program designed for their success. 

Together with faculty from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering, students will benefit from world-class research and teaching capabilities backed by significant funding from the likes of the National Science Foundation and various Departments of Defense, Energy, and Education funding agencies. 

Read more in the UConn Today article