M.S in Material Science and Engineering

[Suvit Porwal]

I am looking for Master's in Material Science and Engineering. Can anyone suggest me about the career prospects of this field?Regarding Job opportunities and future Scope.I am Pursuing my bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering.

[Nemtriosk]

I don't have any personal experience in this since I only have a BSc in MSE, but the jobs are soso, depending on where you go and what you want to do.  Things are still a little tight economically so a lot of the time companies would much rather hire a BSc than an MSc I find.  They still have to train both, but more education means higher salary.  I'm basing this around what I've heard though locally.  I know that here (Alberta, Canada) the only difficulty with BSc is that a lot of people don't know what a materials guy does, but most of last year's graduating class has a job now.  Unless you want to go to graduate school for a very particular reason I would suggest first looking at the job availability you have access too.  Mechanical engineers are very often hired for a lot materials jobs too if that's your particular interest - anything steel related works. 

Of course there are certain MSE jobs you couldn't get - think semiconductors and advanced materials.  For that it might be worth it simply to get that materials qualifications.  It does vary a lot globally too, and I only know about Alberta, which is doing okay with the oil and gas industry.