# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gmae
**Parent**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

# Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](http://mae.ucdavis.edu/graduate)

[Email the Program](mailto:gmaehelp@ucdavis.edu)

Interdisciplinary design defines the UC Davis Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program.
Department research advances design in diverse fields such as manufacturing, micro- and nano-technology, vehicles, biomechanics, aerostructures, sensors, controls, mechatronics, combustion and energy systems. Graduate student researchers acquire skills to address both fundamental issues in these areas and to design complex, multi-component systems. This highly collaborative environment fosters multidisciplinary research while drawing on the study of mechanical engineering, mathematics, electrical engineering, materials science, biology and nanotechnology.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.S. Plan I \
M.S. Plan II \
Ph.D. Plan B

Lead Dean

College of Engineering

Degree Requirements

[2023](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4249)

[2021](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3804)

[2014](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3109)

[2010](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3110)

[2000](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3111)

Administrative ByLaws

[2021](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3789)

Major Code

GMAE

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://mae.ucdavis.edu/graduate/admissions)

Admission Deadlines

Priority: Dec 15, 2025\
General: Jan 15, 2026\
Space Available: Apr 1, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Melany Miners
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(530) 752-9499 | [gmaehelp@ucdavis.edu](mailto:gmaehelp@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Program Chair**\
 Paul Erickson
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(530) 752-5360 | [paerickson@ucdavis.edu](mailto:paerickson@ucdavis.edu)

**Department Chair**\
 Benjamin Shaw
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(530) 754-2397 | [bdshaw@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bdshaw@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Primary Contact**\
 Paul Erickson
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \
(530) 752-5360 | [paerickson@ucdavis.edu](mailto:paerickson@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Sarah Hamid
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(530) 754-2355 | [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)