Combined BS/MS ChemE program in 4 years?

PurpleTitan
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:40:03 +0000

The second. When you get admitted to a PhD program, you first do the Masters part.

Then if you pass quals, you continue on with your PhD. If you don’t, you pick up a Masters and go along your merry way.

That’s the way it’s done in the US in many fields (pretty much all STEM fields). In Europe, it’s more common for Masters programs to be standalone, so after undergrad, you first apply to Masters programs and then PhD programs.