Master's degree to work in robotics

mommyrocks
Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:21:26 +0000

There are not a lot of graduate degree programs specifically targeting robotics engineering, although WPI has a masters and PhD program: http://www.wpi.edu/academics/robotics/ and Georgia Tech has a PhD program: http://phdrobotics.gatech.edu/ and so does Michigan: http://robotics.umich.edu/ and CMU: https://www.ri.cmu.edu/

I don’t think all the wish list stuff about location and all will really matter much when there aren’t very many programs to choose from. He should instead do some research for who else has a program comparable to the ones above, and apply to all of them. These require the GRE for admission, so he should certainly start studying for that exam.

He should know that his competition for admission may include people who have been involved in robotics since high school if not sooner, so he should have a compelling story and related extracurricular activities in addition to the usual good grades and test scores.