Graduate education in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at Carnegie Mellon is established upon a very broad basis. Emphasis is given to a spectrum of material areas, including nanotechnology, biomaterials and electronic, magnetic and optical materials. Graduate education is focused equally in all materials classes. Thus, students interested in topics such as nano- or bio-technology, material synthesis and processing, mechanical behavior of materials, the interrelationship between structure and properties, ceramics, metallurgy and electronic, magnetic and optical materials will get a solid grounding in the fundamentals of these areas through the graduate curriculum. Part-time degree programs for the master's degree are possible wthin the department.