Getting an education in nanotechnology?

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<p>I have been researching the field of nano tech but I can't find much on how exactly you obtain a degree in it. I originally planned on becoming a mechanical engineer and found nano tech as I was doing research on mechanical engineering. I found schools but most of them were graduate programs in nano tech. </p>

<p>Can someone please advise me on how I can get a nano tech degree if I wanted to? Do I get a degree in mechanical engineering and then go to a graduate school that offers a nano tech program?</p>

<p>Any information pertaining to nano tech would be useful.</p>

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<p>There are a few schools that offer undergrad in nanotech (Waterloo is the only one that comes to mind without research). However, from what I’ve heard, you are better off getting a more general bachelor’s degree. Most nanotech jobs are research positions only available to those with advanced degrees, so a more general undergrad degree (materials, chemical, etc.) and then graduate school would be a better path.</p>

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<p>Check out the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern.
[International</a> Institute for Nanotechnology](<a href=“http://www.iinano.org/]International”>http://www.iinano.org/)</p>

<p>Much of the activity in this field takes place in the Materials Science Dept., but if you check the affiliated faculty, you will find that interest in this field is multidisciplinary.</p>

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<p>Yeah, materials science is the way to go.
Any good flagship state U or top tech school will have some sort of research going on.
i.e: [U</a> of MN · Center for Nanostructure Applications](<a href=“http://www.nano.umn.edu%5DU”>http://www.nano.umn.edu)</p>

<p>Be responsible with your nanobots, please :p</p>

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<p>Here is a list of ed. institutions in the NNIN. They even have a nano REU at Umich…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nnin.org/nnin_site.html[/url]”>About Us | National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network;

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<p>chem eng undergrad here. did a nano internship this summer. also know friends in elec and mech who did nano stuff during their internships.</p>

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<p>From what I know, very few colleges offer majors in nanotechnology, and the value of such a major is not an advantage over other fields that are involved in nanotechnology like materials science, condensed matter physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemical engineering.</p>

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<p>Nanotech is still too specialized to be a full fledged UG level. Instead you should focus on an engineering graduate school (BME/MechE/EE/Mat Sci) and have your thesis/research focus on nanotech.</p>