<p>I'm just wondering, is materials engineering treated as a distinct field or is it a subfield of chemical engineering?</p>
<p>its one of the engineering disciplines under the college of earth and mineral sciences.chem E in under the college of engineering</p>
<p>They are similar, but generally materials is seen as a cross-field sort of engineering.</p>
<p>Also, it depends on what University you go to where the MSE department is located...all that I applied to had it in the engineering college, I don't which school caa5042 is refering to, but of course it's different everywhere.</p>
<p>Generally it is a distinct field. Sometimes is it a subfield of mechanical engineering.</p>