The Miami University Board of Trustees approved two new master’s degree programs in Engineering during its regular meeting on Friday, Dec. 15.

Master of Engineering (MEng) degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computing will soon be available to applicants. The MEng degree programs include a culminating experience, an internship, an industrial practicum, or a non-thesis project. All students in this program will be fee-paying and ineligible for graduate assistantships. 

Miami University Provost Elizabeth Mullenix said the in-person programs will be attractive to nontraditional and international students because of its competency-based approach and no-thesis options.

Miami currently offers a Master of Science in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, which includes courses from both disciplines and requires a research thesis in either Chemical Engineering or Biochemical Engineering.

The new programs are designed for applicants who seek advanced training and coursework that can be completed quickly and at their own pace — graduating with the versatile skills and proactive mindset to meet the needs of a demanding, dynamic workforce.

The meeting culminated with Miami’s Fall Commencement on Friday afternoon in Millett Hall on Miami’s Oxford campus.

Trustees also:

• Approved to amend the 2025-2030 Capital Improvements Plan and Funding Requests.
• Approved four professor emeritus/a and three administrator emeritus/a.
• Approved awarding an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Carolyn Condit, who will retire after 40 seasons as head volleyball coach at Miami. A celebration honoring Coach Condit will occur at a later date.
• Accepted the Committee for Naming Campus Facilities’ recommendation for naming of the Gail Monroe Hussey ‘61 Art Studio located in the Art Building on the Oxford campus.
• Approved the Annual Report of Remedial Education at Miami and directed the provost and executive vice president to submit the report to the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
• Authorized the senior vice president for finance and business services and treasurer to execute a lease agreement with the Butler County Regional Transit Authority and other related documentation necessary to complete the Butler County Regional Transit Authority Multimodal Transportation Hub.
• Approved the advisory board for a new Ohio Legislature-mandated center for civics, culture, and society to be established as an independent academic unit.