Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Doctoral Student Resources

Student Handbook

2025 Ph.D. Handbook

Archived versions of the MEAM Ph.D. Handbook:

2024 | 2023202220212020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Academic Program Request

MEAM Ph.D. students who would like to request an exception from departmental guidelines may submit a program request. Once you submit the request, the MEAM Graduate Group Chair will review the request.

Academic Program Request Form

Graduate Student Groups

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGA)

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGA) is a forum for academic and social interaction among the graduate students in MEAM.

Graduate Student Engineering Group

Graduate Student Engineering Group (GSEG) is a group of graduate students from Penn Engineering who act as the mid-level meta-government for the MSE and Ph.D. programs.

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) is a university level association that deals with the graduate student issues.