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Three Online Master's Programs. One Extraordinary Place to Earn Them.

At Case Western Reserve University, engineering changes lives. Our faculty restore the sense of touch to people who have lost limbs. They build diagnostic tools that have saved thousands of lives in places where labs don't exist. They design the systems that keep aircraft aloft, the materials that outlast their predecessors by decades and the medical devices working quietly inside human bodies right now.

When you enroll in one of our three fully online engineering master's programs, you study with these innovators. Same faculty, same curriculum and same standard of work as the students walking our Cleveland campus, on a schedule that fits the career you're already building.

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Sharon Ehasz: It is really difficult at the idea of having an interpersonal skills class to not have necessarily any interpersonal connection. When you're in an actual physical classroom, you get to engage with your students. But when you're in an asynchronous online class, it's not up to me when I get to engage with students, and so that, to me, has been the biggest challenge.

What I've done to try to overcome that is, one, I am encouraging students to get together outside of the actual curriculum by forming learning teams. There will be four required meetings across the teams, but that allows for connection.

In addition, we're going to be having some discussions and video discussion posts that are going to be a chance to share with each other. So while we may not be sitting in the same room, we will at least be able to connect and learn through each other's stories.

In addition, I'm always making myself available, whether that is through one-on-one meetings or through the midterm feedback that I request students meet with me to give so that I can continue to improve the class.

My hope is that through each of those things, including robust feedback, students recognize that while we may not be present in person, we are still very much a community learning together.

Find the Program That Fits Where You're Headed

Each of our three programs is built for a different kind of engineer.

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Master of Engineering

For the engineer who wants to lead.

This practice-focused program pairs deep technical study with the business, communication and management fluency that defines modern engineering leadership. Choose a concentration in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Innovation, Management and Leadership and graduate ready to run the room, not just contribute to it.
Online Master of Engineering
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Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

For the engineer who wants to make medicine work better. 

Founded in 1968, our biomedical engineering program remains a leader today, within a university ranked among the world's top 30.1 It's run jointly by Case School of Engineering and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, so you'll learn from researchers who take their work from lab to clinic to market, and develop the expertise to do the same.
Online MS in Biomedical Engineering
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

For the engineer who wants to go deeper. 

Case Western Reserve's online mechanical engineering master's takes you into the fundamentals of mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics, materials and controls, then lets you specialize across fields ranging from aerospace and robotics to biomanufacturing and energy systems. Built for engineers who want to go beyond competence to command of the discipline.
Online MS in Mechanical Engineering

Our Faculty Built the Things Other Schools Teach About

The instructors teaching your courses aren't lecturing from textbooks written decades ago; they're writing the next ones. A look at three of them:

Dustin Tyler

Dustin Tyler, PhD
Kent H. Smith II Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Tyler co-founded Afference, a company restoring the sense of touch to people through neural interface technology. In 2024, Afference was selected from 670 applicants as one of 45 finalists for the marquee pitch competition at South by Southwest. His lab is rewriting what prosthetics can be.
Umut Gurkan

Umut Gurkan, PhD
Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering

Dr. Gurkan developed a point-of-care diagnostic technology now available in 30 countries. More than 500,000 tests have been delivered to infants in Africa and India and the technology is estimated to have saved thousands of lives. He received CWRU's Faculty Distinguished Research Award for the work.
Evren Gurkan-Cavusoglu

Evren Gurkan-Cavusoglu, PhD
Associate Professor

Dr. Gurkan-Cavusoglu is a leader in building mentorship and professional development pathways for women in technology. She's also a recipient of Tau Beta Pi's Srinivasa P. Gutti Memorial Teaching Award: recognition from the engineering honor society itself for the way she teaches.
Meet the Rest of the Faculty

Cleveland: An Engineering Powerhouse

You'll never set foot on campus if you don't want to, but it's worth knowing what's around it. Case Western Reserve University sits at the center of an engineering ecosystem most people underestimate, anchored by the Cleveland Clinic, NASA Glenn Research Center, University Hospitals and more than 270 active industry partnerships. That network shapes what gets taught in our classes and where our graduates go on to work. Recent alumni have built careers at Amazon, Ford, GE, NASA, the U.S. Navy and Thermo Fisher.

Explore the Cleveland Advantage

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Built for the Career You Already Have

Each program is delivered 100% online, runs about 18 months at full pace and starts three times a year: spring, summer and fall. Coursework is largely asynchronous, so you study when your week allows. Live sessions, discussion boards and one-on-one access to faculty keep you connected to people, not just material.

See How Online Learning Works

A Significant Tuition Reduction for Every Qualified Applicant

Every qualified new applicant to the online Master of Engineering program receives a tuition reduction of more than $28,000, bringing total program tuition to $39,000. CWRU alumni receive an additional scholarship. Employer reimbursement, federal aid and veterans' benefits can work to your advantage, as well.

Review Tuition and Financial Aid

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We're Not the Only Ones Saying It

#27
World's Top Universities1
Time
#28
Best Colleges for Veterans - National Universities2
U.S. News & World Report
#52
Best Engineering School3
U.S. News & World Report

Admissions Deadlines

Oct
31
Priority Deadline
October 31
Spring 2027 Term
Nov
30
Final Deadline
November 30
Spring 2027 Term
Jan
11
Start Date
January 11
Spring 2027 Term
Sources
  1. Retrieved on May 28, 2026, from time.com/7358185/top-universities-globally-2026/
  2. Retrieved on May 28, 2026, from usnews.com/best-colleges/case-western-reserve-university-3024/overall-rankings
  3. Retrieved on May 28, 2026, from usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/case-western-reserve-university-02138