International Dual Master’s Degree Programs

Administered in collaboration with the Technical University (TU) of Braunschweig and the Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt in Germany, the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC) in Compiègne, France, the University of Cantabria (UNICAN) in Santander, Spain, and Parthenope University in Naples, Italy, these dual master’s programs enable students to complete simultaneous engineering master’s degrees from both institutions over a two-year period.

Under this plan, University of Rhode Island master’s degree students in any engineering graduate program (Germany and France), in Ocean Engineering (Spain) and in Mechanical/Industrial and Systems Engineering (Italy) complete the first full year, or approximately one half of the master’s program, in Rhode Island, and then spend the second year of the program as a full-time student at the partner institution abroad. All work completed satisfactorily abroad is recognized by both the host and home universities, thus enabling students to complete degree requirements in Germany, France, Spain or Italy and in Rhode Island. This international option can also serve as an opportunity for students to explore additional focus areas related to their academic interests that may not be currently available at URI, allowing them to maximize the impact of their graduate studies.

*As of Fall 2025, the German partnership program is available to all MS programs, the French partnership is available to all MS programs, the Italian partnership is available for the MCE/ISE MS programs and the Spanish partnership is available for the OCE MS program.

Program Contacts

  • TU Braunschweig and TU Darmstadt dual master’s programs
    Sigrid Berka, sigrid_berka@uri.edu; +1 401.874.4700
  • UTC dual master’s programs
    Sigrid Berka, sigrid_berka@uri.edu; +1 401.874.4700
  • Parthenope Program in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering
    Chengzhi Yuan, cyuan@uri.edu; +1 401.874.9067
    Michelangelo La Luna, laluna@uri.edu; +1 401.874.5968
  • UNICAN Program in Ocean Engineering
    Stephen Licht, slicht@uri.edu; +1 401.874.6028