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What are the best universities (anywhere in the world) to pursue a master's in the field of 3D printing/rapid prototyping?

  • I am a final year undergraduate student in the department of mechanical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology. I want to pursue a career in the field of 3D printing/rapid prototyping. I want to know The best universities where i can pursue masters in this field. OR The companies or organizations where i can join right after my B.Tech.

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    I would suggest you to be a bit broader in your search for graduate programs. Pursuing a Master's in 3D printing/rapid prototyping may sound good today but 5 or 10 years down the line when even more advanced manufacturing technologies would have been developed, what will you do? You can learn about 3D printing on your own too as it is just an amalgamation of techniques from computer vision, 3D modeling and finally the printing technology. Now imagine if you studied in a graduate program that not only taught you about technologies related to 3D printing but also prepared you in different areas of advanced manufacturing, wouldn't that be even more interesting? You can bring more value to any manufacturing organization with such skills. My suggestion would be to try programs like @http://isd.engin.umich.edu/degree-programs/manufacturing-engineering/index.htm

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You should look for further coursework in Materials Science, Industrial Design or a branch of Mechanical Engineering. Your goal today is 3D printing, which is a fun, exciting field. The skills needed, however, are those that have applied to engineering problems for thousands of years. What are the best materials to make component X? How can I improve on the tensile/shear/dynamic properties of material Y? What are the destructive harmonics inherit in this component? How do I mitigate those failure points? What is the most efficient (least material, quickest time) set of geometries to design a set of novel and loosely defined support members? Just some hypothetical questions off the top of my head, all of which could be asked of a potential 3D printing project, all of which have answers in the above fields. If you're interested more in designing models themselves, look to Mech Eng or Industrial Design. If you're interested in the machines and the various plastics / other materials that will be used to build those models, consider Materials Science as a potential opportunity. Those are many and varied, and I imagine you'll find good answers for each with a quick Quora search.

Matt Lutze

I got research internship offer in the field of Rapid Prototyping at FH Aachen in Germany. It is one of the best universities there. So I suggest that one. Other universities I have not taken into consideration. I would update further.

Nalin Yadav

According to this article, http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/05/15/worlds-first-masters-degree-3d-bioprinting/ I also found a couple of certifications: http://www.scps.nyu.edu/academics/departments/cada/academic-offerings/noncredit/certificate-in-rapid-prototyping.html http://proto3000.com/3du There were also as of today, 7/1/14, according to SimplyHired, 146 summer interns available in the field of 3d printing. It is incredible and exciting to read about. Good Luck:)

Aileen Heymach

The course which you are looking at is additive manufacturing. This might help http://www.rapidtoday.com/get_prototyping_education.html.

Vinay Singh

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