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Overview
UC Berkeley's Master of Molecular Science Engineering (MSSE) is an online professional master's program focused on teaching scientists and engineers to use computation and machine learning to solve real-world problems in the molecular sciences and beyond. The program is designed for students with backgrounds in chemistry, physics, biology, math, engineering, and computer science, or from other science disciplines who want to learn computational science, data science, machine learning, and software engineering.
The MSSE's curriculum teaches computational molecular science with a focus on advanced machine learning, complex mathematical modeling and simulations, software engineering, and high-performance computing. MSSE prepares graduates for roles such as software engineer, data scientist, machine learning engineer, and research scientist in a wide range of science-based industries including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, material science, energy, and agriculture.
The online degree program can be taken either full-time or part-time. Full-time students can finish the degree in 9 months, and part-time students can finish the degree in 2+ years.
The Berkeley MSSE degree prepares students for careers in computational science, data science, machine learning, and software engineering. The program is designed to train students with backgrounds in chemistry, physics, biology, computer science, or from other physical science disciplines. MSSE provides students with the tools and software engineering practices, as well as leadership, management, and entrepreneurial skills needed to create or lead science- or engineering-based enterprises.
While the MSSE degree focuses on the molecular sciences, the skills it provides are suitable for any student pursuing careers both in science and or non-science-based industries that require advanced machine learning, complex mathematical modeling and simulations, software engineering, or high-performance computing.
Careers that the MSSE graduates will be prepared for include:
- Computational Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Computational Chemist
- Computational Biologist
- AI Engineer
- Bioinformatics Engineer
- Quantum Computing Engineer