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The Penn State undergraduate computer engineering program's faculty aims to equip students with essential knowledge and practical skills for successful careers in industry or advanced graduate studies. Through a well-rounded curriculum, students explore fundamental concepts in computer system design and implementation. The program offers comprehensive training in core sciences, engineering principles, and information processing theories. Graduates gain specialized expertise for careers involving hardware, software, and system development, analysis, and implementation. The curriculum guarantees that alumni possess both theoretical knowledge of computer design and practical abilities to apply these concepts throughout their professional lives.
The majority of Penn State’s applications come from traditional, first-year students. The following types of students are considered first-year applicants (or freshman applicants, as some refer to them): Current high school student in his or her senior year; Student who has earned a high school diploma or a GED and has no post-secondary coursework; Student who has attempted 17 or fewer credits (semester hours) of college coursework at a regionally accredited college/university before attending Penn State; Current high school student who may have enrolled in another institution(s) before graduating from high school (dual enrollment); Student who may have attended Penn State on a nondegree basis.
English Language Proficiency
The following are ways in which you can satisfy the language proficiency requirement: TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the old paper exam and a minimum of 20 in each section of the new paper exam (code #2660); IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test.