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The Interdisciplinary Engineering (ITDE) Ph.D. program enables students to cultivate specialized knowledge in cutting-edge fields that often fall outside conventional departmental offerings, while also accommodating research that spans multiple engineering disciplines or crosses college boundaries. Employers highly value graduates with interdisciplinary engineering capabilities, and the ITDE Ph.D. equips them for leadership roles in academia, government agencies, and corporate sectors. Past interdisciplinary thesis topics have encompassed areas like environmental engineering combined with public policy, as well as engineering integrated with education.
ITDE doctoral students must demonstrate academic excellence by producing top-tier journal publications prior to their dissertation defense. Additionally, they are encouraged to forge meaningful industry connections through internships and collaborative engagements.
You are an international graduate applicant if you:
are not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States (or applicant for permanent residency)
AND
you have not graduated from a Texas high school after three years in residence in Texas
AND
hold a bachelor’s or professional degree (or equivalent)
English proficiency can also be demonstrated by:
Minimum TOEFL i-BT score of 80 (in person or Home Edition) from a test date within two years (Texas A&M University does not accept the MyBest TOEFL score), or
Minimum TOEFL Essentials score of 8.5, or
Minimum IELTS Academic test score of 6.0 overall band (Texas A&M University does not accept the IELTS General test), or
GRE Verbal Reasoning score of at least 146 (subject to departmental approval), or
GMAT Verbal Score of at least 22 (subject to departmental approval), or
Acquiring alternative verification during the admission process from the Graduate and Professional School via a departmental request.