Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Applicants are expected to have sufficient formal academic training in mathematics (through advanced calculus) and engineering principles to qualify for enrollment in graduate engineering coursework. No program-level prerequisites are included, only course-level prerequisites. Students are responsible for completing course-level prerequisites before enrolling in graduate courses.
The applicant must have earned at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale over the last 60 hours of letter-graded undergraduate work at an accredited college or university or, if at least 12 hours of letter-graded graduate work have been completed, have earned at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale on all graduate work.
Applicants must submit official transcripts from every college previously attended.
A score of 550 on the paper version (PBT) or 213 on the computerized version (CPT) or 80 on the internet based version (IBT) is required for admission to the graduate program. Or, an official IELTS score of 6.5
Statement of Purpose
This is a document wherin applicants describe their educational, research, and career goals in 500 or fewer words. Focus should be placed on why applicants are pursuing a graduate degree, e.g., what their research interests are, why their research and degree will prepare them for the field they want to eventually pursue.