PhD in Biosystems Engineering in Knoxville United States | University of Tennessee, Knoxville

For applicants with a four-year engineering baccalaureate degree
Possession of a four-year engineering baccalaureate degree is the preferred route to admission. Documentation thereof must be provided. On this path, no additional coursework is required for admission unless the Admissions Committee sees specific weaknesses in the documentation and chooses to address those through required prerequisite courses.
For applicants with a non-engineering baccalaureate degree
The applicant must provide documentation that they possess a four-year baccalaureate degree in one of the physical, biological, or applied sciences, and that they meet the additional requirement below. Applicants who have not fulfilled the additional requirement may be conditionally admitted into the MS program until fulfillment has been achieved. Applicants are expected to complete the additional requirements within 18 months of their start date.

In addition to meeting the admissions skills requirements, students not possessing an engineering BS degree must prior to completion of the MS degree achieve a B (2.7 for a 4.0 grading scale) or better in at least one of the following courses, which focus upon process or product design: BSE 411 Mechanical Systems Engineering (3 Credit Hours), BSE 526 Environmental Hydrology (3 Credit Hours), BSE 531 Bioprocess Engineering (3 Credit Hours), or BSE 551 Electronic Systems (4 Credit Hours). With the student's advisory committee approval this course could be used to meet a graduate course requirement.

Minimum score requirements for admission to the Graduate School are:
a total score of 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT),
a total score of 550 or equivalent on the paper-based TOEFL (PBT), or
a 6.5 overall band score on the IELTS.