PhD in Engineering Admission Requirements
Students with a Master's degree in Computer, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or closely related areas may apply for the Ph.D. program of study in Engineering. Admission with only a Bachelor of Science in this field is also possible, but students with only a BS degree are strongly encouraged to enroll first in the MS (CPE, EE, or ME) programs. Admission to the Ph.D. program in Engineering is based on a review of the application and associated references. Normally, a grade point average of at least 3.0 is required.
All graduate engineering courses presuppose mastery of the subject matter of a modern ABET accredited curriculum in Engineering. Students with a Bachelor of Science in other engineering or related science fields and students with a BSCPE, BSEE, BSME who have not taken graduate academic work for some time may be required to complete preparatory courses that are prerequisites for the core courses of the three engineering concentrations on which the qualifying exams are based. These courses carry no credit toward the graduate degree.