Admission Steps

Engineering - PHD

Admission Requirements

Terms and Deadlines

For the 2024-2025 academic year

Fall 2024 quarter (beginning in September)

  • Priority deadline: February 15, 2024

  • Final submission deadline: June 3, 2024

Winter 2025 quarter (beginning in January)

  • Final submission deadline: December 9, 2024

  • International submission deadline: September 9, 2024

Spring 2025 quarter (beginning in March)

  • Final submission deadline: January 31, 2025

  • International submission deadline: December 9, 2024

Summer 2025 quarter (beginning in June)

  • Final submission deadline: May 1, 2025

  • International submission deadline: February 24, 2025

Priority deadline: Applications will be considered after the Priority deadline provided space is available.

Final submission deadline: Applicants cannot submit applications after the final submission deadline.

Additional Standards for Non-Native English Speakers

Official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), C1 Advanced or Duolingo English Test are required of all graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship status, whose native language is not English or who have been educated in countries where English is not the native language. Your TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test scores are valid for two years from the test date.

The minimum TOEFL/IELTS/C1 Advanced/Duolingo English Test score requirements for this degree program are:

  • Minimum TOEFL Score (Internet-based test): 80

  • Minimum IELTS Score: 6.5

  • Minimum C1 Advanced Score: 176

  • Minimum Duolingo English Test Score: 115

Additional Information:

Additional Standards for International Applicants

Per Student & Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) regulation, international applicants must meet all standards for admission before an I-20 or DS-2019 is issued, [per U.S. Federal Register: 8 CFR § 214.3(k)] or is academically eligible for admission and is admitted [per 22 C.F.R. §62]. Read the Additional Standards For International Applicants policy for more details.