Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Application Requirements

• biographical information (part of the online application).
• a personal statement.
• two [2] official letters of recommendation: one must be from a faculty member who is familiar with the candidate\'s scholarly abilities;
  • CIS PhD application requires three [3] letters or recommendation.
• Unofficial Transcript - submitted with application
  • One [1] transcript form each university or college attended where course credit was earned, to be uploaded and submitted with the online application.
• Official Transcript - submitted when offer of admission is received
  • One [1] official transcript from each university or college attended where course credit was earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution.
  • one [1] official final transcript, showing completion of the degree. You must also send a certificate of graduation, when the transcript does not list the degree earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution.
• The university encourages all applicants that have attended a Chinese Institution to use the CHESSIC translation service when sending their official documentation. The first document is $12 and all additional documents are $10. Please note, it may take up to 20 business days for the documents to be electronically transmitted.
• non-refundable application fee of $80. This payment must be submitted with the online application.

• GRE - official score report for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) - required by all programs. In addition to the GRE, all International Applicants must meet the requirement indicated below. The institution code to use for the GRE exam is 2888. You must take the exam by the application deadline.

• TOEFL/IELTS* - All international applicants and non-US Citizens/Permanent Resident applicants for whom English is not the native language must submit official scores for either the Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS)*.
  • The institution code for the TOEFL exam is 2888.
  • You must take the exam by the application deadline.
• TOEFL Score Recommendations - BE, BIOT, CBE, CIS, EE, IPD, MEAM, ROBO and SE programs strongly recommend a TOEFL score of 100 or higher for all applicants.

• IELTS Score Recommendations - a minimum of 7.5 is recommended for all programs.