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Requirements

To be eligible for graduate study in Engineering Mechanics, students must satisfy the following minimum requirements:

• Have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. The ASE/EM Department requires that your degree be in a scientific field. If you do not have a degree in Engineering Mechanics, you may be required to take two or three undergraduate courses to make up the deficiency. The graduate advisor will make the recommendations.
• Have a minimum 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or comparable grade point average in upper-division junior- and senior-level work and in any graduate work already completed.
• Have a minimum of 1000 on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination. The average for students admitted to this department is over 1250 (V+Q).
• Have a minimum of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (international students.)
• Be recommended for admission by the Graduate Studies Committee in your proposed major. All completed applications are reviewed by the Graduate Studies Committee of the Department. The graduate dean must approve the recommendations of the GSC. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission due to limited space, limited funding or faculty availability.

Deadlines

• The University's priority deadline for Fall is January 7, Spring is October 1, however, the department has flexible deadlines as we are always seeking outstanding applicants.

How to apply

• Information about programs at the University of Texas can be found in the following sites:
  
  
  • Graduate Catalog
    
    
  • Course Schedule
    
    
  • Graduate Admissions Center
    Submit online your Statement of Purpose and enter your Electronic Letters of Recommendation information.
    
    When you complete the "References" portion of the online application for admission, you will give the names and e-mail addresses of those you have asked to recommend you. Be sure that the e-mail address is current and accurate.
    
    You will be asked to inform GIAC if you are going to waive the right to view your letters after they are submitted. Please indicate this by answering the associated question on the application for admission.
    
    GIAC will send an e-mail message to the address you provide and ask your recommender to visit a web site where they can complete a questionnaire. Your recommender will be informed if you have not waived your right to view his/her letter of recommendation.
    
    If you make a mistake on the e-mail address or if you need to replace one recommender with another please contact Marla Boye at marla.boye@austin.utexas.edu.
    
    
  • The University of Texas

• United States Citizens may request an information packet for the department by sending your name and address to the Graduate Coordinator at ase.grad@mail.ae.utexas.edu. The Graduate Admissions brochure may be requested from the Graduate Admissions Center or you may apply online through the Graduate Admissions Center. Please click on the forms, complete and send to the department for consideration.
  
  In addition to applying to Graduate and International Admissions, each applicant must submit the following items directly to the department:
  

• EM Department Summary Form
• Copies of all transcripts (photocopies are acceptable)

Due to the large volume of applications, we cannot acknowledge receipts of materials. DO NOT send published papers, reports, certificates of awards, or other documents. GIAC and the department will notify you of the admission decision and/or offer of financial aid.

 

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