General application requirements for full-time graduate programs in Engineering include GRE, application fee, unofficial transcripts, and bachelor’s degree completion.
Play background animation Pause background animationStart your Engineering Application at any time. We will begin accepting applications in mid-August 2024 for spring, summer, and fall 2025 start terms. Application deadlines and requirements vary by degree program. All materials are due in the application at the time of submission; we do not accept updated or replacement materials via email.
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The Whiting School of Engineering does not require GRE General Test scores for applications to our graduate programs when applying to spring, summer, or fall 2025 start terms.
An applicant may still provide GRE test scores for review. We accept the GRE General Test – At Home Testing Edition. It’s offered everywhere that the test is normally available, based on the country of your account address. Some degree programs may list on their website(s) that they do not review GRE scores.
Some programs may recommend taking the relevant subject test. Check the instructions with your degree program.
If you choose to provide self-reported GRE test scores at the time of application, you must provide official GRE test scores sent directly from the testing agency.
Send GRE to Engineering Graduate Admissions (Full-Time Programs)
Institution Code: 4655
Department (Not required by our application system): If prompted, select the program you are applying to or general/other option.
Programs will use unofficial test scores for review while awaiting the officials scores from Testing Agency. Official GRE scores have a delay of up to 14 days between requesting official scores and when they are received by our application system. If your name formatting, date of birth, or email differs between your Testing Agency account(s) and your application account, scores may not populate to your application. If it has been more than 2 full weeks since requesting official scores, contact Engineering Graduate Admissions with your full name, application reference number, and GRE registration number to verify ETS scores sent to code 4655.
ETS provides the GRE Fee Reduction Program for individuals who can demonstrate financial need, for those who are unemployed and receiving unemployment compensation, and for national programs that work with underrepresented groups. Please visit the GRE Fee Reduction Program to learn more.
The Whiting School of Engineering does not require an application fee to our master’s programs.
The Whiting School of Engineering requires an application fee to our doctoral programs.
The application fee is non-refundable and must be received by the application deadline for the degree program that you are applying to. Payment is made in the payment section of the application by credit/debit card after completing the final “Review” section of the application.
If you qualify for an application fee waiver, you must apply directly in the application. Eligible reasons to request an application fee waiver are listed below. We do not approve fee waiver requests via email.
On the “Supporting Materials” section, under the “Application Fee Waiver” header:
The application fee may be waived for applicants with documented registration/participation in one of the following programs (and documentation must be uploaded within the application).
To request a waiver based on financial hardship, please select the option on the application. Domestic applicants are encouraged to upload one of the following: FAFSA SAR Report, a letter from a college/university financial aid office, unemployment verification. Domestic and International applicants may also upload other forms that provide significant documentation or explanation of financial hardship. Do not send tax returns. All documents will be reviewed and verified for satisfactory evidence. If the uploaded document is not accepted, you will be contacted and asked to resubmit or to pay the application fee.
Applicants who have previously applied and been denied admission may request to have their application considered again for another start term, and the application fee waived for one additional application, if within one year of the original application.
Contact the Office of Engineering Graduate Admissions to request the fee waiver based on this reason. Applicants cannot maintain multiple application accounts and will be required to provide their original application reference number, application account email, and full name. Applicants may start a new application or request a one-time offer for admissions to create a duplicate copy of the original denied application, waive the application fee, and mark the application as un-submitted. The applicant is then responsible for updating any materials (resume, statement of purpose, transcripts, self-reported test scores, letters of recommendation) and submitting their application by the program’s specified deadline for the new start term.
Please be aware, applications will be reviewed after the next application deadline, during the normal review period for each program. We recommend applicants wait until closer to the start term’s deadline to update materials and submit application, regardless of when the application is duplicated.
2025 Admissions Cycle
Our 2025 admissions cycle begins August 15, 2024, for all 2025 start terms (spring, summer, fall). Previously denied applicants may contact us after August 22, 2024, should you choose to apply again and would like to request a one-time fee waiver and/or duplication of original application.
Applicants are required to provide unofficial transcripts for application review. Obtain unofficial transcripts from the student account or Registrar’s office of your listed institutions. If a university-provided unofficial transcript is not available, contact our office for assistance by email: [email protected] .
Unofficial transcripts must be added directly in the application under the “Academic History” section. Include all colleges and universities you have attended, starting with the school(s) where a bachelor’s degree was earned, followed by all other schools with a period of enrollment.
We do not accept updated unofficial transcripts after your application has been submitted. Many applicants apply with partial or “incomplete” transcripts while in the process of completing a degree; programs are aware of this, utilize a holistic review of all materials submitted, and do not require updated transcripts.
Do not send official transcripts directly from your school or a third-party vendor for application review. Official transcripts are only required by admitted students at the time of enrollment and must include degree conferral. Newly admitted students should reference Submitting Final Documents for details.
The Office of Engineering Graduate Admissions requires literal, certified translations for all documents issued in a language other than English. For all foreign academic work, we strongly recommend, but do not require, that you submit a professional credential evaluation from World Education Services (WES). We recommend the WES ICAP course by course evaluation. Visit Information for International Students for detailed information on Certified Translations and Credential Evaluations.
All graduate applicants applying to the Whiting School of Engineering are required to have completed a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent prior to beginning our graduate program. We do not distinguish between a 3-year or 4-year degree. Admitted students will be required to submit final official transcripts with degree conferral by the end of their first term enrolled.