All applicants to MSChE program must have earned a bachelor(s) degree from a four-year college. Students that meet this requirement may be admitted to the graduate school. Applicants are admitted without discrimination of race, color, creed, sex, religion or national origin. Applicants may be admitted to graduate studies unconditionally, provisionally, or as special students.
Decisions on admission are made by the Dean of the Graduate School with recommendations from the MSChE Program Coordinator and the Chemical Engineering Graduate Admissions Committee. The Admissions decision is based on the candidates academic credentials and not on available financial aid.
Unconditional admission to the Master of Science in Engineering Program with Chemical Engineering option will be granted to graduates of ABET accredited chemical engineering programs who have attained a minimum of a 3.0 Grade Point Average on their overall undergraduate program of study.
Persons may be evaluated to be admitted provisionally to the MSChE program, on a case by case basis, if any of the following conditions apply:
1. The undergraduate degree is not from an ABET accredited program in engineering.
2. The undergraduate degree is not in engineering but in a closely related curriculum with a substantial engineering science content.
3. Any deficiencies revealed in the undergraduate transcript may be removed by the inclusion of no more than 12 semester credit hours of appropriate undergraduate course content not for graduate credit.
4. Under special conditions, candidates with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering might be considered if their undergraduate GPA is below 3.0
A student admitted provisionally will be required to meet with the Graduate Program Coordinator to develop a list of undergraduate courses that must be taken to eliminate deficiencies in the undergraduate transcript.
All provisionally admitted students must earn a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average on the first nine graduate course credits they complete. In addition, a "B" grade point average must be earned on all non-credit undergraduate courses if any were required as a condition of admission. In addition to these provisions, other conditions may be imposed on a case-by-case basis as approved by the Graduate School.