Prospective Students

Graduate

An applicant may be admitted to the Graduate School as either a regular degree student or a provisional degree student. For acceptance into the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, the following requirements must be met.

Regular Degree Students must:

1. Hold a baccalaureate degree in engineering, science, or mathematics from a college or university of recognized standing, or equivalent.
2. Show promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research, as judged by the student's previous scholastic record.
3. Have had adequate preparation to enter graduate study in the chosen field.
4. Have at least a 3.00 (B) undergraduate grade point average.
5. Have taken the GRE.

Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU-Boulder has established minimum standards for graduate admission. Applicants must:

1. Have undergraduate courses in calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations.
2. Have two semesters of undergraduate calculus-based physics.
3. Have at least two semesters of upper-division undergraduate courses in engineering or physics.

International students must provide documentation that they have the financial resources to support themselves for at least the first year in the program.

Students with undergraduate degrees in all areas of engineering are encouraged to apply. Students with undergraduate degrees in mathematics, physics, chemistry and other physical sciences are also encouraged to apply.

In limited cases, applicants who do not meet the requirements for admission as regular degree students may be recommended for admission to the program under provisional degree status. With the concurrence of the dean of the Graduate School, these students are admitted to a probationary term of either one or two semesters of full-time study or the equivalent for part-time students. At the end of the specified probationary period, provisional degree students must be either admitted to regular degree status or dismissed from the graduate program to which they were provisionally admitted. To be changed to regular degree status a student must maintain a 3.25 grade point average in 12 hours of graduate course work over two semesters.

Application Procedures

Graduate students are admitted into a specific focus area that provides research advising, financial support, and sets specialized admission and program requirements and recommendations for course work within and outside the department. The five focus areas are:

• Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Systems
• Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Science
• Vehicle Systems, including Aerodynamics, Systems and Control
• Bioastronautics
• Structural and Material Systems

Each focus area has defined the required characteristics of its successful graduates at the MS and Ph.D. level, and defined the required and elective courses that support its educational program. See, Graduate Handbook for more information.

An applicant for admission must present complete application materials that include:

• Part I and Part II of the graduate application (including focus area/special field).
• Two official transcripts of all academic work completed to date, sent to the dept.
• A $50 nonrefundable application fee. The foreign application fee is $70.
• Four letters of recommendation.
• Official test scores from the analytical, quantitative, and verbal sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) taken within the past 5 years.

Applicants should submit the electronic application for admission. http://www.colorado.edu/prospective/graduate/

The application deadline is FEBRUARY 1 for FALL semester, and OCTOBER 1 for SPRING semester. International students should apply by December 1 for FALL and August 1 for SPRING.

Late applications are not accepted.