B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field from an accredited engineering program required.
GRE required, with minimum percentile rank of 50% on the quantitative portion and a minimum average percentile rank of 50% in verbal and quantitative.
A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.00/4.00 for the last two years of coursework from an ABET accredited engineering major for admission. Graduates of non-ABET accredited majors are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Minimum of two recommendation letters is required.
A one-page Statement of Purpose/Research Interest must also be included in the application package.
The following prerequisite courses must be successfully completed before admission to the Ph.D. Program: Calculus I, II, III, Differential Equations, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Machine Design.
Minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) in one of the following ways:
All completed undergraduate coursework
All completed graduate coursework

English language proficiency1
TOEFL (iBT – 79, PBT – 550) or IELTS 6.5 or GRE Verbal 153