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Admissions Requirements

Admissions

For additional information about the admission process, please contact ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵGraduate Admissions at GRADAdmissions@usf.edu or 813-974-3350. You can also visit their website to check your application status, get an estimated cost of attendance and more! Apply online . For additional information regarding the graduate programs offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, please visit the graduate handbook and thesis and dissertation format guide.

Graduate Handbooks

• After/In Fall 2024
• After/In Fall 2023
• After/In Fall 2021
• After/In Fall 2019
• Fall 2019
• After/In Fall 2018
• Before Fall 2018

Degree Programs

Degree	Thesis, Dissertation Required	Undergraduate Degree Required to Apply	Total Credit Hours
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)	No	BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field	30
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)	Yes	BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field	72

Undergraduate Course Prerequisite Requirements for the Masters Degree

Students entering the Masters Degree program must have completed the following courses in their undergraduate program:

Mathematics	Mechanical Engineering
Calculus I, II, III Differential Equations	Thermodynamics Heat Transfer Fluid Mechanics Machine Design Solid Mechanics

Students entering from disciplines outside of Mechanical Engineering will be required to make up any deficiencies before starting their graduate coursework.

Admission Requirements

Applicants should submit a complete application to the ¹ú²ú¶ÌÊÓƵGraduate School for review by the department. An application checklist can be found .

Degree	Minimum GRE Percentile	Minimum GPA	International Students*	Supplemental Documents
Masters Degrees	No GRE required	3.0/4.0 in last two years of coursework	Minimum test scores required to demonstrate proficiency are: IELTS - 6.5 PTE-A - 53 TOEFL (iBT - 79; PBT - 550) GRE Verbal - 153 Duolingo – 110	MSME requires a Statement of Research Interests
Doctoral Degree	Quantitative: 60% & Verbal: 60%	3.0/4.0 in last two years of coursework	Minimum test scores required to demonstrate proficiency are: IELTS - 6.5 PTE-A - 53 TOEFL (iBT - 79; PBT - 550) GRE Verbal - 153 Duolingo – 110	PhD requires a Statement of Research Interests

*All international applicants for whom English is not the native tongue must provide proof of competence in the English language. International applicants from non-English speaking countries must provide a minimum EP scores taken within 2 years of the desired term of entry. Applicants who are from an English speaking country, have previously earned a US degree, or whose medium of instruction was English ( must be notated on transcripts), may not have to submit EP test scores.