The Whiting School of Engineering provides students the opportunity to receive a bachelor's degree (from the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering) while pursuing a master's degree in engineering.
A concurrent bachelor's/master's degree provides students with a number of distinct advantages.
Nearly all engineering graduate programs offer this combined degree option. While in most cases, concurrent students receive both degrees from the same department, this is not necessary.
Application Process
The Whiting School requires that a student apply for concurrent student status no later than the end of the first semester during the senior year, but individual departments may have earlier deadlines. JHU undergraduates interested in pursuing a WSE master's degree concurrently should check with the prospective graduate program to determine its application deadline, application requirements and degree requirements for the concurrent degree program.
NOTE: Whiting/Krieger School alumni who pursue a WSE master's degree are granted many of the same benefits as those in the concurrent bachelor's/master's degree program (i.e., financial aid and the opportunity to double-count coursework, the latter is at the department's discretion, however).
Financial Aid
Concurrent bachelor's/master's students will earn graduate student status and receive a Dean's Fellowship, covering 50% of tuition as well as health insurance benefits provided that they have completed eight full-time semesters of study at JHU.
Concurrent students who have not yet completed eight full-time semesters of study at JHU, and have retained undergraduate status, are eligible to continue to apply for undergraduate financial aid through the Office of Student Financial Services. (Transfer students are treated differently; see below.) Once these students reach the ninth semester, they will earn graduate status and receive the Dean's Fellowship.
Once a student converts to graduate status and/or receives the Dean's Fellowship, he or she is no longer eligible for undergraduate financial aid, including the Federal Pell Grant, Federal SEOG, Federal SMART Grant, Federal Parent PLUS loans, the Bloomberg Scholarship, Hodson Scholarship and Westgate Scholarship. Domestic graduate students are eligible for loans. Loan limits for the federal student loan programs change when a student's classification switches from "undergraduate" to "graduate." For further financial aid information, please visit the website for the Office of Student Financial Services.
Transfer Students
Transfer students are evaluated upon entry and awarded either sophomore or junior class standing. A transfer sophomore is eligible for six semesters of undergraduate financial aid and is eligible for graduate status after having completed either of the following: (1) the requirements for a bachelor's degree, or (2) six semesters of full-time study, whichever comes first. A transfer junior is eligible for four semesters of undergraduate financial aid and is eligible for graduate status after having completed either (1) the requirements for a bachelor's degree, or (2) four semesters of full-time study, whichever comes first.
Transcript and GPA Issues
Once a concurrent student's status switches from "undergraduate" to "graduate", the undergraduate transcript is closed and a graduate transcript opens. These are two separate documents. If a concurrent student takes any more courses to be applied to the undergraduate degree beyond the point that his/her status is switched to "graduate", these courses will appear on the graduate transcript only (and thus, not be factored into the cumulative GPA found at the bottom of the undergraduate transcript). Likewise, courses ultimately applied to the master's degree but taken before the student's status is switched to "graduate" are found on the undergraduate transcript only (and thus, unintentionally factored into the cumulative GPA found at the bottom of the undergraduate transcript). Undergraduate students are not eligible to receive graduate student tuition support; therefore, a concurrent student cannot retain undergraduate status in order to leave open the undergraduate transcript and receive a graduate tuition waiver at the same time.
Becoming a Teacher
For nearly 15 years the Johns Hopkins Accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching (AMAT) program has been providing JHU students the opportunity to begin their teacher preparation while still an undergraduate. The AMAT Program leads to Maryland certification in the following areas: early childhood (pending approval), elementary, or secondary education. Highly qualified Johns Hopkins undergraduates may be considered for early admission during their junior or senior year or after completion of 60 credits. Students accepted into the AMAT program may take up to 12 graduate credits (which also count toward their bachelor's degree) before their undergraduate graduation and complete the remaining teacher certification requirements in one of three graduate program options. For additional information, visit the School of Education website at http://education.jhu.edu/ or call (410) 516-9759.
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