Prospective Graduate Student Admission Information

Applications require submission of the following items using our online submission process:

1. Completed application
2. Statement of Purpose
3. Three letters of recommendation
4. GRE scores (generally, our minimums are 550 Verbal and 650 Quantitative)
5. TOEFL or IELTS scores if applicable (generally, our minimums are IBT 115, CBT 250, PB 600)
6. Transcripts from all colleges and universities attended

APPLICATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FALL ARE DUE JANUARY 15

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Foreign applications should submit their scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam. A minimum score of 600 (paper based) or 250 (computer based) is required for admission. The department code for GRE scores is 1103 and for TOEFL scores is 70. Completed applications should be filed by January 15 to be considered for financial aid and assistantships . It is important that GRE and TOEFL scores and letters of recommendation be available at this time. Successful applicants will be advised of their admission and financial aid status by mid-March.

Please note that the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering does not pre-screen applications. .

Funding Opportunities for Masters Students

Partial tuition remissions are often available for well-qualified students who enroll in the MS and MSE degree programs. These are awarded on the basis of normal application forms -- no special application is required.

For U.S. citizens who are interested in a terminal course-based MSE degree toward professional practice in environmental engineering, two special funding opportunities are available to especially well-qualified applicants:

For especially well qualified students, a full tuition fellowship is available on a competitive basis. Fellowships will be awarded on the basis of the normal graduate application, so no special application procedures are required.

Graduate Fellowship Opportunities

The Whiting School of Engineering and the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering offer a limited number of partial and complete doctoral fellowships on a competitive basis, selected on the basis of qualifications presented on the normal application form. No special application is required. In addition, there are several national programs that offer full fellowships for graduate study of U.S. citizens in environmental engineering. For more information click on the links below:

Graduate Research Assistantships

Research Assistantships are awarded at the discretion of the individual faculty and are strongly dependent on the availability of funding from various research sponsors, including federal and state agencies as well as non-governmental organizations and foundations. Such awards are most often awarded preferentially to students who apply for the PhD, and these are typically decided well after the January 15 deadline, on the basis of comparative study of fully complete applications. All faculty with research interests that fall within an applicant's stated area of interest will be given opportunity to review the graduate study application, so no special action or advanced communication is required on the part of the applicant. All applicants should,however, be sure to indicate any faculty preferences in their Statement of Interests, and applicants should feel free to establish preliminary contact with faculty if they wish to confirm alignment of research interests. Students bringing fellowship funding from external organizations are encouraged to make preliminary contact in order to establish a working relationship with faculty on the research topic of interest.