Accelerated Engineering MS Programs: Admission Requirements
Learn about the admission requirements of UW–Madison’s Accelerated Engineering Master’s programs including deadlines, eligibility, tests and required application materials. For questions, get in touch with an enrollment coach who can help you understand admission requirements and assist you with your application. Email [email protected] or schedule a meeting.
For Spring, Fall or Summer admission
Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering: Accelerated Program, MS
- Biomedical Engineering: Biomedical Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship, MS
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1*
Fall
December 15
Summer
N/A
*Complete spring applications as of September 1 are guaranteed review, but domestic applicants are welcome to apply up to November 1 and will be reviewed as space is available
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume
- 3 letters of recommendation*
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
*Waived for UW–Madison Biomedical Engineering students and alumni
Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1
Fall
December 15*
Summer
N/A
*Complete applications as of December 15 are guaranteed to be reviewed, but applicants are welcome to submit up to March 15 and will be reviewed as space is available
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering, or an engineering field with relevant undergrad coursework in the specific area of interest (e.g., environmental, transportation, geological, etc.)
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume
- 3 letters of recommendation
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
Industrial Engineering
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1
Fall
December 15*
Summer
N/A
*Complete applications received by December 15 are guaranteed to be reviewed. Applications received after December 15 and before March 15 will be reviewed as space is available
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
Prerequisites
A Mathematical Statistics course
(e.g., STAT 312 Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II or I SY E 210 Introduction to Industrial Statistics)
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume
- 3 letters of recommendation*
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
*Waived for UW–Madison Industrial Engineering students and alumni. List Sinan Tas, Pam Peterson, and Amanda Smith to bypass this requirement in the application system
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1
Fall
December 15*
Summer
N/A
*Complete applications received by December 15 are guaranteed to be reviewed. Applications received after December 15 and before March 15 will be reviewed as space is available
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
Prerequisites
1) A Mathematical Statistics course
(e.g., STAT 312 Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II or I SY E 210 Introduction to Industrial Statistics)
2) An Introduction to Programming course
(e.g., COMP SCI 220 Data Science Programming I)
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume
- 3 letters of recommendation*
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
*Waived for UW–Madison Industrial Engineering students and alumni. List Sinan Tas, Pam Peterson, and Amanda Smith to bypass this requirement in the application system
Mechanical Engineering
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1
Fall
December 15
Summer
N/A
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0 of the last 60 semester hours
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume/CV
- 3 letters of recommendation
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
- Mechanical Engineering: Accelerated Program, MS
- Mechanical Engineering: Modeling and Simulation in Mechanical Engineering, MS
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
September 1
Fall
December 15
Summer
December 15
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0, ideally 3.2/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume/CV
- 3 letters of recommendation*
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
*Applicants earning a BS degree from UW–Madison are not required to obtain any letters of recommendation
Fall admission only
Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering: Professional Program, MS
- Electrical & Computer Engineering: Machine Learning & Signal Processing, MS
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
N/A
Fall
December 15*
Summer
N/A
*Complete applications as of December 15 are guaranteed to be reviewed, but applicants are welcomed up to March 15 and will be reviewed as space is available.
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering, or a related discipline
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume/CV
- 3 letters of recommendation
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
Materials Science & Engineering
- Deadlines
- Eligibility
- Tests
- Application materials
Spring
N/A
Fall
December 15
Summer
December 15
Degree
Bachelor’s degree in the physical sciences or engineering
Prerequisites*
1) Mathematics through differential equations
2) At least one year each of general physics and chemistry
3) A course in physical chemistry or modern physics
4) An elementary course in properties of materials
GPA
Minimum undergrad GPA of 3.0/4.0
*Applicants may be admitted with deficiencies. These must be made up as soon as possible after entering the program
GRE
Not required
English Proficiency Test
Required if native language is not English, or undergraduate instruction was not exclusively in English
- Online application
- Academic transcripts
- Statement of purpose
- Resume
- 2 letters of recommendation
- English proficiency score, if applicable
- Application fee
