Undergraduate Admission Requirements to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Nonresident transfer students admitted to OSU may enter directly to pre-professional school if they appear to have the ability to make satisfactory progress toward an engineering degree as indicated by the following:

1. An overall GPA of at least 2.70

2. A GPA of at least 2.50 over all mathematics, physical science, engineering science and engineering courses

3. A GPA of at least 2.00 (in at least 12 hours if a full-time student) in the most recent semester completed

For these purposes, all GPAs are calculated using only the last grade in any repeated course.

Students not directly admissible to pre-professional school, but those who meet OSU requirements for admission, may be admitted to University Academic Services for one or two semesters in order to fully evaluate their qualifications for admission to pre-engineering. After grades are received each semester, such students may be evaluated and, if qualified, will be admitted to pre-engineering.

International student applications must be received by June 15, November 1 and April 1 for the fall, spring and summer terms, respectively, to be considered for admission to pre-engineering.

Admission to the Professional Schools

    In each school of engineering the lower-division course work is devoted to preparing the student for professional school.

To be admitted to one of the professional schools of engineering, the student must have:

1. Completed a minimum of 60 semester credit hours in an accredited institution of higher learning

2. Demonstrated an acceptable level of competence in subject material comparable to that covered in Pre-engineering, i.e., General Education and Common Pre-engineering. Such demonstration may be by completion of course work or by examination with not more than half the requirements satisfied by examination.

3. Been formally accepted by a professional school. 

An acceptable level of competence for admission to a professional school may be demonstrated by:

1. Completion of the pre-professional school requirements as designated on the flow chart corresponding to the student's matriculation date and major with an overall grade-point average of 2.30 or higher in these courses. Students may be deficient in no more than nine of these hours, and must have completed the required sequences in calculus, general physics, general chemistry, English composition, and at least two engineering science courses.

2. Final grades of “C” or better in all courses submitted to meet the University's English composition requirement.

4. Achievement of an overall grade-point average of 2.50 or higher in the required mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering science and engineering courses completed prior to admission to a professional school and final grades of “C” or better in each of these courses.

In addition, if the number of qualified professional school applicants to a given professional school exceeds the number that can be provided a quality program with the resources available, the number admitted each year to that professional school will be limited. In that event, priority for admission will be given to pre-engineering students on a best qualified basis as determined by the grade-point average in relevant courses taken and completed at OSU and professional potential. This practice will preserve the high standards demanded of a quality educational experience sought by students and is necessary so that OSU graduates will continue to be highly regarded. As an example, a maximum of 90 new students can be admitted each year to the professional school of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Students may enroll in no more than nine hours of upper-division major requirements prior to admission to professional school unless they secure permission from the head of the school.