Program Admission and Requirements

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Program Overview

The Master of Engineering degree requires 30 credit hours of graduate course work. Each student develops an individualized program of study based upon her/his interest. A total of 18 credit hours of work is taken in the student's chosen area of concentration. This area of concentration corresponds with the student's personal engineering career objectives. The student takes an additional 12 credit hours of supportive elective course work which complements the area of concentration. Elective course work may be selected from mathematics, economics, business administration, management, or other related disciplines. Detailed information on course offerings and sequencing is available upon request. At least one-half of the 30 hours required must be at the 600-level or above.

Students may utilize any graduate course offered by the University of Kentucky, or by other recognized graduate degree-granting institutions, providing the course(s): (1) meet program requirements, (2) are approved by the student's advisory committee, and (3) are taken in graduate status. Students may transfer a total of nine credit hours of approved graduate work from another UK graduate degree program, from other universities, or courses taken as a post-baccalaureate student, to their Master of Engineering program.

Each student is assigned a professor to serve as her or his advisor and who, with two or more additional faculty, constitutes the student's advisory committee. Graduate students enrolled in each of the five areas of program concentration will be exposed to at least 10 faculty members from as many as four academic departments. The University of Kentucky faculty are internationally renowned teachers and researchers. Over ninety-eight percent of the faculty in the College of Engineering hold a Ph.D. in their respective disciplines.

Courses in five program areas of concentration are offered:

• Environmental Engineering (subject to enrollment minimum)
• Manufacturing Systems Design (subject to enrollment minimum)
• Advanced Processing Control (suspended)
• Electronics and Process Control (suspended)
• Mining Engineering (suspended)

Before enrolling in an extended-campus engineering course, applicants must gain admission (regular, provisional, or post-baccalaureate) to the University of Kentucky Graduate School.United States citizens or U.S. permanent residents must complete the following admission requirements:

• Submit a completed application for admission to the UK Graduate School. Distance Learning Programs will coordinate the process for Distance Learning students.
• Obtain a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline from an ABET- accredited institution
• Present a minimum undergraduate grade point average on all undergraduate course work of 2.75 based on a 4.0 scale.
• Send two official transcripts from each college or university previously attended.
• Submit a minimum score of 1000 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (must be satisfied before completing nine credit hours of graduate work).
• Pay the required Graduate School applicants fee of $30 for domestic applicants.

All requested admission material should be sent to:

Note: Applicants with an undergraduate degree in a field other than engineering or from a non-ABET accredited engineering program will be required to complete a set of prerequisite courses ( or their equivalents ) in an engineering discipline prior to admission to the program with full graduate standing. The Master of Engineering Director of Graduate Studies will determine which prerequisite courses are required on an individual basis.

Dr. G. T. Lineberry
Associate Dean for Commonwealth and International Programs
234F Mining and Mineral Resources Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0107