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Admission Requirements

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An applicant with a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent, from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSAB), or an internationally recognized program in engineering or computer science will be admitted on the same basis as engineering or computer science graduates of WVU. Lacking these qualifications, an applicant must first fulfill any special requirements of the department in which the student is seeking an advanced degree.

Admission Requirements for All Programs

All Master‘s and Ph.D. programs require applicants to satisfy the following requirements. Note: These requirements do not apply to nontraditional students in the Certificate and Software Engineering Programs:

• Official institutional transcript reflecting all course work and computed grade point average (GPA). Applicants are expected to have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, based on a 4.0 system, to be considered.
• Submission of GRE scores on the general test.
• Statement of Purpose which briefly explains their objectives in seeking the degree.
• Three letters of reference.
• Industrial experience (if appropriate).
• A bachelor‘s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a science, engineering, or mathematics discipline to be considered for admission.

Additional Ph.D. Requirements

Admission as a graduate student is required of all applicants for admission to a program of study and research leading to the Ph.D. degree. Applicants for admission must hold or expect to receive a bachelor‘s degree in engineering or computer science from an accredited or an internationally recognized program in engineering or computer science. Although a bachelor‘s degree is the minimum requirement, a master‘s degree in engineering or computer science is recommended for applicants. An applicant who holds a B.S. or M.S. in one of the physical sciences or mathematics may be considered for admission. Admission to graduate study does not necessarily assure entrance into a CEMR doctoral program.

Regular, Provisional, and Non-Degree Admission

Students admitted into a program are designated as regular, provisional, or non-degree status. Regular status is given to students who are granted unconditional admission. Provisional status is given to students who have deficiencies to make up such as incomplete credentials or other reasons as identified by the graduate coordinator. In all cases, the student‘s letter of admission will state what must be done to attain regular status, and students must sign and date this letter no later than the first registration. Non-degree status is granted case-by-case by the graduate coordinator. Basically, a non-degree student is one who may take courses, but sometimes with no plan of study nor any guarantee for attaining provisional status.