Applicable only to students admitted during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Engineering Schoolwide Programs

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Graduate Degrees

The School of Engineering and Applied Science offers the Master of Engineering (M.Engr.) degree (through the Engineering Executive Program), the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Engineering (an online degree program), and the Engineering (Engr.) degree as schoolwide degrees.

The Engineering Executive Program, leading to the M.Engr. degree, is not currently accepting applications.

The Engineer degree represents considerable advanced training and competence in the engineering field, but does not require the research effort involved in a Ph.D. dissertation. The Engineer (Engr.) degree may be taken by a student at a level equivalent to completion of preliminaries in the Ph.D. program.

Engineering Schoolwide Graduate Program-General Information

For information about degree programs in specific engineering majors, applicants should consult the program requirements for that major.

Engineering

Master’s Degrees
 
Master of Engineering

Advising

Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty serve as advisers.

New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study list approved.

Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students were admitted provisionally or are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student office staff and/or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding procedures, requirements and the implementation of policies.

Areas of Study

Engineering management.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

A total of 12 graduate courses are required for the Master of Engineering degree: Engineering 470A-470B-470C, 471A-471B-471C, 472A through 472D, 473A-473B.

Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering M105A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, M152B, M171L, 199; Electrical Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 150, 160, 161L, 190, 191L, 199; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102, 103, M105A, 105D, 199.

Individual departments within the school may impose certain restrictions on the applicability of other undergraduate courses toward graduate degrees. Students should consult with the graduate adviser on departmental requirements and restrictions.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

Consult the department.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

Consult the department

Master of Science

Admission

Program Name

Engineering

Engineering is a major offered by the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Address

7440 Boelter Hall
951601
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1601 

Phone

(310) 825-6542 

Email

admissions@msengrol.seas.ucla.edu  

Leading to the degree of

M.S. 

Admission Limited to

Fall, Spring 

Deadline to apply

Fall: July 15th; Spring: January 15th 

GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General 

Letters of Recommendation 

2, at least one from employer 

Other Requirements

In addition to the University’s minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and the departmental supplement. 

Advising

Each student in this program is assigned an adviser by the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. New students should contact the school’s student affairs officer and the faculty adviser on notification of admission, in order to plan the program of study and sequence of courses.

Continuing students are expected to remain in contact with the faculty adviser and the student affairs officer. Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the student affairs officer and the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students were admitted provisionally or are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Students are strongly urged to consult with the Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding procedures, requirements and implementation of policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree.

Areas of Study

Areas of study include communications and telecommunications, computer networking, signal processing/communications, mechanics of structures (structural and solid mechanics), and manufacturing and design (manufacturing engineering).

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

At least nine upper division and graduate courses are required, of which five must be 200-series courses. For students who pursue the comprehensive examination plan, one of the nine courses is an Engineering 597A course. For students who are approved to pursue the thesis plan, two of the nine courses are Engineering 598 courses.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Comprehensive Examination Plan

The comprehensive examination requirement is fulfilled by extra readings and a major design project and report. Students enroll in one four-unit course of  Engineering 597A to reflect credit for this work.

Thesis Plan

Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

Students who request and are approved to pursue the thesis plan enroll in two four-unit courses of Engineering 598 to reflect credit for thesis work.

Time-to-Degree

Students are expected to complete the degree within two academic years, including two summer sessions. The maximum time allowed in this program is three academic years (nine quarters), excluding summer sessions.

Engineer Degree

Advising

Each department in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has a graduate adviser. A current list of graduate advisers can be obtained from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 6426 Boelter Hall, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Students are assigned a faculty adviser upon admission to the School. Advisers may be changed upon written request from the student. All HSSEAS faculty serve as advisers.

New students should arrange an appointment as early as possible with the faculty adviser to plan the proposed program of study toward the Engineer degree. Continuing students are required to confer with the adviser during the time of enrollment each quarter so that progress can be assessed and the study list approved.

Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the departmental graduate adviser and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students were admitted provisionally or are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Students are strongly urged to consult with the departmental student office staff and/or the Office of Academic and Student Affairs regarding procedures, requirements and on the implementation of the policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree, on the procedures for taking Ph.D. written and oral examinations, and on the use of the Filing Fee.

Areas of Study

Consult the department.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Requirements for the Engineer degree are identical to those of the Ph.D. degree up to and including the oral preliminary examination, except that the Engineer degree is based on coursework. The minimum requirement is 15 (at least nine graduate) courses beyond the bachelor’s degree, with at least six courses in the major field (minimum of four graduate courses) and at least three in each minor field (minimum of two graduate courses in each).

The Ph.D. and Engineer degree programs are administered interchangeably in the sense that students in the Ph.D. program may either exit with an Engineer degree or earn the Engineer degree en route to one of the Ph.D. degrees offered by the school. Similarly, students in the Engineer degree program may continue to the Ph.D. degree after receiving the Engineer degree. The time spent in either of the two programs applies toward the minimum residence requirements and to the time limitation for the other program.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Requirements for the Engineer degree are identical to those of the Ph.D. degree in Engineering up to and including the oral preliminary examination, except that the Engineer degree is based on coursework.

Advancement to Candidacy

Consult the department.

Time-to-Degree

Consult the department

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the school’s Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Master’s

In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for

(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.

(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.

(3) Failure of the comprehensive examination.

(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.

(5) Failure to maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree within the three-year time limit for completing all degree requirements.