ADMISSION AND RETENTION

Regular Admission. Admission to the doctoral program requires a master's degree in engineering or its equivalent. Applicants for the doctoral degree must meet Graduate School admission requirements and be approved by the college graduate studies committee. A non-refundable application fee of $45.00 must be submitted with the application. Attach your check or money order, payable to Southern Illinois University, to the top of the application form. Do not send cash. Only checks or money orders payable to United States banks will be accepted. In addition to Graduate School and other college requirements, the committee ordinarily requires a grade point average of 3.5 (4 point scale) in graduate level work. Applicants are required to submit GRE scores in support of their application for admission. Except for persons from English-speaking countries, and students who received B.S. and M.S. degrees in the United States, international students are required to have a TOEFL score of 550 (paper score) or 213 (computer score) or higher for admission. The GRE score is not required from students who received their M.S. degrees at SIUC.

Upon admission to the doctoral program, an interim graduate adviser will be assigned to each student by the College's associate dean. This adviser will be responsible for planning the student's course work.

Retention is governed by the rules of the Graduate School. Students should avoid the accumulation of incomplete grades. No student with more than two incomplete grades can be awarded a graduate assistant appointment, and a student holding a graduate assistant appointment is subject to having the appointment terminated upon acquiring two or more incomplete grades.

Accelerated Entry. After at least two semesters in residence in an engineering M.S. program and after completing 18 hours of approved coursework, a student may petition for accelerated entry into the Ph.D. program. Such entry is permitted only in special circumstances to superior students who have exhibited evidence that he/she is prepared to begin the research activities of doctoral-level study. In addition, the student must have an undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or higher, have GRE scores that are at or above the 45th percentile for the verbal component, 80th percentile of the quantitative component and 80th percentile for the analytical component or a combined total percentile score of 225 or higher and have a TOEFL score of at least 600 (paper score), 250 (computer score). In addition, the student must pass a college-administered qualifying examination.