Admissions

If you are interested in applying for the MSME program, please visit SJSU's  Graduate Admissions website.

For enquiries regarding your application and admission, contact the Graduate Admissions office:

• email: admissions@sjsu.edu 
• phone: 408-283-7500

If you have any questions regarding the MSME Program, please contact the Mechanical Engineering Department:

• email: mechanical-engineering@sjsu.edu
• phone: 408-924-3850

• Admissions Requirements

  • In general, you must satisfy all of the following:

    1. A BS degree in Mechanical Enginering

    2. 3.0 Grade Point Average in the last 60 units in your BS program

    3. GRE scores:

       • A combined score of 1100 or higher on Quantitative and Verbal tests

       • A score of 3.0 or higher in Analytical Writing Skills

    For more details, visit the Graduate Admission website.

    Notes:

    1. If you are an SJSU graduate or graduated from an ABET accredited institution, the GRE requirements is waived.

    2. If your undergraduate egineering major is not in ME, you can be considered for a conditonal admission, which will require completion of some additional courses, depending on the previous course work.

    3. If you are a graduate of a foreign institution, you must satisfy the SJSU English Proficiency Requirement 

    4. If you have a GPA between 2.5 and 3.0, you can be considered for a conditional admission.

    5. Letters of recommendation are not required.

• Application Deadlines

  • Domestic Deadlines
    International Deadlines

    Admission brochure: Steps to Graduate Admission [pdf]

• Newly Admitted Students Orientation

  • If you are just admitted in the ME department, please note that there will be an Orientation meeting for you:

    When: Friday, August 18, 2023, at 5:30 - 6:30 PM

    If you were not able to attend the orientation in person, check out the PowerPoint slides from the New Students Orientation [pptx] on 08/18/2023

    At the orientation you will meet your program advisor and the department faculty, get familiar with the MSME program, get advising for the Fall 2023 semester, and get answers to any questions you might have regarding the MSME program. 

• Who to Contact 

  • For inquiries regarding your application and admission, contact the Graduate Admissions office:

    email: admissions@sjsu.edu
    phone: (408) 283-7500

    If you have questions regarding the MSME program, contact Dr. Raghu Agarwal, our Graduate Coordinator:

    email: raghu.agarwal@sjsu.edu 

• Transfer Credit

  • Before applying for candidacy, students can petition for transfer credit via the Course Transfer Validation Form which can be found here [pdf]. 

    To transfer a course, the following conditions must be satisfied:

    1. If courses are taken at another university, they must not have been counted for degree credit.
    2. If graduate-level courses are taken during the senior year as an SJSU undergraduate (final two undergraduate semesters), the courses should not contribute to the bachelor's degree.
    3. A course can be eligible for transfer only if it is equivalent to an existing graduate course in the department.
    4. Undergraduate courses do not qualify for transfer. 

     

    A maximum of 9 units may be transferred in from another university. Courses taken at SJSU via Open University (while not a matriculated SJSU student) count towards those 9 units. For more information, go to the MSME Catalog.