Admissions

Interested in applying for the Chemical Engineering (ChE) MS or
Materials Engineering (MatE) MS program, or have questions about
applying? Visit our Graduate Enrollment Management Office website
for Information Sessions and Drop-In Sessions . You can also email
your questions to explore-gradstudies@sjsu.edu or complete an Info
Request Form.

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

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

Download Program Brochure [pdf]

• Admission Requirements

  • For Materials Engineering MS:

    A BS degree in Materials Engineering

    3.0 Grade Point Average in the last 60 units in your BS program
    For more details, visit the Graduate Admission website.

    Notes:

    GRE is not required.

    If your undergraduate engineering major is not in Materials Engineering (for MatE MS), you can be considered for a conditional admission, which will require completion of some additional courses, depending on the previous course work.

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

    If you have a GPA between 2.7 and 3.0, you can be considered for a conditional admission.

    Letters of recommendation are not required.

    Personal statement is not required, but strongly encouraged.

• Application Deadlines

  • For more details:

    Domestic Deadlines

    International Deadlines

    Admission brochure: Steps to Graduate Admission [pdf] [pdf]

• 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 either the Che MS or MatE MS program, contact Dr. Katy Kao (katy.kao@sjsu.edu) or Dr. Melanie McNeil (melanie.mcneil@sjsu.edu), our Graduate Coordinators.