General Information

Goals and Objectives

Program Administration and Advising

Admission Criteria

Doctoral Committees

Degree Requirements

Transfer Credits

Qualifying Examination

Dissertation Proposal and Defense

Graduate Manual

1. Admission to the Ph.D. (Transportation Planning and Engineering) requires an M.S. (Transportation Planning and Engineering) or equivalent with a GPA of 3.5 or better (on a 0-4 scale).
   
2. Admission to Ph.D. programs does not require GRE’s (Graduate Record Examination), but applicants are encouraged to take these examinations. If these examinations are taken, the student must submit the results for consideration.
   
3. Foreign applicants must take the TOEFL examination and submit the results for consideration.

In criteria 1 and 2 above, the “equivalent” can be achieved in several ways. The candidate may have an M.S. degree with a different title that covers substantially the same material. In more general terms, the applicant must demonstrate that he/she has the equivalent of all undergraduate and master’s level course work to be able to pursue doctoral level work in the major area chosen. Further, “equivalence” is evaluated based on the totality of the student’s undergraduate and graduate record, not on a course-by-course basis.

Because admission to a Ph.D. program requires an appropriate M.S. (or equivalent), those applicants who have not yet achieved a master’s degree would normally be admitted as M.S. students. They are expected to earn an M.S. degree while completing their major and minor course requirements. In rare cases, an applicant with only a B.S. degree may be directly admitted into the Ph.D. program with the written approval of the department head.