When reviewing an application, the candidate's academic and professional background will be considered.

As part of the admission process, the chair or the program coordinators may interview students in order to clarify points on their résumés or on previous courses taken. This is to better understand what experience they have had in preparing projects or team assignments.

Exceptions to these requirements, based on experience, can be made by the program chair.

Applicants must be in the last semester of undergraduate study or hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or have earned graduate degrees in technical disciplines.

Applicants typically have earned a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (B or above) in the latter half of their undergraduate studies. Significant relevant work experience or a graduate degree in a relevant technical discipline may be considered in lieu of meeting the GPA guideline.

Official transcripts from all college studies

Completed and submitted online application form

Offered through Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals, which administers part-time and online graduate studies for the Whiting School of Engineering, the master’s degree in Space Systems Engineering offers eligible students the tools they need to become technical leaders within the competitive aerospace industry.

Courses are available online or through a virtual live classroom model, with the exception of two laboratory courses offered on the Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus on weekends. The curriculum is designed to instill in students a deep understanding of space systems quality assurance and its implementation, while developing spacecraft and space-borne sensors on time. As part of the program, students will work alongside top experts in the field, including faculty at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and the Henry A. Rowland Department of Astronomy and Physics at Johns Hopkins’ Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.