All below materials are requiered to be submitted by the specific application
deadline:
Biographical information (part of the online application);
A personal statement;
Two [2] official Letters of Recommendation: one must be from a faculty member
who is familiar with the candidate's scholarly abilities
Unofficial Transcript - submitted with application:
One [1] transcript from each university or college attended where course
credit was earned, to be uploaded and submitted with the online application. It
is required to be in English.
$80 non-refundable application fee: This payment must be submitted with the
online application.
GRE - official score report for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) - required by
all programs:
The institution code to use for the GRE exam is 2888.
Test results must be valid at time of application submission.
You must take the exam by the application deadline.
TOEFL/IELTS - All international applicants and non-US Citizens/Permanent
Resident applicants for whom English is not the native language must submit
official scores for either the Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or
International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
The institution code for the TOEFL exam is 2888.
Test results must be valid at time of application submission.
You must take the exams by the application deadline.
TOEFL Score Recommendations - a minimum of 100 is recommended for all
programs. There is not a required score.
IELTS Score Recommendations - a minimum of 7.5 is recommended for all
programs. There is not a required score.
We do not currently accept electronic score results for the IELTS. Test
results should be sent to:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Graduate Admissions
109 Towne Building
220 S. 33rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391
This requirement can be waived if the candidate has completed at least
three (3) years of academic work on a full-time basis at a university-level
institution in the United States or in a country in which English is recognized
as the official language or where the medium of instruction is English, by the
time of matriculation.
We do not have minimum required test scores or GPA. Averages can be found in
some university publications, on some departmental websites and in media such as
U.S. News & World Report and Peterson's.
Application materials, other than transcripts, may only be updated once after
the application has been submitted. There is also no guarantee that updated
materials will be reviewed, as the application is considered final upon
submission.
Official Transcripts
All official transcripts should only be sent to Penn Engineering if you have
been admitted and already submitted your enrollment form.
One [1] official transcript from each university or college attended where
course credit was earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution. It
is required to be in English.
One [1] official final transcript, showing completion of the degree. You must
also send a certificate of graduation, when the transcript does not list the
degree earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution. It is requied
to be in English.
We do not require WES transcript evaluation.
If the transcripts will be mailed, please have them sent to the following
address:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Graduate Admissions
109 Towne Building
220 S. 33rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391
If your institution uses electronic transcripts, your institution should send
the electronic transcripts to the following administrators:
Abigail Whittington, admissions1@seas.upenn.edu, for - BE, EE, ESE, IPD, MSE,
MEAM, NANO, ROBO, SCMP, SE
Sherry Ferraiolo, admissions2@seas.upenn.edu, for - BIOT, CBE, CGGT, CIS,
DATS, EMBS, MCIT
We encourage all applicants that have attended a Chinese Institution to use
the CHESSIC translation service when sending their official documentation. The
first document is $12 and all additional documents are $10. Please note, it may
take up to 20 business days for the documents to be electronically
transmitted.