Industrial Engineering

Georgia Tech first-year applicants do not apply to a specific major or college. Intended major is considered in the university review, but there is no separate admission decision to this program.

All applicants to the College of Engineering, including students who qualify for Top 10% automatic admission, are reviewed for placement into General Engineering.

Incoming West Lafayette engineering students are admitted to First-Year Engineering rather than one of the engineering degree programs. To complete FYE and become eligible for Transition to Major, students must complete the required engineering, calculus, chemistry, physics, selective, and communication courses with C- or better, earn at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA and 2.00 Engineering Admissions Index, and then enter the T2M process; admission to capacity-constrained majors may be competitive.

All first-year College of Engineering students enter General Engineering. To become eligible for a restricted engineering major, students must complete ENGE 1215 and ENGE 1216 or ENGE 1414, MATH 1225, MATH 1226, and ENGL 1105, earn at least 12 Virginia Tech GPA hours, and have at least a 2.0 overall Virginia Tech GPA; a 3.0 GPA guarantees admission for engineering students who meet the requirements.

Students begin in General Engineering before entering a specific engineering major. Progression requires the General Engineering core with C or better plus the GPA standard set by the destination major.

Engineering pathways are not all identical. Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are limited-space programs available only to students in the corresponding pre-major and require a later admission-to-major application; other engineering majors may admit students without that application.

First-year applicants apply to Michigan Engineering, whose admission review places special emphasis on preparation in precalculus, chemistry and physics. Admission is competitive and holistic, with no specific GPA or SAT score that assures admission; admitted first-year engineering students enter undeclared and declare a specific major by their third term.

14% · Fall 2025 entering undergraduate applicants to Michigan Engineering: 28,740 applications and a 14% admission rate

For Mechanical Engineering, first-year students entering Summer 2026 through Spring 2027 must be in the College of Engineering or Division of Undergraduate Studies, have 29-55 graded Penn State credits, earn C or better in CHEM 110, EDSGN 100, MATH 140, MATH 141 and PHYS 211, and have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA before entering the major.

Freshman and transfer students selecting engineering enter engineering-pending status and must complete Calculus I, Calculus II, Physics for Engineers and Scientists I, and an approved chemistry course with C or better before declaring the specific engineering discipline.

First-years enter Engineering First Year. To join a department through CODA, complete the six success courses with C or better and at least a 2.0 CODA GPA.

Iowa State has a separate minimum standard for direct admission to the College of Engineering; applicants below the College's minimum admissions index are instead placed in the Pathway to Engineering program. Engineering applicants also must complete two years of a single world language in addition to Iowa State's general high school course requirements.

Applicants seeking direct admission to the College of Engineering must indicate an engineering major as their first choice. Direct admission means students start in the College of Engineering program of their choice and must subsequently satisfy progression requirements.

Students enter Pre-Engineering, then move into a major after its entry requirements. Most programs require a 2.0 Auburn GPA and C or better in specified calculus, science, engineering and computing courses.

First-year applicants apply directly to their engineering major of interest. All Grainger College of Engineering majors require at least 3.5 years of high school math, including trigonometry or higher.

21% · 2025 first-year applicants listing a Grainger College of Engineering major as first choice

First-years apply to Engineering as their chosen major; all Cal Poly majors are impacted and applicants compete within the major. The admission threshold varies with major capacity and applicant pool.

First-year students submit the general Pitt admission application and enter Swanson's shared first-year engineering program. Afterward they select a major with at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA.

First-years seeking Viterbi list a Viterbi major as first choice; Viterbi reviews preparation for engineering. Strong math and science preparation, including calculus where available, is expected.

First-time-in-college students seeking most College of Engineering majors must be admitted to USF and meet at least one additional engineering threshold: a 3.6 high school GPA, ACT Math of at least 26, or SAT Math of at least 610, and must be ready to begin in precalculus by the fall semester.

Lower-division College of Science and Engineering students may list an intended engineering major, but listing it does not guarantee admission. Students apply to the major after completing required technical courses; a 3.2 or higher technical GPA at the end of fall semester guarantees admission, while other applicants with at least a 2.0 technical GPA are considered on a space-available basis.

Freshmen enter Engineering with MSU admission plus either ACT 23/SAT 1130, ACT 20-22/SAT 1030-1120 and 3.0 core GPA, or any test score and a 3.5 core GPA.

First-year Tickle consideration requires an SPI of at least 60 and ACT Math 25 or SAT Math 590. Students below the test criterion may receive holistic review, and admission is capacity-limited.

Incoming Engineering requires a 3.0 high-school GPA or eligibility for College Algebra. Students later enter a discipline with C- or better in MATH 155, ENGR 101 and ENGR 191 plus a 2.0 GPA.

Engineering applicants must have completed high-school physics, chemistry and precalculus in addition to Northeastern's general admission requirements.

McCormick applicants use Northwestern's central undergraduate application. Northwestern states all six undergraduate schools use the same admission criteria, with no extra Engineering screen.

For Mechanical Engineering and other higher-requirement Fulton majors: minimum 1210 SAT or 24 ACT, or 3.00 high school GPA, or top 25% class rank, plus no high school math or science competency deficiencies.

School of Engineering entrance requirements include 4 years of English; 4 years of mathematics including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and precalculus or higher; one year of physics; one year of chemistry; and six other academic courses. First-year engineering students later declare an engineering major, and Rutgers states that all students are placed into the major of their choice with no GPA minimum or other placement requirement.

First-year engineering students enter Watson's common Engineering Design Division program, then declare an engineering discipline after the first year.

First-year applicants seeking engineering must select Engineering Undeclared or an engineering major other than Computer Engineering or Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering as their first-choice major to be considered for Direct to College admission. Admitted students enter as Engineering Undeclared and request placement into a specific engineering major after the first-year experience.

New engineering students complete a common Engineering First Year, then select a department. No separate competitive application to engineering is stated.

All new Whitacre College admissions first complete a foundational curriculum consisting of English I, English II, Calculus I, Calculus II, two science courses and a first engineering course. Students then qualify for upper-division study using the GPA standard required by their department; students whose foundational-curriculum GPA does not qualify for their preferred major must choose an alternate major.

After 24 hours, engineering students need at least 2.0 LSU and cumulative GPAs and C+ in the required calculus sequence for senior-college admission.

Students admitted to UAH who intend engineering proceed into the College of Engineering and first-year engineering process. No separate competitive engineering admission application is stated.

First-year applicants apply to an RIT engineering program with degree-specific preparation. Engineering requires four years of math through precalculus plus chemistry and physics; calculus is preferred.

Current OU students enter Gallogly engineering majors after completing at least 24 college hours and the stated college requirements. Some majors, including aerospace and mechanical engineering, require a 3.0 GPA.

College of Engineering first-year applicants must complete high-school chemistry or physics in addition to UConn's general first-year requirements.

Aerospace, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are impacted for first-time freshmen. Applicants to these majors are held to higher admission standards based on available space, and CPP's Multifactor Admission model also gives impacted STEM majors additional consideration for mathematics coursework.

Select a SEAS major on the standard application. Admission to UB and SEAS majors is competitive and receives an additional review of math and science readiness.

Incoming students are admitted to the Rossin College of Engineering as their home college. Lehigh treats entry to an undergraduate college as a distinct admission decision.