Transferring into Penn Engineering

All transfer applicants to the Engineering School need to select a major when applying.

The objective of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is to educate students to become professionals who consider the human as well as the scientific and economic aspects of societal problems. Students therefore combine fundamentals of engineering and technology with a variety of courses in the arts and sciences, and in other disciplines in a manner individually suited to their career goals.

Requirements:

The School of Engineering and Applied Science website provides the suggested schedule for each engineering area of concentration.

Applicants should follow, as closely as possible, the schedule outlined for the major. Incoming sophomore transfer students are eligible to apply for a dual degree program after completing one year (eight course units) at Penn.

Students holding undergraduate degrees in science-related fields are not encouraged to pursue a second degree but should contact the Graduate Admissions Office.

Students transferring into the School of Engineering and Applied Science after one year of college should have completed at least one course in chemistry, one course in physics (involving the use of calculus), one course in computer programming, two courses in calculus, and, if possible, two courses in the social sciences and humanities. Students pursuing a major in Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering and Electrical Engineering should also complete a second course in physics. External transfers admitted to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are not eligible to transfer again within the University.

Depending on their desired discipline, students transferring into the School of Engineering and Applied Science after two years of college should have completed a total of four courses in math (calculus through differential equations), two courses in physics (involving the use of calculus), one course in chemistry, one course in computer programming, three or four courses in the social sciences and humanities, and as many engineering and applied science courses as possible (e.g., mechanics, electrical circuits, materials, thermodynamics, etc.). In addition, Computer Science and Digital Media Design students must take a second computer programming course; all other majors must take a second physics course. Please see the Website for further details about specific curricula.

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
111 TOWNE BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-6315
(215) 898-7246
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