Admission Requirements: Ithaca Campus

Please visit the M.Eng. Admissions Page for general information about applying to an M.Eng. program.
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Application Deadlines (General)

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

  • Fall admittance

    January 17

  • Spring admittance

    October 15

Early Admit Application Deadlines (Cornell undergraduates only)

For more information, visit Early Admission for Cornell Undergraduates.

  • Spring Early Admit

    October 15

    Apply for Fall semester for M.Eng. admittance.

    (You will complete your final undergraduate semester the Spring before you matriculate as a full-time M.Eng. student in the Fall.)

  • Fall Early Admit

    May 3

    Apply for Spring semester for M.Eng. admittance.

    (You will complete your final undergraduate semester the Fall before you matriculate as a full-time M.Eng. student in the following Spring.)

Application Requirements

  • Letters of Recommendation

    Two. Strongly suggested that letters be from faculty members.

  • Resume

    Optional, but encouraged.

  • GRE

    Not required.

  • Recommended Minimum GPA

    3.5/4.0

  • Academic Statement of Purpose

    This should be a one-page summary explaining why you wish to pursue a Master of Engineering degree.

  • Personal Statement

    The Personal Statement should provide the admissions committee with a sense of you as a whole person, and you should use it to describe how your personal background and experiences influenced your decision to pursue a graduate degree. For additional information about the personal statement please refer to the M.Eng. Programs Application Guide.

  • Prerequisites

    The best preparation for this program would be a rigorously structured undergraduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

    A basic set of course requirements is:

    • Introduction to Circuits similar to Cornell course ECE 2100.
    • Digital Logic and Computer Organization similar to Cornell course ECE 2300.
    • A standard engineering calculus sequence, including linear algebra (with eigenvalues and eigenvectors), and vector calculus, similar in content and rigor to Cornell courses MATH 1910, MATH 1920, and MATH 2940.
    • An introductory engineering probability and statistics course similar in content and rigor to Cornell course ENGRD 2700.
    • An introductory computer programming course similar to CS 1110, as well as an intermediate-level computer programming course in a general programming language such as C, C++,or Python, similar in content and rigor to Cornell course ENGRD 2110.
    • Depending on your planned direction, introductory classes in VLSI, Power Systems, Alternative Energy, and Artificial Intelligence would be appropriate.