72 hours

Base requirements for consideration for admission to the College of Engineering’s Graduate Programs are listed below. Specific degree programs and emphasis areas may add additional requirements. a) Completion of a B.S. and M.S. (for Ph.D. applicants) with minimum GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) from an ABET-accredited program or program in a related field. The average undergraduate GPA and graduate GPA of recent accepted students is 3.4 and 3.6, respectively. b) UGA will accept satisfactory scores on either the TOEFL or IELTS language proficiency examinations. Scores must be reported to UGA electronically by the testing agency. - The minimum TOEFL score requirement: overall score of 80 with at least 20 on speaking and writing - The minimum IELTS score requirement: overall band-width of 6.5, with no single band (score) below 6.0

Applicants whose primary language is not English must submit official TOEFL or IELTS scores that are not more than two years old. Applicants who have received degrees from accredited institutions in the U.S. or from institutions in countries where English is the primary language (https://grad.uga.edu/index.php/prospective-students/international-application-information/international-supplement/country-specific/) are usually are not required to submit scores. If such an applicant received the degree more than two years prior to application to the Graduate School and has been residing/working in a country where the primary language is not English, he or she must submit current scores.

Direct Ph.D. Admission

Exceptional and highly motivated students with a B.S. degree who have not completed an M.S. degree may apply for direct admission to a Ph.D. program provided they have demonstrated research experience. The student’s desire and suitability to enter a Ph.D. program should be clearly articulated in their statement of purpose and in accompanying letters of recommendation.

Required Advanced Engineering Core (10 hours)

BCHE(BIOE) 8970  *

Bioengineering Seminar

1

ENGR 8910

Foundations for Engineering Research

3

ENGR 8103

Computational Engineering: Fundamentals, Elliptic, and Parabolic Differential Equations

3

*See Additional Requirements for further information.

Required Biochemical Engineering Core (9 hours)

Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:

BCHE 8150

Heterogeneous Reactor Design and Bio/Catalysis

3

BCHE 8210

Fermentation Engineering Laboratory

3

BCHE 8350

Sustainable Process Engineering

3

CVLE(MCHE) 8160

Advanced Fluid Mechanics

3

ENGR 8180

Advanced Mass Transfer

3

MCHE 8170

Advanced Heat Transfer

3

Research and Dissertation (40 hours)

ENGR 9300  (3 hours)

Doctoral Dissertation

1-9

Choose a minimum of 37 credit hour(s) from the following:

ENGR 9000

Doctoral Research

1-18

ENGR 9010

Project-Focused Doctoral Research

1-9

ENGR 9300

Doctoral Dissertation

1-9

Students should take a minimum of 37 hours of Doctoral Research (ENGR 9000) or Project-Focused Doctoral Research (ENGR 9010). Typically, students complete more than 37 credit hours with the approval of the Graduate Advisory Committee. 3 hours of Ph.D. Dissertation (ENGR 9300) is required on the Plan of Study.

Choose a minimum of 13 credit hour(s) from the following:

Course work selected with the approval of the student’s Graduate Advisory Committee. At least 1 hour must be 8000-level or above and at least 3 hours must be courses offered by the College of Engineering. The University requires that students who are accepted to the Ph.D. program directly from a B.S. degree or who switch to Ph.D. program before earning an M.S. degree must complete an additional 4 semester hours of University of Georgia courses open only to graduate students.

All Ph.D. programs offered by the School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering have a minimum course requirement of 32 credit hours after the B.S. Additional credit hours are required for research and dissertation completion as provided by the University policies. Ph.D. students must form their Graduate Advisory Committee within 18 months of starting their Ph.D. program. The committee must be comprised of 5 members, all of whom must be members of the graduate faculty and at least one, but no more than two faculty members on the Advisory Committee must have an appointment exclusively outside the College of Engineering.

A student must pass written qualifying and oral comprehensive exams before completing and orally defending a dissertation. The written qualifying exam will be administered by the school. The oral comprehensive exam will follow the Graduate School requirements. Ph.D. students are expected to be admitted to candidacy within 24 months of starting their Ph.D. program. Student must make two oral presentations in the School Seminar Series advertised to the UGA scientific and engineering community. The student’s dissertation research is expected to generate significant scholarship (such as publications, patents, conference presentations).

Only 3 hours of BCHE 8970, Bioengineering Seminar, may apply on the Program of Study. Individual Programs or Schools may require students to enroll for additional semesters. Students are strongly encouraged to continue regular attendance of speaker series presentations even if not formally registered in the seminar.

Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.

A thesis master’s degree from an accredited university may be accepted for up to 30 credit hours, in which case a minimum of 42 credit hours of approved course work, research, and dissertation beyond the M.S. degree would be required.