Admission Requirements

1. Unconditional Admission:

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A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or in a closely related field, from an accredited institution, with a grade point average of at least 3.0/4.0 (or equivalent) for the last 60 hours of the undergraduate degree and on any coursework completed since graduation.

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General GRE scores must be submitted. While no minimum GRE scores are used to exclude students, typically students entering the program have GRE scores greater than 450 on the Verbal, greater than 750 on the Quantitative and greater then 4.0 on the Writing Assessment.

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International students must submit an official TOEFL score of 580 or better.

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Three letters of recommendation on official letterhead with mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and email of the recommender.

2. Conditional Admission:

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Same as above except the grade point average may be between 2.6 and 3.0 with high GRE scores.

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Must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

NOTE: The conditionally admitted student must earn a grade point average of at least 3.0 on the first 12 semester hours of graduate work after enrolled at the University of Houston. A general petition needs to be submitted to change conditional admission status after 12 hours.