MS Engineering at Arizona State University

Programme overview

In the Master of Science program in engineering, you develop applied analytical expertise across disciplinary boundaries, with direct applications of advanced design principles to system design, management and control. Your expertise, developed through the core curriculum, is reinforced with the flexibility of focus area options that include alternative energy, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.

What you will study

30 credit hours and a portfolio, or 30 credit hours and a thesis, or 30 credit hours including the required applied project course (EGR 593) Required Core (6 credit hours) EGR 520 Engineering Analysis I (3) EGR 530 Principles of Systems Engineering (3) Focus Area (15 credit hours) Electives (3, 6 or 9 credit hours) Culminating Experience (0, 3 or 6 credit hours) EGR 593 Applied Project (3) or EGR 599 Thesis (6) or portfolio (0) Additional Curriculum Information Students should see the academic unit for a list of approved electives.

Career pathways

Engineers collaborate on interdisciplinary teams to design, manufacture and deliver innovative technological products and services. Program graduates have not only sophisticated engineering technical skills but also the important professional skills of communication, teamwork and collaboration, and the adaptability that many employers seek.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a U.S. bachelor's or master's degree from a regionally accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics or a similar field from an international institution that is officially recognized in that country. Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in their first bachelor's degree program or in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program; or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in nine credit hours of graduate coursework from a U.S. institution; or a cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable conferred master's degree program from a regionally accredited college or university.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search; the application opens almost a year before the start term. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S. Apply with ASU's graduate application (Law applicants use the law college's site); GRE/GMAT requirements vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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