PhD Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University

Programme overview

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue West Lafayette, also available at the Indianapolis campus. All PhD students are funded with fellowships or assistantships.

Study mode: full-time | Location: West Lafayette, IN, United States

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-specific requirements (Purdue Graduate School). Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree: Admission to our PhD program is quite competitive. Recently admitted students have had an average GPA of 3.7. We fund all PhD students with fellowships or assistantships. The minimum recommended GPA to apply is 3.2. Master’s Degree Completion: Required, except for those applying for Direct PhD Required supporting documents: Transcripts; Recommendation Letters; Academic Statement of Purpose; Personal History Statement; Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (optional); Applicants from schools that are not well known are encouraged to submit GRE general test scores. Recently admitted students typically have had a GRE Quantitative score above 162 and an Analytical Writing score above 4.; Official Copy of All Completed Diplomas; Resume.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry sessions: Fall, Spring and Summer; each graduate programme sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application is online through the Purdue graduate application portal; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $75 for international applicants. Each graduate programme sets its own deadline (submission and fee payment due 11:59:59 p.m. EST).

Apply through the official page: https://www.purdue.edu/academics/ogsps/admissions/how-to-apply/

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