Graduate Studies

Graduate Admission Requirements and Process

Unconditional admission

Applicants who meet the following requirements may be granted unconditional admission to the graduate program in Industrial Technology.

• Undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or above

• GRE combined score (Verbal and Quantitative) of at least 1000

• Undergraduate degree in Industrial Technology, Industrial Distribution,  Technology Education, or a similar technology related field*

Conditional admission

Applicants who do not meet the requirements for unconditional admission to the graduate program in Industrial Technology may be granted conditional admission if they meet the following criteria.

• The sum of the GRE combined score (Verbal and Quantitative) and 200 times the undergraduate GPA equals at least 1500.

• Undergraduate degree in Industrial Technology, Industrial Distribution, Technology Education, or a similar technology related field*

The condition of admission is normally that the applicant must complete 9 credit hours of graduate-level course work as recommended by the graduate committee and achieve at least a 3.00 GPA for those courses, without receiving a –C” grade in any of those courses.

Students who are admitted conditionally will not be permitted to register for further course work until grades are received indicating that they have met, or have failed to meet, the condition of admission.

Admission of applicants with an undergraduate major other than Industrial Technology, Industrial Distribution, Technology Education, or a similar technology related field*

Applicants with an undergraduate degree in an area other than Industrial Technology, Industrial Distribution, Technology Education, or a similar technology related field* may be granted conditional admission if they meet the following criteria.

• Undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or above

• GRE combined score (Verbal and Quantitative) of at least 1000

The condition of admission is normally that the applicant must complete 9-12 credit hours of undergraduate courses in related technical areas as recommended by the graduate committee and achieve at least a 3.00 GPA for those courses.  The courses will not be available for use on the masterês degree plan of study.

*Similar technology related fields:

Industrial Engineering/Engineering Technology/Management

Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Technology

Manufacturing Engineering/Engineering Technology/Technology

Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology

Transfer credit

Applicants meeting the requirements for unconditional admission may be permitted to transfer a maximum of 6 semester hours of graduate-level credit completed at another institution upon petition to the graduate committee if the following criteria are met.

• Courses used to satisfy the requirements for a degree at another institution may not be used on the plan of study for a masterês degree at Purdue University.

• Only credit hours associated with graduate courses for which a grade of –B” or better were obtained may be eligible for transfer.

• A copy of the catalog description of the course and an official transcript showing completion of the course(s) and the grade received in the course(s) must be submitted with the plan of study.

 Admission Recommendation Process

1. When the application file is complete, the Office of Graduate Studies for the School of Technology forwards the application to the chairperson of the IT graduate education committee.
   
2.  The committee chairperson screens the application to determine if the admission criteria for either unconditional or conditional admission       have been met.
   1. If the admission criteria for neither unconditional or conditional admission have been met, the application will be returned to the SoT Office of Graduate Studies without further review and with the recommendation that admission be denied.
   2. If the admission criteria for either unconditional or conditional admission have been met, the application will be routed to the members    of the IT graduate education committee for review.
      
3. Graduate education committee members review the application; recommend unconditional admission, conditional admission, or denial of admission; and indicate if they would be willing to serve as the applicantês major professor.
   
   NOTE:  If no IT graduate education committee member indicates willingness to serve as the applicantês major professor, the application will be returned to the SoT Office of Graduate Studies with the recommendation that admission be denied.
   
4. The committee chairperson prepares a memo to the Office of Graduate Studies to accompany the application, stating the recommendation for admission or denial, any condition(s) of admission, and listing the name of the major professor.
   
5. The memo and application are returned to the Office of Graduate Studies for processing.