Admissions Information

Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 

Admissions Requirements

To be considered for admission to the Doctoral program, the candidate must have attained a Bachelor's in Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.  Other factors that will be considered are as follows:

• GPA in previous undergraduate work of at least 3.25 and graduate work of at least 3.50
• A minimum of 3 Letters of recommendation
• GRE scores of at least 153 verbal, 159 quantitative and 4.0 analytical are expected in order to be considered competitive 
• International students should meet the minimum English Proficiency scores set by the Office of Graduate Admissions 
• A match between faculty and student interests

 

Admissions Deadlines

Domestic and International Applicants:

• Fall: December 1st *
• Spring: We do not offer spring admission 

*  The Department will still accept applications for fall admissions until January 5th. However, please refer to the "Student Funding Opportunities" section. Applicants who wish to be considered for priority funding must submit a completed application by December 1st.

 

Standardized Tests

GRE:

Required GRE Subject tests: Verbal,  Quantitative, Analytical 

• Minimum GRE Verbal: 153 (500)
• Minimum GRE Quantitative: 159 (750)
• Minumum GRE Written: 4.0

International Applicants:

Proof of English Proficiency is required per the Graduate College’s Guidelines whose first language is not English. 

Acceptable English Proficiency Credentials: 

• Test of English as a Foreign Language(link is external) (TOEFL) - minimum score of 79 iBT (or 60 on the revised PBT with no section score lower than 15).  Individual MyBest scores must also be dated within 2 years of the enrollment term to be considered valid.
  • The TOEFL Essentials Test is not an accepted test of English Profiency for doctoral programs.
• International English Language Testing System(link is external) (IELTS) - minimum composite score of 7, with no subject area below a 6
• Pearson PTE Academic(link is external) - minimum score of 60
• Graduate English Language Endorsement(link is external) from the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)
• CEPT Full Academic test (link is external)- offered by our Center for English as a Second Language (CESL), minimum Total score of 110.

The Graduate College does not accept Duolingo scores for demonstration of English Proficiency.

 

Funding Opportunities

It is recommended that both international and domestic applicants apply by December 1st if they wish to be considered for priority funding. 

The Systems and Industrial Engineering Department offers Graduate Assistantships (Teaching & Research) students demonstrating outstanding performance in their undergraduate and graduate careers.  Unfortunately, we cannot offer Graduate Assistantships to all new incoming students. 

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

NRC Taxon(a) for this program: Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Additional Information About this Program

Program StatisticsInformation about these numbers

Program-level Information
Application Acceptance Rate	52.63%
Avg. Time-to-degree (years)	4.72
Department-level Information
Enrollment Percent Male	75.51%
Enrollment Percent Female	24.49%
Enrollment Percent International	39.8%
Enrollment Percent URM	20.41%

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