Admissions Information

Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 

Admissions Requirements

AMP in SYE Admission Requirements

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours is required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours is required at the time of entry into the AMP.  If the student’s GPA falls below 3.3 at the time they have completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program.  Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission
• Students whose cumulative GPA on a minimum of 12 units of undergraduate credit hours at UA is equal or above 3.3 can apply
• Completion of at least 12 earned undergraduate credits in their major (SE, IE, EM) at The University of Arizona’s main campus.  Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units
• Completion, or near completion, of general education requirements at the time of application
• Students who have taken the MS prerequisite courses, including:
  • SIE305 (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) 
  • SIE321 (Probabilistic Models in Operations Research)
  • SIE340 (Deterministic Models in Operations Research)
    • Courses equivalent to these prerequisites taken at other departments or institutions will be allowed
• Regular application requirements for the MS program (e.g. statement of purpose, GRE scores (for students who seek for a departmental teaching or research assistantship), plan of study, submission of a UA graduate application and graduate application fee) apply.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years.  The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master’s degree awarded

 

Admissions Deadlines

Deadlines (Main Campus):

• Fall: June 1st 
• Spring: November 1st

 

 

Standardized Tests

GRE:

The GRE test scores are not required for MS students, unless a student is requesting funding from the department or the College of Engineering. Review for MS funding is handled on a case-by-case basis.

If students choose to provide GRE, below subject tests below are considered competitive: 

• Minimum GRE Verbal: 153
• Minimum GRE Quantitative: 155
• Minimum GRE Analytical: 4.0

 

Funding Opportunities

The Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering offers Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships to students on a competitive basis.  

 

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

Information About Accelerated Master's Programs

This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).

The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.

Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student's GPA falls below 3.30 at the time s/he has completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
• Completion of at least 12 earned units of undergraduate course work in the major at the UA.
• Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units in the major.
• Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
• Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master's degree awarded.
• Interested students should verify departmental requirements as they may have additional or more stringent requirements than the Graduate College minimum requirements.

Additional Information About this Program

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