Admission Requirements

To be admitted into candidacy for the masters degree, an applicant must have completed an undergraduate degree in civil engineering or have a bachelors degree in one of the physical or biological science or another engineering field and have completed specified deficiency course requirements at the undergraduate level.

Graduate students may be admitted in one of the following categories:

1. Full Graduate Standing: Students who have met all requirements for admission and have been accepted by the Department.
2. Provisional Status: Students who show potential for successful graduate work but have deficiencies in prerequisite course work or other academic admission requirements. Students admitted on a provisional basis must be recommended for Full Graduate Standing by the departmental Graduate Committee and approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies before they become degree candidates.
3. Unclassified Status: Students who satisfy minimum admission requirements and desire to complete some course work without reference to a specific degree objective. Students with Unclassified Status are not candidates for an advanced degree, and may take a maximum of nine graduate credits in civil engineering unless approved by the Graduate Committee. This admission category is not available to international students who want to start graduate studies at UNL. Unclassified students are not eligible for financial aid or graduate research or teaching appointments (GRA or GTA).

Graduates of ABET-accredited civil engineering programs who have maintained a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.00 (4.00 scale) may be accepted with Full Graduate Standing (Full Status). Students whose GPA is 2.80 or above may be accepted with Provisional Status. In this case, recommendation for full status will be made by the departmental Graduate Committee to the Dean of Graduate Studies if the student maintains a B average (3.00/4.00), or higher, in the first nine semester hours of graduate coursework.

Graduates of non-ABET-accredited civil engineering programs will be reviewed by the Graduate Committee of the Department on an individual basis.

UNL does not discriminate in its academic admissions or employment programs and abides by all Federal regulations pertaining to same.