MSEN

Admissions Procedures and Information

Application
A formal application is required of all persons seeking admission or readmission to graduate studies. Texas A&M University requires students to complete the ApplyTexas Application on-line. More information on admissions policy and procedures for domestic graduate students is available from the the Office of Admissions and the Office of Graduate Studies.

To receive full consideration of your application for financial assistance, the deadline for receipt of all application materials (application, transcripts, CV, personal statement, three letters of recommendation, GRE scores (and TOEFL score if the applicant is international student with a GRE verbal less than 146) is December 15th of each year for fall semester start and July 1 for spring semester start; however, full applications are accepted until March 1st for fall start and August 1st for spring start.

Test Scores
Applicants should request that test scores directly transmitted from Educational Testing Service (ETS) to Texas A&M University (Institution Code 6003). Please leave department code blank, or else fill with zeros.

Applicants must have taken the Graduate Record Exam within five years before the date the Texas Common Application is received.

International students whose native language is other than English must present results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) taken within two years of the date of application with a minimum score of 80 internet-base TOEFL (iBT). The TOEFL is waived for international students scoring 400 or above on the GRE Verbal.

Statement of Purpose Essay
All applicants for graduate admissions to Texas A&M University must write a statement of purpose. This essay should clearly state one's research interests, and describe one's background, academic and industrial, if applicable, and interest in materials science and engineering. Please be as specific as possible.

Letters of Recommendation
Applicants are asked to provide three letters of recommendation via the on-line letter of recommendation system, available through Applicant Information System. Please see below for more information on this on-line system.

Resume or Curriculum Vitae
Applicants are requested to e-mail a current CV to the MSEN Program Office at msen@tamu.edu. In the body of the e-mail, include a description of your interests.

On-line check list

To-be-shipped checklist (all documents in native language and English)

Send via e-mail (msen@tamu.edu)

Do not include the following

Domestic Admissions mailing address (US Postal Service):
Graduate Admissions Processing
Office of Admissions
Texas A&M University
P.O. Box 40001
College Station, TX 77842-4001

International Admissions Postal mailing address:
International Admissions Processing
Office of Admissions
Texas A&M University
P.O. Box 40002
College Station, TX 77842-4002

International AdmissionsShipping Address (UPS, FedEx, DHL, EMS):
Admissions Processing (International Graduate)
Texas A&M University
General Services Complex
750 Agronomy Road, Suite 1601 (0200 TAMU)
College Station, TX 77843-0200

Telephone: (979) 845-1060

A note about the on-line letter of recommendation system
After application processing, the Office of Admissions sends an acknowledgement letter with the UIN and instructions on activating their NetID within 24 hours. With this NetID, the applicant can access AIS (Applicant Information System). Near the middle of the page is a link that states to “Click here to submit/manage letters of recommendation.” The applicant will be directed to a page on which they can enter the information and email address of each potential recommender. After submitting the recommender’s information, the applicant must click “Send Email” for AIS to send an electronic notification to the recommender with a link to access the recommendation form. Applicants can send reminder emails (one per hour) if the recommender has not yet viewed the form. If an applicant wants to make another entry for any particular recommender, they will have to enter a different email address for the recommender.