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Applicants will be considered for admission and advising on all campuses by faculty associated with an appropriate Area of Specialization, based on the applicant's requests. Prospective students may apply through either the Graduate School at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (for UMBC and UMAB), the Graduate School at College Park, or the Graduate School at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In general, a student who has identified a specific member of the faculty with whom to work should apply to the campus where that faculty member is affiliated.
Applicants to the MEES Program will be considered at both the M.S. and Ph.D. levels. In the event an applicant to the Ph.D. program has only a B.A. or B.S. degree, admission may initially be to the M.S. program with the final acceptance to the Ph.D. program contingent on successful completion of a probationary period and on the recommendation of the student's Research Advisory Committee. An Admissions Committee from each Area of Specialization has been established to evaluate the applications of prospective students based on the following criteria:
1. The applicant's research interests must be clearly stated and relevant to one or more of the MEES Areas of Specialization.
2. The academic preparation of the applicant must be consonant with stated interests and AOS requirements.
3. The undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.0, although some students with a GPA below 3.0 may be provisionally accepted based on related research or work experience.
4. Applicants must submit the following required documents as part of their application for graduate study in the MEES Program:
- Official Graduate Record Examination Scores (Only the General Test is required, although one of the Advanced Tests is strongly recommended).
- Official transcripts of all college-level work.
- A brief essay clearly defining areas of research interest and research objectives (preferably including the AOS(s) of interest). The essay should be carefully prepared, not in outline form, and will assist with identification of an academic advisor should the applicant be judged admissible.
- Three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the academic work of the applicant.
MEES Application Deadlines:
All MEES applications must be received by the following dates:
Deadlines for Fall:
Preferred: December 1
Final: February 1
Deadlines for Spring:
International: June 1
Domestic Preferred: August 1
Domestic Final: September 1
The initial screening of an applicant's credentials is done by the Admissions Committee of the appropriate AOS(s). Each AOS has course prerequisites (described later in this Guide); students missing several of these courses may be offered provisional acceptance. Students missing four or more prerequisites will generally not be admitted, and should plan to take some of those courses before applying again.
Receipt of the application will initiate the search for an appropriate faculty member to serve as the academic advisor for the student. No student will be admitted to the Program unless an advisor has been identified. Hence, if prior discussions have taken place between an applicant and a member of the faculty regarding the faculty member's serving as advisor to the student, that fact should be mentioned and a letter from the potential advisor should be in the student's file. The student will be matriculated on the degree-granting campus of their advisor, following formal acceptance of the applicant by the appropriate Graduate School.
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