Program and Application Information:

Director of Graduate Education: Vitalij Pecharsky
Application Contact: Jacqueline Kester
Program Location: 2220 Hoover Hall
Program Telephone: 515-294-6962
Program Fax: 515-294-5444
E-mail Address: gradmse@iastate.edu
Program Website: http://www.mse.iastate.edu/
Application Website: http://www.admissions.iastate.edu/apply/index.php
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Catalog Link: http://catalog.iastate.edu/
Request Specific Program Information:
http://www.eng.iastate.edu/grad/form.asp

Degree(s) Offered: Master of Engineering, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Application Deadlines: January 15 for fall assistantship consideration, August 15 for spring assistantship consideration; however all applications are considered.

English Proficiency Minimum:

TOEFL Paper (PBT) 550
TOEFL Internet (iBT) 79-80
IELTS 6.5

Program Will Review Without TOEFL or IELTS: No

Program Requires GRE: Yes

GRE/TOEFL/IELTS information: Verbal 146-170 (~30 percentile of all applicants), Quantitative Reasoning 159-170 (~80 percentiles of all applicants), and written 5.0-6.0 (~80 percentiles of all applicants. Old scale: GRE verbal 400-800, quantitative 740-800, written 4-6.

Program Profile: 1) When you apply for admission, please e-mail a statement of purpose as well as your resume describing your work experience, papers published, and conference presentations to the MSE Graduate Education Secretary, gradmse@iastate.edu 2) A student may elect to begin work on the Ph.D. immediately upon admission to the MSE graduate program, even if the student has not earned the M.S. degree. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For applicants interested in applying for the IGERT program in Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy (WESEP), go here:http://www.igert.windenergy.iastate.edu/apply/

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Application Submission Process:

Iowa State University has a self managed application process, which means you collect the appropriate materials and submit them electronically and by mail as necessary to the addresses below. For the items to be mailed, it is very important that you separate your materials correctly.

Required by Office of Admissions
Required Electronically:
  • Application
  • Application fee
  • Official GRE scores (sent by testing services)
  • Official TOEFL scores (sent by testing services)

Required to be sent by mail to the address below:

Mail Admissions Envelope To:
Office of Admissions
100 Enrollment Services
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2011 USA


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Submit electronically to gradmse@iastate.edu
Department Mailing Address Information:
Materials Science & Engineering Department
Iowa State University
2220 Hoover Hall
Ames, IA 50011-2300