Mechanical Engineering Quick Start, B.S./M.S.

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The UW Mechanical Engineering BS/MS QuickStart program offers Mechanical Engineering and Energy Systems Engineering undergraduate students the opportunity to start on MS graduate coursework early and gain credit towards BS and MS degree requirements.

Requirements for Admission

Through judicious choice of undergraduate electives, this program allows double-counting up to two 5000-level courses from the B.S. program toward M.S. degree requirements, thus reducing the time requirement for completing an M.S. degree. Students can apply for admission to the B.S./M.S. program by achieving junior status and meeting the following requirements for admission:

completion of the four core ME courses (listed below)
a minimum overall GPA of 3.250
a minimum GPA of 3.250 in ME courses
a minimum of two letters of recommendation from ME faculty at UW.

Core Mechanical Engineering Courses

Completion of the following four ME courses is required for admission.

ME 3010 - Intermediate Mechanics of Materials Credits: 3
ME 3020 - System Dynamics Credits: 3
ME 3040 - Thermodynamics II Credits: 3
ME 3360 - Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena Credits: 3

Additional Information

Students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.250 in their undergraduate and at least 3.000 in their graduate coursework to remain in good standing in the program. Not meeting the GPA requirement places a student on probation for one semester. If the GPA requirement is not met after that semester, the student will be dismissed from the Quick Start program. Transfer students must have taken courses equivalent to the ME core courses. Transfer students must have also completed at least 15 credit hours of courses at UW to be eligible for admission.

Until a student in this program has completed all requirements for their B.S. degree they will be governed by the regulations applicable to undergraduate students in the Department. After completion of the B.S degree, they will be governed by the regulations applicable to any graduate student in the ME department. Note that, the M.S. portion of the Quick Start program can be either a Plan-A (thesis option) or a Plan-B (non-thesis option). Please refer to the M.S.-ME degree catalog entry for details.

As many as 6 credit hours of ME department courses at the 5000 level may be counted towards both the undergraduate degree requirements and the requirements for the M.S. degree. In addition, up to six hours of reserved graduate credit can be applied towards the M.S. degree.