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How to apply

Apply online through the UTPA Graduate School website.

Detailed instructions on the application process can also be found from the Graduate School website.

1. Domestic Applicants

2. International Applicants

3. Deadlines

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for unconditional admission to the electrical engineering graduate program are:

1. A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited program.
2. A grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 semester hours attempted.

Applicants who do not satisfy the specific program admission requirements may be considered for conditional admission. Prospective graduate students whose bachelor’s degree is in a field other than electrical engineering are required to take leveling courses, prescribed by the Graduate Program Director, before they can be considered for admission to the electrical engineering graduate program.

International Students

Test of English as Foreign language (TOEFL)- A minimum score of 500 (173 for computer based test, or 61 for internet-based test) is required for all international students from countries whose native language is not English. Test scores must be sent directly to the University of Texas-Pan American from the Testing Agency. Copies of TOEFL scores sent by the applicant are not acceptable.

Additional University Admission Requirements, required supporting materials and application procedure are indicated in the Application form.

Transfer of Graduate Credits

A maximum of 9 semester hours of graduate work earned at other institutions may be transferred for degree credit, contingent upon review and approval by the Director of Graduate Program. The general procedure and criteria for transferring graduate credits are as follows:

1. The course is equivalent to a graduate level science/engineering course at UTPA or appropriate for elective credit (as in ELEE6399).
2. The grade for the course is “B” of higher.
3. The course was not earned by correspondence.
4. No more than seven years have passed between the date the course was completed and the planned graduation date of the student from UTPA.

Students who wish to transfer graduate credits must submit a request letter to the Director of Graduate Program with supporting materials (such as course descriptions, samples of work, proof of completion of the course, etc.) no later than four weeks before the filing date of the official degree plan of the student with the University Office of Graduate School.

Students who plan on taking one or more graduate courses at other institutions while enrolled in the Electrical Engineering Master’s program at UTPA are encouraged to contact the Director of Graduate Program to discuss the possibility of transferring the course credit upon completion to UTPA.

Leveling Courses

Prospective graduate students who bachelor’s degree is in a field other than electrical engineering are required to take leveling courses before they can be considered for admission to the electrical engineering graduate program. A list of typical leveling courses is given here.