Application for Graduate Studies Requirements

If you would like to apply for graduate studies in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, you can find the application online at http://graduateschool.colostate.edu/.

Departmental Application Requirements

When you submit your application for admission through the graduate school, you will be given the opportunity to identify an area of specialization.  In order to help the department efficiently process your application and consider you for funding opportunities, please specify one of the following areas of specialization:

Environmental Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Groundwater Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering/Stream Restoration and River Mechanics
Hydrologic Science and Engineering
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics
Water Resources Planning and Management
Wind Engineering and Fluid Mechanics

You can also provide additional information about your interests in your statement of purpose.

Required Enclosures with Application

*Application fee (application fees cannot be waived)
*Two official transcripts of all previously earned credits
*Three letters of recommendation - can be submitted via Email or hard copy to:

Graduate Admissions, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
1372 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372
Email: Kathleen.Stencel@Colostate.edu

*Statement of Purpose
*Current resume
*GRE General Test for M.S. and Ph.D. applicants
*TOEFL (for international applicants)

U.S. applicants send to: Graduate Admissions, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University Campus Delivery 1372, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372

International applicants send to: Graduate Admissions Office, Colorado State University, Campus Delivery 8020, Fort Collins, CO 80523-8020

All application materials should be received by the university at least six months before the start of the semester in which study is to begin.

Admission Grade Requirements

Applicants may be recommended for admission to the Graduate School by the department to which the applicant has applied. An undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) (or equivalent if the grading system is not out of a 4.0) is required by University regulation for admission.

The department may consider recommending admission of applicants with averages slightly lower than 3.0 if the applicants are highly motivated to undertake graduate study and if they present acceptable evidence of ability to complete advanced degree requirements within a reasonable time. For applicants with average grades below 3.0, the department will consider the following examples as evidence of qualification: excellent performance on the GRE, excellent letters of recommendation, relevant work experience, and a steadily improving academic record.

Direct Admission from the BS into the Ph.D. Program

In most cases, students are required to obtain an M.S. degree before entering the Ph.D. program. On rare occasions, students with only a B.S. degree, who are seeking entrance into the Ph.D. degree, are admitted. Such students need to have communicated their degree objectives to the department and discuss their goals with their proposed adviser. Procedurally, such students first enter the M.S. program, then apply for the Ph.D. program and take the Ph.D. preliminary examinations only after the M.S. requirements have been completed.

* If you have received your BS from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado State University, check with the Department on GRE requirements.