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Internal transfer describes the process of a currently enrolled undergraduate student at UT Austin moving from one college to another or within the Cockrell School from one major to another.  Students must apply for an internal transfer into Cockrell School majors through an online application.  Admission is competitive and based on space availability.  UT Austin degree holders seeking a second degree in engineering should contact the Student Affairs Office for information on a separate application process.

Application Deadlines

December 1 for admission the following spring semester

May 1 for admission the following summer or fall semester

Applications received by these deadlines will go through a competitive selection process.  You will receive a decision before the next registration period ends.

Essential Requirements

The following requirements must be met by all internal transfer applicants.

• You have completed a minimum of 24 hours in residence at UT Austin (in a UT Austin classroom).  Credit by exam, UT Correspondence, UT Extension, and transfer hours are not in residence courses and are not included in the 24 hour minimum.
• You have a minimum 3.0 cumulative in-residence grade point average (GPA).
• You have a minimum 3.0 in-residence GPA in all required technical courses.  (Required technical courses include the physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, geology and departmental courses required for your proposed major.  The current academic year catalogue is used to calculate required technical GPA.) View Required Technical GPA Worksheet
• You have completed the equivalent of M 408D or M 408M.
• You have completed the equivalent of PHY 303K and PHY 103M.

Students who are currently enrolled and will meet the minimum criteria by the end of the application semester listed are eligible to apply.

Admission Decision Criteria

Admission to all majors in the Cockrell School of Engineering is offered on a space-available basis to those students who are best academically qualified. Academic qualification is objective and based on the in-residence cumulative GPA and the in-residence required technical GPA.  For equally qualified applicants, preference will be given to the student who has completed more of the courses required for the requested major.

The Cockrell School does not have a standard GPA requirement for internal transfer admission.  The cumulative and required technical GPAs of admitted students vary by semester and requested major.  You may view the academic qualifications of students admitted in previous semesters below.  Again, these are past GPA cutoffs, not requirements for admission in future semesters. 

Spring 2013

Department	Cumulative UT Austin GPA	Basic Sequence GPA
Aerospace	3.1	3.1
Architectural	3.5	3.5
Biomedical	No spring admission.
Chemical	3.6	3.5
Civil	3.3	3.3
Electrical & Computer	3.2	3.1
Mechanical	3.5	3.5
Petroleum/GEH	3.5	3.5

Summer/Fall 2012

Department	Cumulative UT Austin GPA	Required Technical GPA
Aerospace	3.5	3.3
Architectural	3.9	3.9
Biomedical	3.6	3.6
Chemical	3.7	3.7
Civil	3.4	3.3
Electrical & Computer	3.5	3.3
Mechanical	3.6	3.7
Petroleum/ GEH	3.5	3.5

Spring 2012

Department	Cumulative UT Austin GPA	Basic Sequence GPA
Aerospace	3.3	3.3
Architectural	3.2	3.4
Biomedical	No spring admission.
Chemical	3.5	3.5
Civil	3.3	3.3
Electrical & Computer	3.5	3.5
Mechanical	3.5	3.5
Petroleum/GEH	3.5	3.5

Summer/Fall 2011

Department	Cumulative UT Austin GPA	Basic Sequence GPA
Aerospace	3.25	3.2
Architectural	3.45	3.45
Biomedical	3.5	3.5
Chemical	3.74	3.7
Civil	Texas residents: 3.29; All others: 3.4	Texas residents: 3.27; All others: 3.4
Electrical & Computer	3.34	3.34
Geosystems	3.3	3.1
Mechanical	Texas residents: 3.7; All others: 3.85	Texas residents: 3.7; All others: 3.85
Petroleum	3.5	3.5