Mechanical Engineering B.M.E.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an integrated bachelor's/master's degree program. The program makes it possible for students to earn a bachelor's degree (BME) and a master's degree (MSME) in Mechanical Engineering in five years. The program has several benefits: a streamlined admissions process from the undergraduate program to the graduate program; graduate student status granted in the senior year; eligibility for teaching and research assistantships; and flexibility in fulfilling required courses for both degrees simultaneously in the last two years of study.
Integrated BS/MS degree eligibility requirements:

• Students must be enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

• Students who are within 32 semester credits of completing the requirements for the bachelor's degree are eligible to apply. This means students should be admitted by the end of their junior year.

• Students must have a GPA of 3.25 or greater. For students who have transferred from another institution, at least one semester must be completed at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities before admission to the program will be granted.

• Students admitted to this integrated degree program will complete and be awarded the undergraduate degree within 4 years (8 semesters) for NHS and 3 years (6 semesters) for NAS students. Admission will be revoked if the awarding of the undergraduate degree exceeds 8 semesters for NHS students and 6 semesters for NAS students.

• The bachelor’s and master’s degrees cannot be awarded simultaneously.

• Credits cannot be used for both the undergraduate and graduate degree requirements (double counted). This includes credits used for other undergraduate degrees, majors, or minors.

• Credits used for undergraduate degrees, majors, or minors cannot be split between the undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

• Courses that will be used to fulfill the master’s degree requirements must appear in the undergraduate degree sub-plan by the tenth day of the semester in which the student is enrolled in the courses. Any final edits or updates to this sub-plan must be reflected on the APAS no later than the last day of instruction in the semester in which the undergraduate degree will be awarded.  Courses not in this sub-plan by that time cannot be updated later and, therefore, will not be eligible for use towards the master’s degree.

• Admitted students who decide not to complete the MSME degree are permitted to count credits originally planned for the graduate program toward their undergraduate technical electives.