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Engineer students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Students who have completed graduate coursework outside of Stanford in Civil & Environmental Engineering or associated disciplines may request up to 45 units of graduate residency transfer credit to be counted toward the 90-unit ENG requirement. Graduate coursework taken at Stanford will be automatically counted toward the 45 units of external credit.

Requirements for Remaining in Good Academic Standing in CEE

• Students enrolled for 11 or more units must pass at least 8 units per term that count toward their degree by the end of each term. Those registered for 8-10 units must pass at least 6 units per term that count toward their degree by the end of each term.

• All requirements for the Engineer degree must be completed before candidacy expires. Candidacy is valid for five calendar years (through the end of the quarter in which candidacy expires), unless terminated by the department (for example, for unsatisfactory progress). The time limit is not extended by a student’s leave of absence, except for pregnancy and parental leaves and mandatory military leave.

Notification of not meeting Graduate Study Minimum Progress in CEE: Students are responsible for ensuring that they are meeting the minimum progress requirements. Students who do not meet the requirements in a given quarter will receive a Below Minimum Progress Notification warning letter from the CEE Department during the subsequent quarter. 

Students who do not meet the minimum progress requirements for two consecutive quarters will receive a departmental hold on their enrollment and their case will go up for faculty committee review where dismissal is a possible outcome.