Admissions

Prospective applicants should consult the Graduate Admissions opens in a new tab and the ICME admissions webpages opens in a new tab for complete information on admission requirements and deadlines.

Applications to the MS program and all supporting documents must be submitted and received online by the posted deadline published on the ICME admissions webpage opens in a new tab.

The master's degree in Computational and Mathematical Engineering is intended as a terminal professional degree and does not lead to the PhD program. There is no internal transition process from the MS to the PhD program. Students interested in the doctoral program should apply directly to the PhD program. To give such students a more significant opportunity to become familiar with research, ICME has a program leading to a master’s degree with distinction in research. This program is described in more detail below.

This master's degree program allows students the option to study on a part-time and/or remote basis through the Stanford Engineering Center for Global and Online Education (CGOE opens in a new tab). All applicants are subject to the same admission requirements regardless of whether they intend to enroll on a part-time or full-time basis. View deadlines, requirements, and policies, as well as the availability of online courses, on our website opens in a new tab or on the Stanford Online website opens in a new taband course catalog opens in a new tab. 

Stanford undergraduates who want to apply for the coterminal master’s degree are subject to the application deadline outlined on our website opens in a new tab. The application must clearly demonstrate that the student has a potential for strong academic performance at the graduate level. A student is eligible to apply for admission once the following conditions have been met:

• Completion of six non-Summer quarters at Stanford or two non-Summer quarters at Stanford for transfer students

• Completion of 120 units toward graduation (UTG) as shown on the undergraduate transcript, including transfer, Advanced Placement exam, and other external test credit

• Declaration of an undergraduate major

More information here: https://icme.stanford.edu/academics-admission/icme-master-science#coterm opens in a new tab

ICME allows current Stanford PhD students to add the MS via a Graduate Authorization Petition. To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled in a Stanford PhD program, you must have completed at least one quarter of graduate enrollment at Stanford, you must have at least one active degree plan (not discontinued or on leave of absence), you must be enrolled in classes for the quarter you are selecting on your petition, and you must have no active undergraduate careers.

Internal admission is not possible for current Stanford MS students in other departments.