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The Concurrent 5-Year Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program
Updated May 9, 2013

The Mechanical Engineering department offers a concurrent five-year Bachelor’s/Master’s program for Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics majors. 



WHY EARN A MASTER'S DEGREE IN FIVE YEARS?
This is an excellent program for individuals who would like to earn a graduate degree quickly. The degree will increase a student's chances for higher quality employment than would a Bachelor's Degree.



TUITION BREAK
After a Johns Hopkins student completes eight semesters and earns a Bachelor's Degree, the Whiting School of Engineering will pay 50% of the student's tuition every semester while he or she is a graduate student.



ELIGIBILITY and APPLICATION PROCESS
Please note that this program is available only to undergraduates in the Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Mechanics majors of the Johns Hopkins University.

The application must be submitted during the student's junior year. There are two deadlines to submit applications to the BS/MSE program:

This will allow admitted students to schedule graduate courses immediately in the Spring or Fall semesters, without having to wait an extra semester to begin.



APPLICATION PACKAGE: PROCESS and DELIVERY
To apply for admission, the student must submit a paper graduate application which is available at the links below. In addition, the student will need to present a statement of purpose that describes their career plans and rationale for advanced study at JHU. An original or a copy of your transcript is also necessary. GRE scores are not required, but three letters of recommendation are needed.

Submit your completed application package to either Mike Bernard, the Academic Program Administrator in Latrobe 230 or Kevin Adams, the Academic Program Assistant in Latrobe 223. If neither Kevin or Mike are available, please have the application package placed in Mike's mailbox in Latrobe 223.

You may submit the completed application, which is the application, statement of purpose, and the transcript (original or copy) before the letters of recommendation are delivered. If you are submitting your application package close to the submission deadline, you may e-mail a scanned copy to Mike Bernard at mike.bernard@jhu.edu before delivering your hard copy.



LETTERS of RECOMMENDATION: PROCESS and DELIVERY

Three letters of recommendation are required for the application; two of the letters should be from Mechanical Engineering faculty. The third letter can be from anyone else who would be able to vouch for your credentials and potential. This person could be a professor, but could be someone else.

Please give the recommendation cover sheet to your recommenders and ask them to complete it and write a separate recommendation letter and place both in one sealed envelope.

Though the recommendation letter cover form states to deliver the forms to Shriver Hall, please instead have the form delivered to either Mike Bernard, the in Latrobe 230 or Kevin Adams in Latrobe 223. If neither Kevin or Mike are available, please have the letter placed in Mike's mailbox in Latrobe 223.

Recommenders can e-mail their letters to Mike Bernard at mike.bernard@jhu.edu instead of hard copy delivery, though we still need the recommendation cover sheet with that e-mailed letter.



UPON RECEIPT OF THE COMPLETE APPLICATION...
The Graduate Recruiting Committee, made up of four faculty members, one each from the robotics, fluids, solids, and biomechanics areas will review the applications. As results are determined, students will be notified by e-mail.

Upon acceptance into the program, students will be asked to develop an outline of their proposed academic programs with their advisors.



ADVISORS
Students may continue to work with their current undergraduate advisor for the masters degree or may seek another masters advisor. Reasons for seeking another advisor could include the desire to concentrate coursework in a specific research area other than those of the current advisor, or to seek an advisor to research and write a masters essay.



WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING'S DEGREE POLICIES



DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for a Master of Science in Engineering - Mechanical Engineering are as follows:

Satisfactory completion of eight one-semester advanced courses approved by your advisor:

Plus either:



DOUBLE-COUNTING of COURSES
The Mechanical Engineering department double-counts courses using the policy set by the Whiting School of Engineering:

Coursework applied to a bachelor's degree:
Students either in a WSE concurrent (bachelor's/master's) program or seeking a WSE master's degree after having earned a WSE or Krieger School of Arts and Sciences bachelor's degree may double-count two courses (400-level or higher) to both programs with the permission of the master's faculty advisor.  WSE master's degree candidates may not double-count courses applied to a bachelor's degree earned at a different institution.  Individual graduate programs reserve the right to enforce stricter policies.

Coursework not applied to a bachelor's degree:
For students who are either in a WSE concurrent bachelor's/master's degree program or have already earned a Whiting School of Engineering or Krieger School of Arts and Sciences bachelor's degree and are seeking a WSE master's degree, any graduate-level coursework (as defined by the WSE graduate program) not applied to the undergraduate degree may be applied to the graduate degree, regardless of when that course was taken (i.e., before or after the undergraduate degree has been conferred) with the permission of the master's faculty advisor.



APPLICATION and CURRICULUM