M.Eng Distance Learning FAQs

The GRE requirement is waived for AY 2020-21.

As an international applicant, you must demonstrate proficiency in the English language by taking a TOEFL or IELTS exam.

The Systems Engineering program requires an overall minimum score of 105. This is addition to the minimum sub-scores for each element of the TOEFL iBT as outlined by the Graduate School:

Writing: 20/30

Listening: 15/30

Reading: 20/30

Speaking: 22/30

Please visit the Graduate School website for more information.

Applicants must receive an overall band score of 7.5 or higher.

Both have to be submitted with your application, though the GRE requirement is waived for AY 2020-21..

Only if the GRE and/or TOEFL have been waived. GRE can only be waived by the Director of Graduate Studies. See next question for how to waive TOEFL.

Only students who have studied in full-time status for at least two academic years within the last five years in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand, or with English language instruction in Canada or South Africa are exempt from the TOEFL. You must submit a transcript that shows you have attended college in one of these approved locations.

All students in the distance learning degree must attend both sessions.

Yes, you must have had at least one course in probability and statistics. If you have not met this prerequisite, it will be stated in your letter of admission.

No you cannot substitute the GRE with a GMAT score.

All students need 30 credits to graduate. Content is exactly the same for both groups (except for the two on campus modules), it’s just the delivery that is different. Online degree students can either watch lectures live, or watch them later through Blackboard or some other online streaming method.

1 year = Full time, 2 years (or more) = Part time.

May 31 for the fall semester and November 15 for the spring semester.

SYSEN 5100 | Model Based Systems Engineering | Fall | 4 credits

SYSEN 5200 | Systems Analysis Behavior and Optimization | Spring | 3  credits

SYSEN 5900 | Systems Engineering Project | Spring and fall | 6-8 credits

CEE 6910 | Principles of Project Leadership | Spring or fall | 3 credits

SYSEN 5920 | Systems Engineering Management for Virtual Teams | Fall | 1 credit

SYSEN 5940 | Creativity and Innovation within Systems Engineering | Summer | 1 credit

The Knight Scholarship Program is available for M.Eng. students, for more information please go here. 

In many cases, there is a site coordinator, paid by the student's employer, who acts as proctor. In cases where there is no site coordinator, we require the student to designate a proctor. For these students, we begin the process of identifying a proctor many weeks in advance of the first exam. The proctor completes and signs the form entitled "DISTANCE LEARNING PROCTORED TEST FORM" and returns the signed form to the Systems Engineering Program. The designation of someone as a proctor is subject to close scrutiny to ensure the independence and impartiality of the role.

Exams for off-campus students are scheduled to occur within 24 hours of the on-campus exam, typically during local business hours on the same day as the on-campus exam. An electronic copy of the exam is e-mailed to the proctor together with specific instructions for conduct and return of the exams. Both the student and the proctor are required to sign the form entitled "EXAM PROCTOR VERIFICATION FORM" attesting to the proper conduct of the exam.

The completed exams are sent by express courier to the Program office. The forms are filed and the exams turned over to the teaching assistants in the relevant courses for grading. Our experience is that there is a one-week delay in grading off-campus exams versus on-campus exams. The grading criteria are identical for off-campus students as for on-campus students.