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Students pursuing a graduate degree generally begin their graduate studies in the Autumn Quarter, which means that potential students must submit their applications the previous academic year. Each department conferring graduate degrees establishes its own application deadlines. Go to the Graduate Admissions link for the submission deadlines for our department.
Applicants for a graduate program in the Department of Chemical Engineering are encouraged to submit their applications online. Recommenders may submit their recommendations either on-line or in hard copy. In the latter instance, a letter with its accompanying recommendation form is sent directly to the department. All academic records, copies of unofficial GRE and TOEFL score reports, and any other documents, such as resumes or publications, also should be sent to the department.
Completed applications for graduate admission are carefully considered by our admissions committee of Chemical Engineering faculty members. The chemical engineering committee makes decisions for the department. Decisions are based on the student’s academic record, letters of recommendation, statement of purpose, and test scores. Applicants are informed of their acceptance into a degree program during our Winter quarter. While most applicants to our program have traditional chemical engineering backgrounds, we do accept and evaluate applications from students in other related fields: chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, biology, and so forth. Those with non-traditional backgrounds should expect, if admitted, to spend some additional time acquiring the background necessary to pursue an advanced degree in chemical engineering. Please use the links to the left to explore related pages with information about our degree programs in chemical engineering.
Applicants are requested not to send individual faculty members informal documents and appeals for informal admission evaluations and/or admission to a research group. These unsolicited inquiries about admissions’ procedures will be redirected to administrative staff, because all applicants must make an official application: using the university’s forms and procedures and following the guidelines of Office of Graduate Admissions that are published by the University Registrar. Visit the Graduate Admissions Website to obtain further information about the graduate admission process at Stanford University, to request printed information, and to apply for graduate admission via the web.
Financial aid for graduate students is available, both in the form of fellowship awards, from either external agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, and internal university, school, and departmental sources, including full fellowships, for tuition and living expenses, and in the form of student jobs, assistantships, and loans. There is a section on the application form where you can indicate if you are interested in financial aid.
Visit Stanford Financial Aid to obtain more information about financing graduate study.
Students with questions about our graduate programs in chemical engineering or the graduate admissions process for this department, should first explore this web site and then send any unanswered questions to our Student Services Manager, Jeanne Cosby, cosby@stanford.edu. Please use “Admissions” in the subject line in your email: SUBJECT: ADMISSIONS – [your full name ] & [key word(s)].
Mailing Address:
Graduate Admissions Committee
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
Stauffer III, Room 113
381 North South Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-5025
USA
Tel: 650-725-3151
If you think that one of our graduate programs is a good match with your educational background and future academic and career goals, we in the Department of Chemical Engineering very much look forward to receiving your application materials in whatever order, just so your application is complete by the applicable deadline. Potential applicants should understand that admissions decisions by our Admissions Committee are based on thorough evaluations of all aspects of completed applications. This means that neither individual faculty members nor departmental student services can predict a prospective applicant’s chances of admission on partial information, nor may our individual faculty admit a student directly to a research group. Applicants with complete Ph.D. applications should expect to hear from us shortly after the deadline.
We wish you all the best as you make your decisions about your educational future.
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