BE/MS Accelerated (APP) Program Admission Requirements

The Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering offers two BE/MS Accelerated (APP) Programs:

1. Chemical and Molecular Engineering BE-MS Program
2. Materials Science and Engineering BE/BS-MS Program

Chemical and Molecular Engineering BE-MS Program

The Accelerated BE/MS program is designed to enable Chemical and Molecular Engineering (CME) students in good academic standing to earn both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree within five years. 

This is achieved by allowing the students to substitute up to 6 credits of graduate courses for 6 credits of undergraduate specialization courses during their undergraduate studies. These graduate courses, consistent with the Graduate School policy, count towards the MS degree. However, undergraduate students are restricted to taking graduate electives, not core courses, totaling 6 credits. In their fifth year, students complete the remaining 24 credits needed to fulfill the 30-credit requirement for the M.S.

1. Students are encouraged to apply to the five-year program by the end of the spring semester of their junior year. 
2. Applicant must be a senior in the CME major with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the major to begin the accelerated program.
3. 3.0 GPA in the major must be maintained to begin the student’s graduate career in the 5th year of the accelerated program as an M.S. graduate student.
4. Please contact the department at ESMandCME_GradAdmissions@stonybrook.edu to apply to the program.

Application Process for Accelerated (APP) Chemical and Molecular Engineering (CME) BE/MS Program:

• Students in their Junior Spring semester with a GPA of 3.0 in the major courses in the Chemical and Molecular Engineering Undergraduate program must email ESMandCME_GradAdmissions@stonybrook.edu and inform the department about their interest to be admitted in the BE/MS Accelerated Program in Chemical and Molecular Engineering. 
• Email the department your recent unofficial transcript.
• Consult with CME Undergraduate Program Director (UPD) and Graduate Program Director (GPD) regarding UG Senior Year and MS accelerated program Schedule.
• Once the department receives all of the above information and the GPD/Graduate committee accepts the student in the program, the student is extended an offer to accept admission in the CME Accelerated program- the student signs and returns the offer letter. The department then completes the Accelerated Participant Program (APP) Declaration Form to the Graduate School.
• Once accepted by Graduate school, the student must obtain email approval from the GPD and UPD to enroll in classes, once approved via email, the student must complete the Permission for APP students to Enroll in Grad Coursesform and upload the email approvals to get approvals from Graduate School to enroll in classes at least 3 weeks before the semester begins. Please note that the student may elect to take all 6 credits of the M.S. coursework in one semester, although it is not recommended   

Materials Science and Engineering BE/BS-MS Program

The Accelerated BE/MS program is designed to enable Engineering Science (ESG) and Engineering Chemistry (ECM) students in good academic standing to earn both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree within five years. 

The Accelerated BE/MS program is designed to allow undergraduate students in Engineering Science (ESG), Engineering Chemistry (ECM), in good academic standing with a GPA of 3.0 and above in the major, to apply at the end of their junior year for admission to this special program, which leads to a Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science degree at the end of the fourth year and a Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the end of their fifth year. This is achieved by allowing undergraduate students in the program to take up to two graduate courses as their undergraduate technical electives. These graduate courses will also be counted towards their Master's degree. According to Graduate School policy, up to 6 credits taken as an undergraduate senior student may be counted for both degrees. As a result, students can complete both degrees in five years (i.e., just one extra year or two semesters for the MS) 

Engineering Science students in the junior undergraduate year take ESM 455, which is normally taken in the senior year, instead of ESM 335. In the senior year, a student takes ESM 513, to use in lieu of ESM 335, in the fall and another graduate course in the spring. For details of the B.E./ M.S. program, please see the graduate program coordinator in the department. 

Students are not allowed to enroll in ESM 513 if they have already taken ESM 335. Then that student will be required to replace ESM 513 with another ESM course to fulfill the requirement to complete the Master’s program.         

Application Process for Accelerated (APP) Materials Science and Engineering (ESM) BE/MS Program:

• Students in their Junior Spring semester with a GPA of 3.0 in the major courses and/or above in the Engineering Science Undergraduate program; Engineering Chemistry Undergraduate program; must emailESMandCME_GradAdmissions@stonybrook.edu and inform the department about their interest to be admitted in the ESG BE/ESM MS or ECM BS/ESM MS Accelerated Program 
• Email your recent unofficial transcript.
• Consult with ESG/ECM Undergraduate Program Director (UPD) and ESM Graduate Program Director (GPD) regarding UG Senior Year and MS accelerated program Schedule.
• Once the department receives the above information and the GPD/Graduate committee accepts the student into the accelerated program, the student is extended an offer to accept admission in the ESM Accelerated program- the student signs and returns the offer letter. The department then completes the Accelerated Participant Program (APP) Declaration Form and submits to the Graduate School.
• Once accepted by Graduate school, the student must obtain email approval from the GPD and their respective UPD to enroll in ESM classes. Once approved via email, the student must complete the Permission for APP students to Enroll in Grad Courses form and upload the email approvals to get approvals from Graduate School to enroll in classes at least 3 weeks before the semester begins. Please note that the student may elect to take all 6 credits of the M.S. coursework in one semester, although it is not recommended.

Applications are reviewed by the CME & ESM Graduate Program director/Committee and students are generally accepted by the beginning of their senior undergraduate year and are then notified if they have been admitted to the Accelerated Program. The BE/MS is a sequential degree program. Students in the Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's program typically matriculate to the graduate career at the beginning of their third semester. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the major to be admitted to the Graduate School. The Master's in Chemical and Molecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering are both a 30 credit program and 24 of those credits must be earned as a matriculated graduate student. 

Applicants interested in a graduate degree who do not meet these criteria are encouraged to apply directly to the MS program in their senior year. 

As an undergraduate, students will be charged tuition at the undergraduate rate for both graduate and undergraduate courses. Once the graduate career begins in the 5th year of the program, the student will be subject to graduate tuition, fees and Graduate School regulations. Students will be permitted to live in Graduate Housing however they will no longer be eligible for Undergraduate Financial Aid. 

Students who transfer to Stony Brook must complete at least one semester at Stony Brook before they will be considered for admission to the five-year BE/MS program and decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis to ensure they meet all other requirements to qualify for the combined degree program.  

Transfer Students

Students who transfer to Stony Brook must complete at least one semester at Stony Brook before they will be considered for admission to the five-year BE/MS program and decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis to ensure they meet all other requirements to qualify for the combined degree program.

After you are admitted to the BE/MS programs, you are required to follow the MS degree requirement path in the respecstive programs.

Note: Please check here to find the  information about transfer of credits or programs