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Undergraduate Application

AE Undergraduate Admissions Process

Prospective Students
Incoming Freshmen
Spring Semester of First Year
Spring Semester of Second Year
Transfer Students

1. Apply to Penn State's University Admissions Office
2. Indicate a preference for College of Engineering AND Architectural Engineering.

1. All College of Engineering first-year students are ENGR students (even if the student has indicated AE).
2. Students should indicate an interest in AE and be advised accordingly during the FTCAP session (summer before freshman year).
3. All freshmen ENGR students at University Park are advised through the Engineering Advising Center.
4. Freshman students may study at a Commonwealth college campus for the first year.

1. Applicants must have completed Math 140, Math 141, Physics 211, and Chemistry 12 with a C or better.
2. Indicate AE as first choice on the Survey of Major Preference for First-Year Student form online. Students will be notified by the College electronic newsletter.
3. A maximum of 100 students will be offered admission to ENGAE (AE is a program with admission control).
4. Acceptance to ENGAE necessitates that student to matriculate in the major at University Park Campus starting the Fall Semester (semester 3). Commonwealth Campus students should make appropriate contingent housing plans. Students who do not start at University Park in the 3rd semester will have their status revert to ENGR.

1. Students in ENGR or DUS may apply to enter the major (students who did not enter AE in the 3rd semester). Admissions to the major at the second year are based on available space. The students are placed in a queue by GPA in descending order and selected in descending order until no space remains (Applicant must have completed Math 140 and 141, Physics 211, Chem 12 with a C or better).
2. Students with ENGAE designation must still confirm their choice of major as Architectural Engineering if they wish to remain in the major during the Entrance To Major process scheduled for the students "Pool Semester," typically the spring semester of the second year. (ENGAE students not wishing to continue in AE have the option to chose another major.)
3. Students with a 3.0 or higher will be assured admission to AE during this process (even when the 100 spaces are exhausted). This is a College of Engineering provision.

1. The AE program does not accept applications from transfer students. An applicant is considered a transfer student if s/he has more than 18 credits of post-secondary education (high school students with AP or college credits are not considered transfer students).