The Cooper Union
School of Engineering
School of Engineering











Degree Requirements

Bachelor's Degree | Master's Degree

Cooper Union offers a Master of Engineering program that integrates work at the undergraduate and graduate levels and prepares graduates for entry into the engineering profession at an advanced level or for further graduate study.

A minimum of 30 credits beyond the baccalaureate degree must be completed at Cooper Union (in addition to possible undergraduate deficiencies). Of these, not more than 6 credits may be undergraduate-level courses. The 30 credits offered for the degree must satisfy the following distribution:

  Credits
The Major minimum 12
A coherent concentration of graduate-level courses in the chosen department, which must include courses required by the department
(See departmental curriculum for details)
 
The Minor minimum 12
A concentration in an interdisciplinary area of engineering other than the chosen major  
Thesis Project 6
Total Credits 30