Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (AE)

Duration	1.5-2 Years
Level	Masters Program

The aerospace engineering discipline involves the design, production, operation, and support of aircraft and spacecraft. Aerospace engineers solve problems, design aircraft, and spacecraft, conduct research, and improve processes for the aerospace industry
KU Aerospace Engineering is an international leader in aerospace education and is committed to developing a global community for students, educators, and researchers by strategically aligning teaching, research, and service missions
A world-class graduate and undergraduate education focused on designing, simulating, building, testing, and flying aerospace vehicles is provided
The department invests in research infrastructure and chooses outstanding students who will work with faculty, and staff to conduct basic and applied research of relevance to aerospace vehicles and systems
The Master of Science (M.S.) program in Aerospace Engineering (AE) has 2 options.
- The Thesis Option requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate work. The course work includes 3 hours of math and 6 hours earned in the satisfactory completion of a thesis
- The Project Option requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate work. The course work includes 3 hours of math, 24 hours of other courses, and at least 3 hours in the satisfactory completion of a project (AE 895, M.S. Thesis or Project)

Class 12th	No specific cutoff mentioned
Bachelors	3.0 GPA Applicants who wish to apply for admission to the Aerospace Engineering graduate program must have, at a minimum, a BSAE degree or a BS degree in a closely-related field from a university or college with a program equivalent to the KU BSAE program. Applicants must have undergraduate GPA of at least a 3.0 Applicants applying with either a BS degree from an engineering program that is not equivalent to the KU BSAE program or a BS degree from a non-aerospace engineering program may have to make-up certain undergraduate AE courses at the discretion of the department graduate advisor Such applicants will be admitted provisionally until a plan of study for make-up courses is completed
Exams	TOEFL: Accepted With Reading, Listening, and Writing part scores at least 23 IELTS: 6.5 with no part score below6.0 PTE: 58 with no part score below 53 GRE: Accepted Applicants must have a minimum of 50% on the Verbal and Analytical sections of the GRE and 85% on the Quantitative section Applicants with lower scores, but otherwise exceptional record, will be considered for provisional admission

Class 12th

No specific cutoff mentioned

Bachelors

3.0 GPA

Applicants who wish to apply for admission to the Aerospace Engineering graduate program must have, at a minimum, a BSAE degree or a BS degree in a closely-related field from a university or college with a program equivalent to the KU BSAE program.
Applicants must have undergraduate GPA of at least a 3.0
Applicants applying with either a BS degree from an engineering program that is not equivalent to the KU BSAE program or a BS degree from a non-aerospace engineering program may have to make-up certain undergraduate AE courses at the discretion of the department graduate advisor
Such applicants will be admitted provisionally until a plan of study for make-up courses is completed

Exams

TOEFL: Accepted

IELTS: 6.5

PTE: 58

GRE: Accepted

Applicants must have a minimum of 50% on the Verbal and Analytical sections of the GRE and 85% on the Quantitative section
Applicants with lower scores, but otherwise exceptional record, will be considered for provisional admission

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