Change or Declare Your Engineering Pre-Major

Students must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to enroll in the fundamentals of engineering coursework and to apply to an engineering major, so students should request to change as soon as possible. Students can submit a request to change during the semester they are completing the eligibility criteria.

Note: Requests from students currently enrolled in their eligibility coursework at another college/university may be delayed. Requests can only be reviewed once all transfer credit is received and processed by Ohio State. Students unable to transfer their credit before the the next semester begins will need to resubmit their request to change into the college after the next semester.

Those students interested in engineering and enrolled in a programs outside of the College of Engineering are encouraged to change into the college as soon as they meet the criteria. Students should submit a Change to Engineering Pre-Major request form by the deadline listed below. Requests to change into the college are reviewed at the end of each semester. Students will be notified one week after the final grade posting deadline. Students that meet the eligibility criteria will automatically be changed into their requested pre-major program. Students that have submitted a request form and no longer wish to change into the college should ask the desired pre-major program to cancel their request form.

To understand your interests in our programs, students will be asked to indicate the three majors they are most interested within the college. Students will apply to three majors within the College of Engineering during the admission to major process. These selections do not commit students to these majors. Students will be changed into their first choice pre-major program if their request is approved.

Students interested in completing a dual degree with a non-engineering and an engineering major must be enrolled in an engineering pre-major in order to participate in the admission to major process. Students currently enrolled in their first major/degree outside of Engineering should complete this form. Students will indicate their desire to complete a dual degree on the change request form. After review, a second degree program will be added to the student’s academic record with enrollment in the desired engineering pre-major. This allows the student to maintain enrollment in their current major/degree and be enrolled in an engineering pre-major.

Those students interested in engineering and enrolled in a programs outside of the College of Engineering are encouraged to change into the college as soon as they meet the criteria.

Adding a second degree in Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer and Information Science and Mechanical Engineering is no longer available to students. Future Ohio State students interesting in a dual degree in one of these majors should apply to Ohio State and seek admission this major. After starting at Ohio State in one of these majors, students can then add their second degree.

Students who have been academically dismissed from the College of Engineering will need to submit a petition for reinstatement along with this request. Students will need to contact an academic advisor in their desired pre-major and submit a petition for reinstatement. This petition must be approved before the posted deadline to change into an engineering pre-major (below). Request forms submitted without a reinstatement petition will not be able to be processed.

Please note, reinstatement petitions to the Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer and Information Science and Mechanical Engineering pre-majors are no longer accepted. Students dismissed from one of these pre-majors should seek reinstatement to one of the available engineering programs.