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Change or Declare Your Engineering Pre-Major

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The college has implemented an admit to major process that will utilize one application for all engineering and computer science programs. This process goes beyond the traditional grade metric and incorporates a multi-factor review through which the voices and stories of all of our aspiring engineering and computer science students can be told.

Only students enrolled within an engineering or computer science program are permitted to participate in this admission to major process.

Future Engineers

Incoming students are welcome to change into any engineering major through May 1 (acceptance fee deadline). After May 1, students will not be permitted to switch into the Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Mechanical Engineering programs. Students are welcome to change into any other engineering major through the first Friday of their first semester. Students should contact the Undergraduate Admissions office to request being changed into their desired major.

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Current Engineering Students

Students are permitted to change into one of the following engineering programs. Students can request to change into one of these programs at orientation, or by contacting their academic advisor once school has begun.

  • Aviation
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Engineering Physics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Welding Engineering

Students interested in Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering must indicate one of the majors on the Common Application as pre-majors close once they reach capacity. Students will not have the ability to switch into one of the four pre-majors. Only students in these pre-majors may apply to their respective major. For example, only biomedical pre-majors are permitted to apply to the biomedical engineering major.

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Current Students Outside of Engineering

Students who have already started classes at Ohio State and are enrolled in a non-engineering program may request to switch into an engineering program. Please review the requirements to change into an engineering program and the request window dates below.

Students will be permitted to change into one of the following engineering pre-major programs:

  • Aviation
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering Physics
  • Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Welding Engineering

who meet the following requirements:

  1. have a 2.0 or better cumulative OSU GPA

  2. have earned 12 hours or more of graded OSU credit*

  3. have earned credit or enrolled in Calculus I (Math 1151) during the proposed first semester in the engineering pre-major

*excluding terms of enrollment through post-secondary enrollment programs such as Academy

Please note, students are no longer permitted to switch into the Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer and Information Science or Mechanical Engineering programs.

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Spring 2024

Effective Summer 2024

Requests Accepted: January 16, 2024 to May 10, 2024

Summer 2024

Effective Autumn 2024

Requests Accepted: May 13, 2024 to August 23, 2024