Requirements for M.S. non-thesis degree (Summer 2026)
In order to be eligible to receive your M.S. non-thesis this Summer, you must:
1. Apply to graduate by July 16th, 2026.
2. Submit a Request for Transfer or Inclusion of Credit (signed by your advisor) by July 1st, 2026 to segen@umd.edu. You need to complete this form if you want to:
- Use graduate credits not used for a previously granted degree from any University
- Use graduate credits not used for a previously granted degree when once enrolled in a department outside of ENME/ENRE at UMD (ex. MAGE, BIOE, etc.).
- Use courses you have already been approved to use for undergrad/grad credit as a B.S./M.S. student
- Use courses that are older than 5 years old***
***Courses that are older than 5 years old will need to be revalidated by our office and the Graduate School and this process can take 6-8 weeks. Please reach out if you have graduate courses older than 5 years old that you want to use towards your M.S. that were not used for a previously granted degree.
3. Submit an Approved Program form (signed by your advisor) to segen@umd.edu by August 14th, 2026. Please do not attach your degree audit to this form.
4. Submit an acceptable scholarly paper to segen@umd.edu (CC your advisor on the email) by August 14th, 2026. This paper can be a research proposal or a paper written for a conference, publication, etc. that is approved by your advisor; your DGS will review the paper and confirm it is acceptable for the degree.
Other reminders:
1. You must have 30 approved coursework credits for the M.S. non-thesis.
2. Please ensure you have met the coursework/research credit requirements to graduate and register for at least 1 credit this Summer.
3. While you are welcome to use u.Achieve to evaluate your academic progress, it does not imply degree clearance and our office will not review any potential discrepancies in your audit until after the semester is over.
4. Pending a review of the above materials and your student record, degrees earned this Summer will be awarded and appear on transcripts on/around September 1st, 2026.