Requirements for M.S. ‘along the way degree’ (Fall 2025)
In order to be eligible to receive your M.S. along the way this Fall, you must have already advanced to candidacy. Additionally, you must:
1. Apply to graduate by September 15th, 2025.
2. Submit a Request for Transfer or Inclusion of Credit (signed by your advisor) by October 1st, 2025 to megrad@umd.edu. You need to complete this form if you want to:
- Use graduate credits not used for a previously granted degree from another 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
NOTE: 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 megrad@umd.edu by December 3rd, 2025. Please do not attach your degree audit to this form.
Other reminders:
1. You must have 30 approved coursework credits for the M.S. along the way. The courses on your approved Ph.D. plan of study may or may not be eligible for you to use for this degree, so please email Segen (shabte@umd.edu) to verify.
2. Please ensure you have met the coursework/research credit requirements to graduate and register for at least 1 credit this Fall.
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 Fall will be awarded and appear on transcripts on/around January 16th, 2026.