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Accelerated ECE UGG Program

From left: Adam Bowman, William Brown, Jack Gurley, Daniel Alexander, Brian Lee, and Rami Benhamida, all 2025 ECE graduates, stand with their Major Design Experience customer from Virginia Spaceport Authority, Walter Taralia. Photo by Ben Murphy for Virginia Tech.

From left: Adam Bowman, William Brown, Jack Gurley, Daniel Alexander, Brian Lee, and Rami Benhamida, all 2025 ECE graduates, stand with their Major Design Experience customer from Virginia Spaceport Authority, Walter Taralia. Photo by Ben Murphy for Virginia Tech.

Earn both your BS and a graduate degree (MEng, MS, or PhD in EE or CPE) by double-counting up to 12 credit hours during your final undergrad year.

Eligibility

  • Must be a Virginia Tech undergrad with an overall GPA of 3.3
  • Apply within 12 months of expected BS graduation
  • Must be accepted before taking double-counted courses

Deadlines

All materials must be submitted before processing begins.

  • Fall start: Apply by May 15
    Processing starts after spring grades are posted.
  • Spring start: Apply by Dec 15
    Processing starts after fall grades are posted.
Apply today!

Contacts

Laura Villada

Laura Villada
MS Thesis & Ph.D.

Dr. Tim Talty

Tim Talty
MEng

Creed F. Jones

Creed Jones
MS Non-Thesis

  1. Submit Graduate School Application.
    • Choose your degree: MEng, MS, or PhD 
    • Choose your program: EE or CPE
    • Apply for the semester following your BS graduation
    • No GRE required
    • Include 2 recommendation letters
      Not required for MEng.
    • Pay the $75 application fee
      Ask about the info session each semester for potential fee waivers.
       
  2. Submit the accelerated UG/GR degree course designation request. 
    • Review double counted courses with your ECE Undergraduate Advisor
    • Obtain the required signature from your ECE Graduate Faculty Advisor (depending on program):
      Dr. Talty for EE
      Dr. Jones for CPE
    • Upload completed course designation request to the ECE Form Submission and in your graduate school online application form.
    • Update approved course designation request if course selections change.

  3. Submit your transcript.
    Not needed if all coursework is from Virginia Tech.

  • Max 12 credits can be double-counted
  • Courses can only be double-counted during the final two semesters
  • Only 6 credits can be 4xxx-level, the rest must be 5XXX or above.
  • Must earn B or better in each double-counted course
  • No graduate credit for capstone, 4974, or 4994 courses
  • Available at Blacksburg, NCR, and Virtual campuses