Incoming Graduate Student Information

Congratulations on your admission to The Henry Samueli School of Engineering! All newly admitted students will receive a packet along with their admission letter. It will contain information on housing, insurance, orientation, statement of legal residence filing, and other information. In order to confirm your plans to attend UC Irvine, you must fill out a Statement of Intent to Register. This process is managed online.
 
Statement of Intent to Register directions: After you are admitted, an automated email message is sent congratulating you on your admission, and will instruct you to log in to the SIR (statement of intent to register) website. The site is password protected, and you will receive a log-in name and password in the email message. After deciding whether to accept or decline the offer, you will log-in to the SIR system, and indicate whether you accept the offer, and submit the SIR electronically. After submitting the SIR, UC Irvine's admission database is updated automatically to reflect the positive or negative SIR.

Talk to a Counselor on Instant Messenger

Have a quick question you'd like answered by a Graduate Counselor?  If you have a screen name with AOL, MSN (simply add @hotmail.com to the screen name), or Yahoo, please feel free to contact the following screen name anytime during normal business hours (listed above):

GSACounselor1 - Sonja Dietrich - sonja.dietrich@uci.edu

New Students Entering Fall 2009

Please click here to see the Academic Presentation from the mandatory School-wide Orientation held on Monday, September 21, 2009.

Below, please find pdf® versions of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering graduate materials and links to UCI web sites:

Admissions and Registration Information

If you are a newly admitted student starting in fall quarter 2009, please read this comprehensive document about UC Irvine. It includes information on housing, health insurance, registration, department contacts, and other important topics.

Admissions and registration information for newly admitted graduate students (pdf®)

Online registration for Fall 2009 courses will be available starting on July 7, 2009. You may use the WebReg system to enroll in courses: http://www.reg.uci.edu/registrar/soc/webreg.html

For a schedule of courses, please visit the WebSoc system: http://websoc.reg.uci.edu/perl/WebSoc

Full-time students should enroll in no less than 12 units per quarter.  Part-time students should enroll in 1-8 units per quarter.

Important Note about Part-time Status:

Indicating a preference of "part-time" on your graduate school application does not automatically give you part-time status. Moreover, please note that only M.S. students are eligible for part-time study. All students wishing to be on Part-Time Status for Fall 2009 need to submit a part-time petition to their department/program’s Graduate Coordinator (contact list below) by Wednesday, October 16, 2009 (at 12:00 Noon). However, submitting the part-time petition prior to this deadline is advisable to ensure the smooth processing of the forms. You can find the Part-time Petition at http://www.rgs.uci.edu/grad/students/forms/part_time.pdf

Departmental Information

Please see below to download a Master of Science degree Plan of Study for your program. If you have any questions, please contact the department/program graduate coordinator.

    Biomedical Engineering
    Contact: Karen Stephens  kstephen@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plan of Study:
    Biomedical Engineering

    Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
    Contact: Grace Chau  chaug@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plans of Study:
    Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
    Materials Science Engineering

    Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Contact: April Heath  a.heath@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plans of Study:
    Structural Engineering
    Transportation Systems Engineering
    Water Resources

    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Contact: Ronnie Gran  ragran@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plans of Study:
    Computer Graphics and Visualization (CGV)
    Computer Networks and Distributed Computing (CNDC)
    Computer Systems and Software (CSS)
    Electrical Engineering (EE)

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Contact: Louise Yeager  lyeager@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plan of Study:
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Environmental Engineering Concentration
    Contact: Sonja Dietrich  sonja.dietrich@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plan of Study:
    Environmental Engineering

    Materials and Manufacturing Technology Concentration
    Contact: Sonja Dietrich  sonja.dietrich@uci.edu
    M.S. Degree Plan of Study:
    Materials and Manufacturing Technology

Statement of Legal Residency

Complete information about the Registrar's office Statement of Legal Residence Form http://www.reg.uci.edu/registrar/residence/
     
Questions about residency should be submitted to the Residence Deputy at res-dep@uci.edu or call (949) 824-6124.

Link to the Registrar's printable Statement of Legal Residence Form (pdf®) http://www.reg.uci.edu/registrar/residence/slr.pdf

Link to the Registrar's on-line Statement of Legal Residence Form:  http://www.reg.uci.edu/slr/

Housing

General information about graduate housing at UC Irvine can be found at:  http://www.housing.uci.edu/graduate/
   
UC Irvine Graduate Housing Application Process:  http://www.housing.uci.edu/graduate/application.asp

Specialized Information for International Students

Please see the International Office website for more information:  http://www.ic.uci.edu

Once you arrive on campus, there are many people willing to assist you in your goals of obtaining your degree. Your chosen department contains a graduate advisor who is charged with counseling new graduate students. This faculty member will provide an introduction to the department and the various policies applicable to your major. Once you begin your coursework, and enter your department, you will be teamed-up with a faculty advisor based on mutual interests.