You will fill out the graduate school and department applications.
Three letters of recommendation [forms below] are mailed to the department.
The official transcripts are also mailed from your university.
You will request that your GRE scores are sent to Penn State.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download some of the applications below. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download it now.
1. Graduate School Application
At Penn State University, admission is granted jointly by the Graduate
School and the Department of Chemical Engineering.
To Apply to the Graduate School at Penn State see below.
For questions about the Penn State Gradute School application and the fees for applying, please refer to the following web page: http://gradsch.psu.edu/prospective/apply.html.
Graduate School Online Application
The online Penn State Graduate school application can be found at:
http://gradsch.psu.edu/portal/
For more information about The Penn State Graduate School please see their web site at: http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/
2. Department Application
The Department Application is available to download as a PDF or Microsoft Word format for you to print, fill-out and mail.
Open load the department application for domestic applicants.p d f
Open department application for domestic applicants.doc
The Department of Chemical Engineering application should be mailed to:
- Graduate Admissions Committee
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- The Pennsylvania State University
- 158 Fenske Laboratory
- University Park, PA 16802-4400
3. Graduate Record Examinations (G.R.E.)
All applicants are required to take the GRE general test. There is no
minimum score requirement to be considered for admission. The GRE score
is viewed as one among a number of criteria used to evaluate the application.
Applicants will not be evaluated without the receipt of official GRE scores.
For more information about the GRE general test please see the web site at http://www.gre.org/
For your convenience our code numbers are given below for the G.R.E. Form.
- Institutional Code: 2660
- Department Code: 1001
4. Three Letters of Recommendation
Complete the top of the form and give them to three recommenders. Recommenders
should seal letters in an envelope and sign along the seal before returning
to the applicant. The Letters of Recommendation form is available below
in PDF or Microsoft Word format.
Open the Letter of Recommendation Form p.d.f.
Open the Letter of Recommendation Form Word.doc
5. Two official transcripts
Applicants must arrange for two official transcripts to be sent from all schools at the B.S. level and higher.
Open the Transcript Request Form p.d.f.
