Engineering & Computer Science Admissions Requirements
Students who wish to declare the following majors must meet admittance requirements:
This applies to students who admitted to the Fall 2025 semester or later.
- BS: Computer Science
- BS: Computer Science - Computer Engineering Concentration
- BS: Civil Engineering
- BS: Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Concentration)
- BS: Electrical Engineering (Micro and Nano Devices and Systems Concentration)
- BS: Electrical Engineering (Networks and Communication Systems Concentration)
- BS: Industrial Engineering
- BS: Manufacturing Engineering (Smart Manufacturing Concentration)
- BS: Manufacturing Engineering (Mechanical Systems Concentration)
- BS: Major in Mechanical Engineering
1. Admission to Texas State
- Students must apply and be accepted to Texas State University (TXST). More information can be found on the TXST Admissions website.
- Upon acceptance, students will be placed in a “pre” major.
- For example, a student who wants to declare Industrial Engineering will be admitted to TXST as a “pre-Industrial Engineering” major.
2. Meet criteria for admission to your program
Students must be qualified to enroll in TXST's Calculus I course to be admitted to the program.
- Once admitted, students will be considered a “full” major, rather than a “pre” major.
- The student's record will be updated to reflect their admission to the full major.
- For example, when a Mechanical Engineering major is qualified to enroll in TXST's Calculus I, their student record will update their major from pre-Mechanical Engineering to Mechanical Engineering.
Students can demonstrate that they are ready to enroll in TXST's Calculus I via the following scores:
- SAT math score of 600 (if taken after 3/1/2016)
- ACT math score of 27
- Accuplacer Next-Generation Advanced Algebra & Functions score of 276 - 300
- MATH 2417 (or equivalent) with grade of C or better
- MATH 2417 Advanced Placement (AP) Exam credit
- MATH 2471 (or equivalent) with grade of C or better
- MATH 2471 Advanced Placement (AP) Exam credit
Students with older test scores can demonstrate that they are ready to enroll in TXST's Calculus I via the following scores:
- SAT math score of 550 (if taken before 3/1/2016)
- Accuplacer score of 103-999
- Compass - College Algebra (Compass-Trig) score of 46-99
3. Students who meet requirements will be admitted
- The university will regularly run reports to determine which students declared in a “pre-” major are ready to enroll in TXST's Calculus I.
- Qualified students will automatically be updated to a “full” major and receive a written notification of the change.
4. Meet with your new advising center
Once your student record shows that you are a “full major” (and not a “pre” major), your advising center may change.
Students who receive advising from the First Year Advising (FYA) Center will continue to utilize FYA for advising until the end of their first year at Texas State.
Students who received advising from the University Advising Center will now meet with the College of Science and Engineering (COSE) Academic Advising Center. The COSE Advising Center can assist students via in-person appointments, Zoom appointments, Zoom drop-ins, and asynchronous form-based advising.
5. Get involved!
Students are highly encouraged to get involved with student organizations.