First year engineering programs' secondary admission to major criteria

College Majors Engineering Majors
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Another Change w OSU:

Starting Autumn 2023

In order to implement a transparent and equitable admission process and recognizing the challenges in meeting the demand and space availability in popular majors, effective Autumn 2023 the college will limit enrollment options for all Columbus and Regional campus students pursuing the following majors:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering (ENG) / Computer and Information Science (ASC)
  • Mechanical Engineering

Only students in these pre-majors may apply to their respective major. For example, only biomedical pre-major are permitted to apply to the biomedical engineering major.

Prospective Ohio State students (freshmen and transfers) interested in one of these majors will need to apply to the major during the undergraduate admissions process.

https://advising.engineering.osu.edu/current-students/applying-your-major

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OSU now has direct admission to many of their engineering majors and the secondary admission process only applies to some.

https://engineering.osu.edu/undergraduate/future-students/admissions

Direct-Enrolled Majors

Freshmen admitted to the Ohio State Columbus campus interested in the below programs will be directly enrolled in their major.

  • Aviation*
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Engineering Physics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  • Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Welding Engineering

*Direct enrollment into the Aviation Engineering major is available. However, the Professional Pilot Certification (PPC) continues to have limited space and students will need to request joining the specialization separately from enrolling in the Aviation Engineering Major. Please see Professional Pilot Specializationfor additional information.

Enrolled as Pre-Majors

In order to implement a transparent and equitable admission process to meet the demands and space availability in popular majors, students entering Ohio State in the following programs will enter as a pre-major. Students interested in these programs must indicate one of these majors on the Common Application as these majors quickly reach capacity. Effective Autumn 2023, the college is unable to accommodate students changing into these programs after starting at Ohio State.

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering (ENG) / Computer and Information Science (ASC)
  • Mechanical Engineering

80% Pre-Majors Admitted to 1st Choice Major during admission-to-major process