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Lower Division Transfer Opportunity for Undergraduate Engineering Majors

California State University, Long Beach will continue to accept applications from highly qualified lower division transfer students who wish to major in Engineering.

CSULB offers bachelor's and master's degrees in Engineering in five departments:

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management
  • Computer Engineering and Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Background

As a high demand campus, CSULB must limit its enrollment consistent with state enrollment priorities. As a result, CSULB typically does not enroll lower division transfer students – those with fewer than 60 transferable semester units or 90 transferable quarter units. However, the university determined that the total number of courses taken by many transfer students majoring in Engineering often exceeded the number of units needed to graduate from CSULB. This is often due to the lack of lower division engineering courses being offered at Community Colleges.

Therefore, CSULB will support timely transfer and graduation by providing exceptionally qualified students wishing to major in Engineering the opportunity for lower division transfer.

General Criteria for Applicant Consideration

Applicants meeting all of the following requirements will be ranked on transfer GPA and offered admission based on spaces available:

  1. Apply during the priority filing period (Oct. 1 - Nov. 30 for Fall; Aug. 1-31 for Spring) and declare the intent to pursue and complete a major in Engineering.
  2. Meet CSU minimum eligibility requirements as a lower division transfer including:
    1. An eligible CSU index based on grades earned in college preparatory subjects and SAT or ACT scores.
    2. Completion of the CSU college preparatory pattern with a C or better in each course during high school or at the community college. Graduated from high school or earned a GED.
    3. Be in good academic standing
  3. Complete the General Education baccalaureate level requirements in English and mathematics with a grade of C or better.
  4. Complete at least 12 transferable semester units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
  5. Complete at least three units of baccalaureate-level calculus equivalent to CSULB's Math 122 (Calculus I, CAN Math 18) or above.
  6. For Fall admission, requirements 2 and 3 above must be completed by the end of the prior Spring term. For Spring admission, they must be completed by the end of the Summer term.

For information, contact the College of Engineering or the College's Recruitment and Retention Center by phone at 562/985-1800 or via email to coe-admit@csulb.edu.