In order for the Office of Undergraduate Admission to make an admission decision, UK must receive a completed application. This includes the online application and supporting material.
In order for the Office of Undergraduate Admission to make an admission decision, UK must receive a completed application. This includes the online application and supporting material. You can apply via UK Application for Undergraduate Admission or Common App.
Pay online when submitting the electronic application for admission or mail a check noting the applicant ID to the Office of Undergraduate Admission.
Please request that your high school send an official high school transcript to UK. This transcript should reflect grades through at least six semesters of high school work.
The minimum entry requirements for admission into the Pigman College of Engineering as a first-time freshmen student are both:
Additionally, students must meet the minimum Kentucky statewide academic readiness requirements for Reading and Writing to be admitted to the Pigman College of Engineering:
Test scores do not have to come directly from the testing agency. ACT/SAT scores listed on your official high school transcript are acceptable too.
If you cannot take or choose not to submit ACT or SAT scores with your admission application, admission into the Pigman College of Engineering as a first-time freshmen student is based on meeting one of the following:
For students who meet the 3.0 high school GPA requirement but not the ACT/SAT requirement or the test optional requirements, alternative admission routes include:
Students who are not initially admitted into the Pigman College of Engineering may apply at a later date as a transfer student.
All incoming freshmen and transfer students admitted to the Pigman College of Engineering have their major listed as “Pre-Aerospace Engineering”, “Pre-Biomedical Engineering”, etc. on their admission letter and in our academic system, myUK. The pre- designation will be dropped from the major name once the student achieves a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and a minimum 2.5 GPA in select courses. You may view the select courses that count towards Engineering Standing for each major in the University Catalog. Engineering Standing is necessary to continue in upper-level courses and to be granted a baccalaureate degree in engineering or computer science.
Deadlines and more information can be found at UK's Freshman Undergraduate Admissions page.
Center for Student Success and Recruitment Director of Recruitment
State funding for Kentucky’s public universities has declined by more than 30 percent since 2008. Since an engineering education costs more to provide than most academic majors, state funding cuts affect engineering disproportionately to other fields. As a result, it would be impossible for the College of Engineering to provide a world-class engineering educational experience without the availability of fees to provide additional funding. As we set these fees, we seek to balance the need for the necessary funds to deliver our educational programs with the need to keep the cost of attending the University of Kentucky affordable for our students.
Yes. The money collected from the Engineering Fee is passed to the College of Engineering.
At UK, we use all of the collected fees to provide services to students. Items supported from the fee include materials, equipment and staff support for student instructional laboratories; an Engineering Career Development Center to help students find jobs, internships and co-ops; student computer labs with engineering software and IT staff to support the equipment; the eStudio, which helps students develop their communication skills; academic tutoring; professional advising and scholarship coordination. Each of these services is significant for our college and our students; however, each comes with a cost. The fee is small compared to the benefit of the services provided.
The current tuition and fee structure can be found on the University’s website. The engineering fee charged to each student is based on the number of engineering courses taken during the academic year. An average engineering student will take 6 credit hours per semester in their freshman year.
