All applicants must complete an application for admission online. Online applications open on August 1 of each year.

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Updating Materials

At any time during the process, you can go back into your application Status Page to update your test scores and your mailing address. After submission, other components (resume, statement of purpose, essays, etc.) cannot be updated. Please be sure you have entered the most accurate information at the time of submission. Due to the volume of applications received, we cannot update these materials after submission.

Acknowledgement

After submitting your application, you will receive an email acknowledgement through the application system.

It is not necessary to send us a hard copy of the application you file online.

Application Status

To check the status of your application, revisit your online application Status Page. Please check back often as it may take a few days for the application materials to be processed.

Application materials and supporting documents become the property of the Admissions Committee and are not returnable.

General Policies

False Statements/Materials: If a candidate for admission to Dartmouth makes a false statement or submits falsified material in connection with his or her application, and the misrepresentation is discovered after the candidate has been admitted, the offer of admission ordinarily will be withdrawn. If the misrepresentation is discovered after a student arrives on campus or at any time during their enrollment, the student will be subject to loss of credits earned and disciplinary action that could include separation from the College. If the discovery occurs after a degree has been awarded, the degree normally will be rescinded.

Equal Opportunity: Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth (Dartmouth Engineering) actively supports equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race or ethnic background. No student will be denied admission or be otherwise discriminated against because of sex, handicap, religion, sexual orientation, race, color, or national origin.

Dartmouth prepares an annual Security and Fire Safety Report which is available to all current and prospective employees and students. The report includes statistics of reported crimes that have occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings, or on property owned or controlled by Dartmouth, and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus as well as reported fires occurring in residential facilities. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning sexual assault, fire safety, and other matters. You may download a copy of this report by contacting the Director of Safety and Security and the College Proctor at +1 (603) 646-4000.

A non-refundable application fee of $50 is required of all applicants, except for Dartmouth College or Thayer students and alumni. The fee must be paid by credit card. Applications will not be processed until this fee is received.

Three (3) letters of recommendation are required, which must be completed and submitted online directly by your recommender. Please have your recommenders complete the evaluation form which will be emailed to them and submit a signed letter on their official institutional letterhead. If your recommender's company or institution has a policy against letterhead, they must provide a copy of this policy with the recommendation letter.

Letters of recommendation should ideally come from your college professors using their official school email address. Applicants with work or military experience or who are currently in another graduate program should submit a recommendation from their immediate supervisor, a current or former employer, or someone who knows them well through some other professional or community activity.

All applicants are required to submit academic transcripts from each undergraduate or graduate institution from which you obtained your degrees (eg. your bachelor's degree or other advanced degrees.)

You may scan and upload a copy of your academic transcript (not diploma) issued by the institution(s) from which you obtained your undergraduate degree(s) and any advanced/graduate degree(s) directly to the online application.

For grading scales other than 4.0 grading scales: Please include documentation indicating the scale.

Applicants with international transcripts are encouraged to submit a transcript evaluation from WES (World Education Services) along with their Dartmouth Engineering application. While a WES evaluation is not mandatory for admission, it can help expedite the application review process. If you are admitted, you will need to submit official academic transcripts for all your international coursework and credentials. WES evaluations can be used instead of official transcripts, but they must be sent directly to Dartmouth Engineering by the evaluation service provider, and they must include a copy of the official transcripts that were evaluated.

Non-Degree Coursework: If you attended institutions other than those from which your degree(s) were granted, you are required to scan and upload your academic transcripts from these institutions (transfer coursework, domestic or study-abroad programs, postgraduate non-degree coursework, etc.).

If you have more than three undergraduate transcripts or three graduate transcripts to upload, please combine them by uploading a file that contains more than one transcript.

Remember:

• Scan BOTH sides of your transcript (provided the second side is not blank).
• Depending on the scanner and software, you may either insert individual images (.jpg) into a single word processing document for upload, OR if your software produces a .pdf, simply upload that file.
• The file must be less than 1 MB, in a standard format, WITHOUT password protection or macros. Any of these problems will cause the upload process to fail.
• A diploma is not a transcript.

If you upload a scanned copy of your transcript, you do not need to send a hard copy. The scanned copy fulfills the requirement for the application process. Upon admission, you will be required to supply an official hard copy of your transcript.

Admitted Students: If admitted, you are required to request ONE official, original hardcopy transcript be mailed to Thayer (mailing address below) directly from each college and/or university you have attended in a signed, sealed envelope. We will accept a transcript via email if that is your prior institution's method of transcript delivery.

International applicants must make arrangements to have their academic records translated and sent along with originals. Where American-style transcripts are not used, the applicant must include all available records including courses, grades, degrees, and rank-in-class. The appropriate university officials must certify these records. Evaluations from WES (World Education Services) can be used instead of official transcripts, but they must be sent directly to Dartmouth Engineering by the evaluation service provider, and they must include a copy of the official transcripts that were evaluated.

Upon admission, supporting materials such as transcripts should be mailed to:

Graduate Admissions
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
15 Thayer Drive
Hanover, NH 03755

Areas of Interest: Applicants admitted to the MEM program may select electives across several areas including data analytics, product management, entrepreneurship, high-tech, healthcare, and energy. In the application, you will be prompted to rank your interests in order of importance to you.

Essays: The following two essays are required. If possible, keep your essay(s) to a maximum of two pages.

1. A statement of purpose describing your interests and career goals and the reasons you wish to pursue graduate studies at Thayer
2. An essay specific to the MEM program

CV/Resume: Upload your most recent CV or resume with your application.

Financial Aid: In the application, you must specify whether you will be applying for need-based financial aid. Need-based financial aid is available to all eligible full-time international and domestic students. If you select 'yes' to applying for financial aid, you will also need to complete the online CSS Profile application form at some point after submitting your MEM application. Learn more about applying for financial aid.

Optional Essay: Dartmouth Engineering is committed to a climate that acknowledges and embraces diversity of perspectives and backgrounds, supporting a culture that fosters inclusion and actively pursues equity. In this optional essay, applicants are encouraged to share how their personal perspectives and unique life experiences will contribute to Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Engineering community.

Non-US citizens, with the exception of those who are earning or have earned a degree from institutions in the United States or Canada, need to submit language proficiency test scores. For all graduate programs, Dartmouth Engineering accepts the following English proficiency tests: TOEFL, IELTS, and Duolingo. During the application process, self-reported scores are acceptable. However, once admitted, students will be required to submit official test results directly from the testing organization.

​​Applicants from only the following countries are not required to report language proficiency test scores: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Slovenia, and Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

IELTS scores should be sent to "Dartmouth College" with the ETS code 3360.

GREs are optional for all Dartmouth Engineering graduate programs. If you would like to include GRE scores to give the admissions committee a better understanding of your qualifications, we accept self-reported scores at the time of application. If you enter self-reported scores, you will be required to provide official scores if admitted. Visit the ETS website and use code 3360.