Graduate Program in Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
Registration Information for New Students
You should follow the procedure below when registering as a new student:
Make sure you attend the orientation sessions offered by the Graduate School and by the International Office. This is especially important for foreign students, as the number of requirements that you need to be aware of has increased in recent years.
When you arrive at Rutgers, you must first visit the Center for International Students and Faculty and the MAE Graduate Program Office. At the International office you will let them know that you have arrived, attend orientation sessions and learn about how to register yourself with U.S. immigration authorities.
You need to come by the MAE Graduate office (Room B229 in the Engineering Building) to let us know that you have arrived, to introduce yourself, to meet the Graduate Program Director (Prof. Baruh) and Graduate Program Secretary (Mrs. Jenkins), to have your picture taken, and to make an appointment with Prof. Baruh for your registration. You can drop by, or you can send us an email to make an appointment.
The Graduate Program Director will give you an overview of the MAE Department, our graduate offerings and other general information. Also, you will discuss courses you want to take and the Graduate Program Director will sign your registration form. If you have a GA appointment you should meet with your professor after (or before) you meet with the Graduate Program Director.
During your meeting with the Graduate Program Director, you will also fill out the registration form. Your first registration at Rutgers has to be done in person. After that, you can add/drop classes or register for future semesters by yourself, and you won't need the approval of the Graduate Program Director.
If you have financial support in the form of a TA, GA or Fellow, you next have to go to the MAE Dept. office (in Room B235) and you will be added to the payroll (so you can receive a salary) and also given form RT-100 (tuition remission form). This is the form you will use at the Cashier's office to receive your tuition remission.
Once you have your registration form signed, you then go to the Registrar, which is located in the Room 200F of the Administrative Services Building (ASB). If you draw a line from the Engineering building to the Busch Student Center, ASB can be found by extending that line. There, you submit the registration form and officially register.
Once your registration is accepted, you will be given a term bill which shows the tuition you owe. Depending on the day you register, you will have up to two weeks to pay the term bill. The term bill needs to be paid at the Cashier's Office, which is located at the third floor of the ASB.
If you have tuition remission from Rutgers and have the RT-100 form with you, submit the RT-100 form, together with your term bill, to the Cashier.
Once your term bill is paid, you are officially a Rutgers student. Your next step is to go to the Busch Student Center and have your identification card prepared. You should do this one day after your term bill is paid. Your photograph will be taken and you will be issued the RU identification card. The student identification number that is given to you is different from your Social Security Number.
Once your registration is complete, you will also receive a Rutgers mailbox number (mailbox located at Busch Student Center) as well as an email account from the university. You will also have a mailbox at the MAE Graduate Office. Your mailbox at the MAE Graduate Office is for official Rutgers business only, no personal use.
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The following gives more details regarding registration: Your School Code is 16, and the MAE Department code is 650.
A graduate student may take a maximum of 16 credits in a given semester. Any student wishing to take more than 16 credits in a given semester must get the approval of the Program Graduate Director and at the Graduate School, 25 Bishop Place, College Ave. Campus. GAs and TAs are required to register for 650:866 or 650:877 (6 credits) indicating the 'E' credit prefix.
Teaching Assistantship and Graduate Assistantship credits are included in this count of 16 credits, so a student with a full Teaching Assistantship or Graduate Assistantship (6 'E' credits) is entitled to 10 credits of course and/or research for a total of 16 credits. Excess credits will not be approved when research credits are involved. Registration for excess credits may, however, be considered when English as a Second Language course work is involved.
The following sample registration form is given as a guide.
Name: Typical Graduate Fellow
Rutgers I.D. No.
School: 16 Class (10), (40) or (50)
Billing No.
Term: Fall/Spring, 20--
Course Title
School No.
Subject No.
Course No.
Section No.
Credits
Index No.
By Arr.
Credit Hr. Pref.
Fluid Mech. I
Expert Systems
Vibrations
MAE Research
MAE Seminar
Fellowship
Course registration may be changed within the first two weeks of a semester. Please look at the web site of the New Brunswick/Piscataway Registrar for more information and deadlines.
