Registration Procedures
Changes In Registration
Transfer of Credit
Independent Study
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Registration Procedures
There are several times during the year when you will register for courses offered by the Graduate School. In addition to your initial registration, these dates are as follows:
Registration Deadlines:
Registration for spring term
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November |
Registration for fall term
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March |
Registration for summer research
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March - July |
Continuing students who fail to pre-register during these specified periods can register later, but a late fee of $50 (subject to change) is imposed.
To look at courses that are offered, you can go the
Administrative Computing Services course search engine or to the MAE Course Listings. The Graduate Director will provide more information regarding courses offered for each semester. Please look at the web site of the New Brunswick/Piscataway Registrar for more information and deadlines.
You have two mailboxes at Rutgers: One at the Busch Post Office (BPO) and one at the MAE Dept. Graduate Office, in room B229. Please use your BPO NO. for personal mail. Your mailbox at the MAE Graduate Office is for official Rutgers Business only. Any student living on campus is able to obtain a BPO No. If you live off campus, have your personal mail sent to that address and not to the MAE department.
Numbers required for registration: School 16, Major 650. Class codes are 10 - M.S. students, 40 for Ph.D. students (pre-qualifying exam), 50 for Ph.D. candidates (after passing the qualifying examination).
Note: Registration in a 400 level undergraduate course (for graduate credit) requires the approval of the Graduate Director. The department does not allow credit for a 300 or lower level course.
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. Students holding appointments will receive the form RT100, Tuition Remission Application--Graduate from the MAE Department Office B-235. Return the RT-100 card with your term bill to the cashier in Administrative Services Building, Busch Campus.
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 work 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.
Students beginning their first semester in this department must complete a registration form provided by the registrar. See New Student Registration Page for more details.
Changes In Registration
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.
We ask that you consult your advisor or the Graduate Director regarding changes even though the registrar will accept changes without formal approval. A simple error can change your status in the Graduate School, a change that may affect your program. For example, a full-time student will automatically lose his/her full-time status if the number of credits drops below 9 credits. After the initial two-week period, the only changes allowed are course drops. The required signatures depend on the number of weeks elapsed since the beginning of the term. Refer to the Graduate School Academic Calendar for specific dates.
If you plan to discontinue your studies for one or two terms, you must enroll in 650:800-Matriculation Continued. Registration in this "no-credit" course will retain your active status. However, enrollment in this course beyond two terms may result in the need to apply for readmission. M.S. students or Ph.D. students who have completed less than 30 credits, or who have been admitted to Candidacy for the Ph.D. must file a Restoration of Active Status form.
Transfer of Credit from Another University
A student in the M.S. program can transfer up to 12 course credits from another institution. The transferred courses must be at the graduate level and with grades of B or better. The transfer process requires approval of the Graduate Director of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as well as approval of the Graduate School. You must fill out the transfer of credit form (available in B229) in triplicate.
A student in the Ph.D. program can transfer up to 24 course credits from another institution. Same rules apply as in the M.S. Program.
Note: In order to be eligible for transfer credits, a student must first complete 12 credits at Rutgers with grades of B or better.
Independent Study
A student in the M.S. program may register for only one Independent Study (650:601, 602) course. In the Ph.D. program one may register for one Independent Study course in addition to the one he/she took at the M.S. level.
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