The M.E. and M.S. are offered by all departments and the M.S. is offered in graduate-level interdisciplinary programs, which include aerospace, biomedical, computer and systems, environmental, materials, and petroleum engineering. All graduate students who are U.S. citizens and who have at least a B average from an accredited university in the United States and high GRE scores may be considered for a research or teaching assistantship.
Financial assistance is also available to exceptional international students.
Students on fellowship or holding a half-time teaching or research assistantship automatically qualify for resident tuition. A graduate assistant tuition fellowship is available covering 9 hours of resident tuition. Most graduate students enrolled at the University live off campus. About 2,280 students are enrolled in the Cullen College of Engineering, including 646 graduate students. Location Houston is the fourth-largest city in the nation and maintains a high rate of economic growth.