Admission Requirements

Students doing satisfactory work usually qualify for admission to the College after they have completed two semesters of full-time work in pre-engineering and meet the following requirements:

  1. UNO continuing and re-entry students:
    12 credits* earned with a 3.0 GPA** or
    18 credits* earned with a 2.5 GPA** or
    24 credits* earned with a 2.2 GPA**

    * Excluding credit earned in remedial courses.
    ** On both UNO and all work attempted.
    The above hours include credits earned through Advanced Placement Examinations.
  2. New transfer students from colleges and unversities other than UNO:
    24 credits with a 2.5 GPA overall
    (Students who have been enrolled at UNO as well as at other universities should read about transfers for further information.)
  3. The student must have completed appropriate courses in algebra and trigonometry or equivalent advanced placement to qualify for registration in a first course in calculus.
  4. Students who are not admitted to the College of Engineering are not eligible to enroll in engineering classes at or above the 3000 level.