Applicants must hold a bachelor of science in mechanical or industrial engineering, or a closely related field, from an accredited engineering program. If the baccalaureate is in a non-engineering or science area, students may be required to complete prerequisite courses without graduate degree credit. For transfer credit, students should refer to the general policies of the College of Graduate Studies. The graduate programs are open to all qualified individuals with a bachelor of science (B.S.)/master of science (M.S.) in engineering. Applicants should have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in previous undergraduate work and at least 3.3 in previous graduate work. Students with a degree in another field may be eligible for admission, provided they meet the minimum background requirement, which includes two years of calculus through differential equations and one year of engineering physics. In some cases, other prerequisite courses may be required. Course credits for meeting undergraduate prerequisites are not applied toward the graduate degree. Check individual programs for specific admissions requirements.

A complete application for admission includes the following items:

application for admission to the College of Graduate Studies,
statement of purpose in the application that indicates the areas of engineering in which the applicant is interested,
payment of the application fee,
application for graduate assistantship to the College of Graduate Studies, (optional)
two or three letters of recommendation, depending on program,
official transcripts of all previous college-level work,
scores of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), if required,
financial statement (for international students),
English language proficiency scores for students from non-English speaking countries. UToledo accepts scores from the TOEFL IBT (80 or above), TOEFL PBT (550 or above), IELTS (6.5 or above)