The program admits students with a four-year bachelor's degree earned in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) field. Students who have taken courses in programming, object oriented programming, data structures and algorithms during their bachelor's degree will be admitted unconditionally (e.g., students with a computer science background). Students who do not have these classes will need to take two prerequisite courses: CS 581 and CS 582 prior to entry into the degree program. Applicants needing prerequisite coursework must take it through Wichita State University. Those needing to take prerequisite courses may be admitted simultaneously to nondegree Category A status and this degree program (conditionally). Upon successful completion (C or better) of this coursework, the student will be considered full standing in the degree program. If the prerequisite coursework is not successful, the degree-seeking admission may be deferred until courses are successfully completed (up to one year).

To be considered for admission to the program, a student must have earned a GPA of at least 3.000 (or equivalent GPA) in an earned bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university, or international equivalent. Students whose bachelor's degree is from an institution outside the U.S. are also required to submit official scores of the GRE General Test.

TOEFL - 79 on the internet-based test, or 550 on the paper-based test.
IELTS - minimum overall band score of 6.5 is required