IELTS 7.0 TOEFL IBT 87 TOEFL PBT 560 All Official Transcripts Applicants for the PhD program must have a GPA of 3.5 in their MS degree andor in their junior and senior years of their bachelors degree Applicants interested in a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering are not required to have completed the masters degree in order to be considered for admission Those admitted to the PhD program without a masters degree are required to complete the UCLA MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering while proceeding toward the PhD The writing sample is part of the University application It is not required by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department However if a writing sample is submitted as part of the application it will be available for the review committees consideration and may be used as part of the evaluation No updates of the writing sample will be accepted All applicants are encouraged to doublecheck all aspects of their application before submitting The Statement of Purpose SOP should be precise and brief The statement should be no more than 2 pages and should contain only those personal details that would aid the admissions review process A ResumeCV is required from all applicants Please upload the ResumeCV onto the Supporting Documents section of the application Applicants who have completed any graduatelevel coursework must provide official records from the institutions where the coursework was taken Applicants who hold a masters degree are expected to apply directly to the PhD program Students who already hold a MS or PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering or in a closely related field will not be admitted for a duplicate degree at the same level Furthermore after entering the program no change in degree objective will be approved that would result in the granting of a duplicate degree at a level for which a student has an existing degree in Electrical and computer Engineering or closely related field Fields considered closely related are other disciplines of engineering computer science physics and mathematics All candidates to the MS and PhD programs must have received a bachelors degree from an accredited and recognized college or university The University Graduate Division requires that applicants have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0-4.0 However the most competitive applicants have GPAs within the range of the most recently admitted applications