CEGSP Admissions

Prospective students interested in applying to the Civil Engineering Graduate Studies Program (CEGSP) or the Master of Structural Engineering professional program are required to submit an online application through Graduate and Professional Admissions.

Learn more on the Graduate and Professional Admissions website.

Application Fees

Graduate and Professional Admissions charge a fee of $60 for U.S. students and $70 for international students in order to process an application. Our department is unable to waive this fee.

Applicants are invited to review the available application fee waiver information provided by Graduate and Professional Admissions

Your CV should be no more than two pages in length, and typically include the following information regarding the applicant:

• educational history (school name, thesis topic and advisor)
• GPA summary and ranking
• research / industry experience (research publications, project presentations/conferences, industrial projects and internships, research interest areas)
• special skills (programming skills, commercial software, etc.)
• department / university service (if any)
• extracurricular activities

Three letters of recommendation are required. Academic references (e.g., department chair, classroom instructor or academic advisor) are preferred, and at least one of the three letters should be from an academic reference.

Letters should be submitted electronically on institutional letterhead and must include a completed copy of the approved university evaluation form.

Learn more about managing references in the application system.

Success at Ohio State depends upon your ability to converse in, write and understand English. The university requires official TOEFL, Duolingo or IELTS test of English scores from applicants:

• whose native language is not English,
• who have been educated primarily outside of the U.S., or
• who have held U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee status for less than one year from the first term of enrollment.

To be official, score results must be received directly from the testing agency (ETS, Duolingo or IELTS) by your application deadline. Use ETS institution code 1592 if sending a TOEFL score.

Visit Graduate Admissions website to learn about requirements and exemptions to Proof of English proficiency.