Highly qualified students who are committed to pursuing a career in research, development, or at an academic institution are encouraged to apply to Georgia Tech's aerospace engineering doctoral program. The program considers applications from both undergraduate and masters candidates.
The Georgia Tech AE doctoral curriculum includes:
AE Interdisciplinary Doctoral Degrees
The institute also offers aerospace and other students an opportunity to pursue four different multidisciplinary degrees:
- Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Computational Science and Engineering,
- Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Robotics,
- Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Machine Learning, and
- Doctor of philosophy with a major in bioengineering.
The following chart summarizes the overall distribution of credit-hours that all PhD AE students must follow
Ph.D. Credit-hour requirements |
Credit-hours after completing
|
|
AE Graduate Seminar |
AE 8002* |
|
Formal Courses (not including: thesis, research or AE8900) |
42 credit-hours total |
|
AE Classes |
At least 18 hours |
|
Math |
At least 9 hours |
|
Non-technical** |
No more than 6 hours |
|
Hours at 6000 or above |
At least 36 hours |
*AE8002 (1 credit hr. P/F) is required during the first graduate year in residence at GT but does not count toward the 42 credit-hours needed for the degree. The AE8002 requirement is waived for distance-learning students.
**Technical courses are any courses in the College of Engineering, College of Science or College of Computing; all other courses are considered non-technical.
The following is a brief summary of the requirements and is not meant to cover all aspects. Students should see the AE Graduate Handbook for a complete description of the requirements for the Ph.D. AE degree.
Students pursuing a doctoral degree from the School of Aerospace Engineering must complete 42 credit-hours of graduate-level coursework:
- Complete one (1) semester of the AE Graduate Seminar course (AE 8002) during the first year in residence in the AE graduate program;
- No fewer than 36 credit-hours of coursework must be at the 6000-level or above;
- Up to six (6) credit-hours of graduate coursework may be taken at the 4000-level;
- Any 4000-level courses taken as a required course in the undergraduate AE major cannot count toward the fulfillment of the doctoral degree;
- Up to 30 credit-hours of coursework may come from the fulfillment of a masters degree, earned at Georgia Tech or at any accredited institution in the world;
- Nine (9) credit-hours of graduate study must be in courses that have a prefix of "MATH" or taken from the approved list of mathematics classes in the AE Graduate Handbook.
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