Credit Transfer Policies
Transferring Credits from Other Pratt School Departments into the MEM Program
Students may utilize up to three graduate courses taken as an MS or PhD student in the Pratt School of Engineering as technical electives in the MEM Program. Generally, these courses should be taken concurrently with the MEM degree or within the previous four years. Thus, an MS or PhD student can receive the MEM degree by completing five additional courses, four of which are the core courses, the internship requirement, and the seminar series. Approval from the MEM Program Executive Director is required. Admission to the MEM Program is separate from admission to other graduate programs at the Pratt School of Engineering and the MEM courses are paid for separately from the student’s MS or PhD graduate courses.
Generally, the credits to be used for both degrees will only be seen on the MS/PhD transcript and will count only toward the student’s MS/PhD grade point average.
Students in dual degree programs will receive both degrees simultaneously. Students will not be permitted to receive one degree in a different term than the other, even if coursework for one of the degrees has been completed.
Transferring Credits from The Fuqua School of Business into an Ad Hoc Joint Degree with the MEM Program
If a student has completed the Fuqua MBA course requirements, then they will be allowed to waive three of the core courses in the MEM Program: Engineering Management 510 (Marketing), Engineering Management 530 (Finance in High-Tech Industries), and Engineering Management 540 (Management in High-Tech Industries). Thus, a student can receive the MEM degree by completing five additional courses, the internship requirement, the seminar series and other miscellaneous required activities in the MEM Program. The five courses the student must complete include the required Engineering Management 520 (Intellectual Property, Business Law, and Entrepreneurship) core course and four technical electives. Admission to the MEM Program is separate from admission to The Fuqua School of Business.
Transferring Credits from Other Universities
Transfer of credits for courses from other universities is not allowed. A total of eight courses must be taken at Duke.
Transferring Credits from the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
Students in the United States Navy, who have completed their Nuclear Power Training, may transfer a maximum of six credit hours toward the Master of Engineering Management degree. These credits will be listed as Duke Equivalent courses with the grade ‘TR.’ In order to transfer Nuclear Power Training course credit, students must submit their academic and Joint Services Transcripts to the academic coordinator after admission to the MEM Program. The academic coordinator will request that the registrar transfer 6.0 credits to the student’s academic record.
Program Transfer Policies
Transferring into Pratt’s Professional Masters Programs from The Graduate School (MS/Ph.D. to MEM)
Students may transfer into Professional Masters Programs offered by the Pratt School of Engineering from The Graduate School with the approval of The Graduate School, the original department and the new department.
Students may be able to transfer some Graduate School application documents to the Pratt School of Engineering. To request the release of these documents, please submit the Authorization and Consent to Release of Educational Record Form to The Graduate School. If original letters of recommendation are not available, the student may request Letters of Recommendation from his/her current department.
If a student is leaving the MS or PhD degree and will not earn the full degree, credits may transfer with grades that will count toward the Professional Masters Program grade point average.
