DEADLINES

Planning your degree or preparing for graduation?

Review the MEME Graduate Student Handbook for an overview of advising, required forms, committee milestones, and graduation planning. Confirm current deadlines with MEP and UNM Graduate Studies.

Download the MEME Graduate Student Handbook (PDF)

APPLICATION DEADLINES:

Apply directly through UNM’s graduate application portal and select Manufacturing Engineering under the School of Engineering. The current application instructions identify it as its own program selection. The University of New Mexico

  1. Open the UNM Graduate Application Portal and create an account or sign in.
  2. Select School of Engineering → Manufacturing Engineering, for the Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering (MEME).
  3. Choose your intended admission term.
  4. Upload transcripts and a letter of intent, enter your recommenders, and complete the application requirements.
  5. Submit the application and arrange for official transcripts to be sent to UNM Admissions.

MEME and MEME/MBA Application DEADLINES for Domestic Students are:

  • July 30: Fall Semester
  • November 30: Spring Semester
  • April 30: Summer Session.

MEME and MEME/MBA Application for International Students are:

  • March 1: Fall semester
  • August 1: Spring Semester
  • January 1: Summer Session


PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for the MS/Mfg degrees need to check with the departmental (ME or ECE) deadlines, which might be earlier than those listed above. In such cases, it is important that you consult individual departments and meet their specific deadline requirements.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS


Except for courses in which you are currently enrolled, ALL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS(including thesis and dissertation manuscripts, graduate exams and defenses, and incomplete grades) MUST BE COMPLETED and RELATED DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED BY OGS by the following DEADLINES: 

Fall Graduation - November 15
Spring Graduation - April 15
Summer Graduation - July 15


INTENT TO GRADUATE (PDF)


This notification will not be accepted until a Program of Studies for Master's Degree
has been approved by the MEP and submitted to the Dean of Graduate Studies. The Notification of Intent to Graduate must be submitted to the MEP by the followingDEADLINES:

Fall Graduation - July 1; Spring Graduation - December 1; Summer Graduation - May 1.

NOTE 1: OGS requires that graduation lists be composed by the end of the semester prior to the semester of graduation.
NOTE 2: Except for courses in which you are currently enrolled, ALL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (including thesis and dissertation manuscripts, graduate exams and defenses, and incomplete grades) MUST BE COMPLETED and RELATED DOCUMENTATION RECEIVED BY OGS by the following DEADLINES:

Fall Graduation - November 15; Spring Graduation - April 15; Summer Graduation - July 15.
                                                                                                                             

TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION OF DEGREE:


All work used to meet degree requirements for a master’s degree, including transfer credit, must be completed within a seven-year period immediately preceding the granting of the degree. Course work older than seven years cannot be used to meet requirements for the master’s degree. Graduate units may impose stricter limitations on the time limit for completion of degree requirements.

(see UNM On-line Catalog)

Doctoral candidates have five (5) calendar years from the semester in which they pass their doctoral comprehensive examination to complete the degree requirements. The final requirement is generally the acceptance of the student’s dissertation by the Dean of Graduate Studies.

(see UNM On-line Catalog)