Admissions Process
Your admission to either of the two ABE graduate programs (agricultural and biosystems engineering and industrial and agricultural technology) requires:
- admission to graduate school by the ISU Graduate College
- approval of the ABE Graduate Program Committee
- acceptance by a major professor
- evidence of financial support, by either (1) an assistantship letter of intent, or (2) demonstrated self-support.
For the agricultural and biosystems engineering graduate program:
- A BS degree in an engineering discipline is required for full admission.
- Provisional admission may be considered for applicants with a BS degree in a non-engineering discipline.
The graduate application process at Iowa State University is “self-managed,” which means that the applicant manages his/her own application by collecting the appropriate materials and sending them to the appropriate addresses.