Combined Plan Program Admissions

Admission is offered for the fall semester only. The application fee is $70.

Your completed application must include all of the following:

• Part 1 and Part 2 of the Combined Plan application;
• All official post-secondary school/college transcripts;
• Any Advanced Placement test scores already taken;
• The Statement of Good Standing, containing a recommendation from your Combined Plan Program liaison;
• Two faculty recommendations—one each from a Science and a Math Instructor;
• Course descriptions of the courses that you have or are currently taking which fulfill the pre-requisites prescribed in the Pre-Combined Plan Curriculum Guide;

Applications will be accepted between January 1 and March 15. After March 15, applications will be reviewed on a space availability basis. Applicants will be notified of a decision no later than April 15. Your reply to an offer of admission must be postmarked by May 15.

Guaranteed admission into The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science’s undergraduate Combined Plan Program is offered to applicants who have met the following requirements.

1. Have been enrolled at an affiliated school for at least the past 2 years.
2. Receive an overall GPA and a pre-engineering GPA of 3.0 or higher.
3. Receive 3 favorable recommendations: from your Combined Plan liaison and both your science and math instructors at your home institution.
4. Successful completion of the course load stipulated by the articulation agreement between your home institution and Columbia, which includes:
• the science and math prerequisite courses listed in the Pre-Combined Plan Curriculum Guide and
• the major and distribution requirements prescribed by your home institution.

For guaranteed admission, the following courses are required, at minimum, for all majors:

• Calculus (4 terms); Ordinary Differential Equations (not required for all majors)
• Physics (2 terms) plus lab; Modern Physics (not required for all majors)
• Chemistry (2 terms) plus lab (the second semester of Chemistry is not required for all majors)
• Computer Science (1 term)
• Economics (1 term)
• English Composition (1 term)

For the additional courses required for each specific major, please refer to the Pre-Combined Plan Curriculum Guide.

Although the courses listed in the Pre-Combined Plan Curriculum guide are required for guaranteed admission, an applicant who has not met the requirements is still considered for admission at the discretion of the Combined Plan admissions committee. In particular, the Economics and English requirements can be completed the summer before your first year at SEAS or, if your schedule allows, during your first year at SEAS.

Please note that Combined Plan students are required to finish the program at Columbia in four consecutive semesters.

Combined Plan Program Financial Aid

For U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents, Persons granted refugee visas by the U.S., and Mexican and Canadian Citizens:

• Columbia is need-blind, meaning an applicant’s financial need does not affect his or her chances of admission.
• Columbia will meet 100% of demonstrated financial need for Combined Plan Program students with an award that is comprised of federal loans, work-study and University grant.
• Need is determined after students and parents have completed the FAFSA, CSS Profile and submitted most recent copies of their Federal Tax Return and W-2 statements.

For international students:

• International students who meet the requirements for Combined Plan Program guaranteed admission will be admitted regardless of their ability to pay.
• Columbia provides limited funding for Combined Plan Program international students. Annually, the Combined Plan Program Financial Aid Committee determines the amount of Columbia Grant that partially fulfills a student’s financial need.
• Grant amount is guaranteed for the two years needed to complete the requirements for the engineering degree.
• There is an expectation that a student secures loans from non-University sources to supplement their Columbia University grant. In many cases, a student must find an American citizen to co-sign for these loans. Unfortunately, there are no institutional funds for international students whose circumstances change or whose sponsor/co-signer fails to provide support.