Engineering follows Butler’s standard first-year admission process. For official application requirements and deadlines, please refer to the First-Year Admission page: https://www.butler.edu/admission-aid/first-year/

For students interested in Engineering, the department also shares the following preferred admission profile to help applicants understand what preparation typically looks like.

Preferred profile (weighted GPA):

• Test-submitting students: 3.5+ weighted GPA and 23+ ACT or 550+ SAT Math
• Test-optional students: 3.7+ weighted GPA

These are preferences, not separate application requirements. If you have questions about your individual situation, we recommend connecting with Admissions.

It is standard for engineering majors nationally to take four or more years to complete their bachelor’s degrees due to the coursework required. This could depend on the number of credits they enter college with and if they plan to double major, study abroad, or complete courses over the summer. At Butler, all of our Engineering degrees have a plan of study designed to be completed in four years. Engineering majors who want to double major can work with their academic advisor to create a guaranteed five-year plan, and there are also study abroad options for Engineering majors who want to complete their degree in four years.

If you aren’t sure whether to select Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering as your major, you can enter Butler as Exploratory Engineering. Exploratory Engineering majors take the same courses as other Engineering majors for their first two semesters and decide their major at the end of their first year. This way, you can spend time thinking about your career path while still working toward graduating on time.

The previous five-year Engineering Dual Degree Program (EDDP) was a partnership between the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler University and the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis. While living on Butler’s campus, students earned two degrees: a degree in Engineering from Purdue University and a degree from Butler University in one of over 13 approved majors from other STEM fields, social sciences, and the arts.

This new era of Engineering at Butler means students will be receiving a Butler degree in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, with the liberal arts training still deeply ingrained in the program. Students still have the option to double major in five years for a more well-rounded, competitive educational background.

Each Engineering major is preparing to seek accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

All three Butler Engineering majors will complete core Engineering degree requirements, including Introduction to Computer Programming, Calculus, Differential Equations, Introduction to Physics, and General Chemistry. 

These are the same courses that have been supporting our STEM majors and EDDP students for many years, and Butler faculty look forward to continuing to support new cohorts of Butler engineers into the future.