The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M MECHANICAL

University invites applications for fall 2011 admission from truly ENGINEERING
outstanding U.S. students (citizens and permanent residents),
especially women, students from under-represented minority
groups,
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http://ogs.tamu.edu/ For information about our graduate program, and our faculty and their research, please visit our web site at
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http://meen.tamu.edu. 2010 our admission acceptance rate was 10.6%,
10 6% 69% of the admitted students
chose to attend Texas A&M University, 30% of our new graduate students were women, and the overall average
Merit Award: $25,000 for one year, GRE-Q score was 775 for these new students.
$8 000/yr for two years for tuition
$8,000/yr
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fees*, and a guarantee of an RA or $30,000/yr, $10,000/yr for tuition and
Level I Award: $40,000/yr
$40 000/yr for 4 years
TA, with health insurance paid, for fees*, and $1,000/yr for travelling, for
Level II Award: $15,000/yr for 4 years
the duration of the fellowship two years
Eligibility (U.S. students only) Eligibility (U.S. students only) Eligibility (U.S. students only)
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Nomination Deadline Application Deadline fellowship
fellowship.
Nominations will be due in late January Applications will be due on February 1 Nomination Deadline
or earlyy Februaryy for the followingg fall for the followingg fall semester. Special
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semester. No awards will be considered cases for spring semester awards will or early March for the following fall
for the spring semester. be considered. semester.

*Graduate tuition and fees: $3,163.92 each semester (9 hours) for fall 2010 and spring 2011; $2,251.92 for summer (6 hours).