General Questions
Students are assigned an academic advisor closer to the start of the semester.
Spring start students will be assigned an academic advisor on September 1
Fall start students will be assigned an academic advisor on February 1
Once students have an advisor they can set up an appointment with their advisor right on your myASU. Until an advisor is assigned, students will email SEMTEGrad@asu.edu.
A full-time student is expected to be enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit hours.
International students must be enrolled in at least 9 credit hours, and at least 6 of which are in-person or hybrid.
Students who are offered a TA or RA position will be required to enroll in 12 credit hours.
International students are eligible to participate in the an internship once in the program as long as they meet the following requirements:
must have a GPA of 3.0 (3.25 for MAE PhD) and be in good academic standing at the time of application. Students on academic probation are not eligible.
Maintenance of F-1 status (full-time, on-campus) for a minimum of one academic year in your current degree program
Students must have an approved iPOS on file on file before applying for CPT. Once approved students will add the appropriate 584 course to the iPOS in the Open Courses section.
An internship is not required for the program and will not apply to the plan of study. Learn more here.
Registration
You will register for your classes through Class Search.
Please view the Welcome Presentation to learn how to navigate class search and register for classes.
All add, drop, and withdraw deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar.
A prerequisite means you need to take that course before you enroll in the following course.
A corequisite means you need to take that course AT LEAST at the same time as the given course. So, you can take the course earlier or at the same time.
All prerequisites and corequisites are listed under each course on the Class Search.
Some courses are reserved for specific student groups. If you do not meet the reserve criteria and belong to that specific group, the system will not allow you to enroll in the course.
The most common reserves you will meet are for Ira A. Fulton Students, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE), and ones designated for your specific major.
All reserves are listed under the course on Class Search.
Some reserves expire, so you may be eligible to enroll after the date listed if you meet the pre-requisites.
If you receive an error message and are not able to resolve the issue, please email a screenshot of the error message to SEMTEGrad@asu.edu or your academic advisor.
Below are a few reasons you may receive an error message when trying to register for classes:
You do not meet the pre-requisites- You cannot register for a course unless you have completed all pre-requisites listed under the course on class search.
You are not registered for the co-requisite- If this is the case, enroll in the co-requisite (listed under the course on class search) then try enrolling in the course again.
You do not meet the course reserves- If you do not meet the reserve you can try finding another section that you do meet the reserve for. If you do not meet any of the course reserves, you can reach out to your advisor for assistance.
The class is full- If the class is full, you will not be able to register. You can look for an alternative section or monitor class search to see if a seat becomes available.
International Students
To get a student visa, you must first apply and be admitted to ASU. Once admitted, you must apply for an I-20 through ASU by uploading the required documentation. Once you receive your SEVIS number from the I-20 created by ASU, you’ll apply for your student visa through your country’s embassy. The visa process includes some paperwork and an in-person interview with an immigration officer at your local embassy. The embassy then creates the student visa with your passport and will indicate the dates you can arrive in the U.S. for your studies.
The SEMTE Advising Office does not process I-20 requests.
You can review the I-20 FAQs here or contact ASU Admission Services at gograd@asu.edu.
The SEMTE Advising office does not process I-20 requestes.