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UT Dallas is a public research university located in Richardson, within Dallas-Fort Worth area. UT Dallas is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity.“ (according to Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education)
It was established in 1969 and enrolls 30,000+ students, across 7 schools, offering 140+ undergraduate and graduate programs to students from 110+ countries where 30% of the undergraduates is made up of transfer students.
The region hosts 23 Fortune 500 companies, including tech giants like Texas Instruments, AT&T, and Jacobs Engineering, 600+ technology companies, such as Ericsson, Cisco Systems, and Fujitsu.
They have nationally-ranked programs in STEM and offer ABET accredited programs, including Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
5+1 Bridge Program for Engineering Students
Stage 1: At PSUT, undergraduate students take 9 master's credits (3 courses) as per the courses in the table below.
Stage 2: At UTD, these 9 credits are transferred toward their Master's Degree, where students take 21 additional credits (in 7 courses) to an accelerated their master's degree.
Stage 3: Students end up with a PSUT Bachelor's degree and a UT Dallas Master's degree in either Electrical Engineering or in Computer Engineering.
PSUT's senior engineering students take up to 3 graduate courses (9 semester credit hours, including core and/or elective courses) in Jordan from the following lists:
For a UT Dallas master's degree in Electrical Engineering:
PSUT Course | Equivalent UT-Dallas Course |
24720 “Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources” | EEPE 6359 “Renewable Energy Systems and Distributed Power Generation Systems” |
24711 “Advanced Power Electronics and Applications” | EEPE6354 “Power Electronics” |
24713 “Electric Machines and Drives” | EEPE6398 “General Theory of Electric Machines” |
22701 “Embedded Systems Design” | EEDG6302 “Embedded Systems” |
22711 “Computer Communications and Networks” | EESC 6340 “Introduction to Telecommunications Networks” |
22760 “Applied Machine Learning” | EESC6364 “Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition” |
22772 “Advanced Deep Learning” | EESC6368 “Multimodal Deep Learning” |
22703 “Advanced Computer Architecture” | EEDG6304 “Computer Architecture” |
21702 “VLSI Design” | EECT6325 “VLSI Design” |
22702 “Real-time Computing” | EEDG6308 “Real-Time Systems” |
11751 “Digital Image Processing” | EESC6363 “Digital Image Processing” |
For a UT Dallas master's degree in Computer Engineering:
PSUT Course | Equivalent UT-Dallas Course |
24720 “Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources” | EEPE 6359 “Renewable Energy Systems and Distributed Power Generation Systems” |
24711 “Advanced Power Electronics and Applications” | EEPE6354 “Power Electronics” |
24713 “Electric Machines and Drives” | EEPE6398 “General Theory of Electric Machines” |
22701 “Embedded Systems Design” | EEDG6302 “Embedded Systems” |
22711 “Computer Communications and Networks” | EESC 6340 “Introduction to Telecommunications Networks” |
22760 “Applied Machine Learning” | EESC6364 “Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition” |
22772 “Advanced Deep Learning” | EESC6368 “Multimodal Deep Learning” |
22703 “Advanced Computer Architecture” | EEDG6304 “Computer Architecture” |
21702 “VLSI Design” | EECT6325 “VLSI Design” |
22702 “Real-time Computing” | EEDG6308 “Real-Time Systems” |
11751 “Digital Image Processing” | EESC6363 “Digital Image Processing” |
Admission Requirements
- Students must be current bachelor students in the King Abdullah II School of Engineering.
- Students must meet the regular entry requirements for UT Dallas.
- English proficiency: TOEFL 80 or IELTS 6.5.
- GMAT or GRE requirements are waived for PSUT Bridge Program students
- The current minimum GPA requirement is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (minimum 76% at PSUT).
Financial Information
- Students pay PSUT master’s prices for the 3 master’s courses taken in Jordan, thus, they save around $ 22,000 (including living cost and tuition fees difference).
- Students are eligible to apply for scholarships offered by UT Dallas.
- According to the current tuition fees at UT Dallas, students pay $ 15,000 per semester.
- The living cost in Dallas is around $ 20,000 per year.
- When students are awarded the scholarship at UD Dallas, tuition fees decreases by 50%, ($ 7,500 per semester).
- Non-thesis track students can finish their master’s degree at UT Dallas in two semesters.