Frequently Asked Questions

The university charges per credit. Depending on your program, you will confirm the amount of credits and multiply it by the cost listed on the NYU Tuition and Fees website. Tuition is charged based on enrollment, in which you only pay for the courses you are enrolled in at the university.    

All programs can be taken entirely online, including most exams. Depending on your program of interest, you would take your exams using an online proctoring service. At this time, only Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering master’s degree students are required to take some paper-based exams with an alternate proctoring site. Our alternative proctoring sites are global, ensuring you can complete your degree from wherever you are in the world.

That is 100% up to you! We have full-time students who enroll in nine credits each semester, and we have part-time students who are happy taking three or six credits at a time. You have up to five years to complete your master’s degree and three years for an advanced certificate. With three enrollment semesters (Spring, Summer, Fall) available per year, you are in control of how quick you choose to complete your degree.

Each course requires 5-10 hours, per week. The Fall and Spring semesters are 16 weeks long and summer semesters are 12 weeks long.

Our Admissions Committee looks at each application holistically, which means that your work experience, letters of recommendation, GRE/GMAT scores, and statement of purpose are all taken into account. If your GPA is a little below what we’d like but the rest of your application is strong, it will still be considered.

Find out more information on how to apply.

The GRE can be waived in certain circumstances. Please see GRE/GMAT Requirements page for details. Should you not be able to meet these criteria, a GRE score will need to be submitted.

Most of our programs do require either GRE or GMAT scores (depending on the program and full-time/part-time status), these scores are looked at in combination with the rest of your application. So while they are not your entire application, your application is not complete without them.

As for TOEFL, all applicants are required to submit some form of English Language Proficiency. For international applicants, and those with international transcripts, the most common way of completing this requirement is to submit English Language Proficiency Test Scores, most commonly through the TOEFL (we also accept IELTS, CAE, or PTE). Visit the English Language Proficiency Testing page to check if you're eligible to request a test waiver.

The prerequisites outlined on our program pages are decided by our academic department in order to ensure that each student is equipped to successfully complete the course material. If you have taken the prerequisite course in your undergraduate program or outside, please make sure to submit your transcripts and outline all knowledge in your resume or statement of purpose. Our Admissions Committee will take it under consideration.

No. Unless you tell them, nobody will know the mode in which you completed your graduate program. Your diploma/certificate does not specify online and will look exactly the same as those studying on-campus programs — because the programs themselves are the exact same. That means the same gold standard of accreditation, same brilliant faculty, and same access to all the services NYU Tandon has to offer.

We’re happy you asked!

Industry Partners:

A 20% scholarship is available to our industry partners. Not sure you qualify? You can reach out to tandon.partners@nyu.edu. 

Alumni Scholarship:
Our NYU alumnus qualify for a 20% scholarship to our online graduate programs.

Please note for both Industry Partners and Alumni scholarships, NYU Tandon Digital Learning scholarships cannot be combined.

Feel free to view additional financial aid options.

Depending on the professor’s preferences, your online courses will be held via webinar or live stream. All sessions, regardless of platform are recorded and posted for later viewing. Your professor, with the help of a committee and instructional designers, creates the course to provide you the exact same attentive, detailed and fascinating course material as their on-campus counterparts. Interaction with your professors/peers is done through the NYU Brightspace platform, video-chatting, and chat-rooms — both during and after class.

If a question struck you in the middle of the night or you want your peers’ opinions on a topic? Use one of the many tools we provide and chances are, you’ll get a response quicker than it’d take you to reach campus in NYC traffic.

Our Certificates of Completion are sequences of three courses that focus on a particular area of study. When you complete the sequence, you receive a certificate.

Our MS programs are 30-36 credits, and are much more in-depth approaches to learning within a specific discipline. They are usually accompanied by an MS thesis or capstone, and provide you with a Master’s Degree upon completion.

To apply for a Certificate of Completion, you’ll need to fill out the Visiting Student application.

No. Since the MS program is fully online, NYU Tandon Digital Learning cannot provide visa assistance or the necessary documentation for visas. If you require visa assistance, please consider applying for one of our on-campus programs. For any questions regarding our on campus programs, you can contact the Graduate Admissions Office at engineering.gradinfo@nyu.edu or 646-997-3182.

Each individual program dictates their transfer policy and whether or not you can transfer credits in will be determined once you are admitted. Check with your program's academic advisor for more information about this policy.

Yes, it is! If you have not yet received an admission decision, you will need to contact the Graduate Admissions Office.

Email engineering.gradinfo@nyu.edu with your name, the current semester of your application, the semester you would like to defer to, and your Student ID (N#), NetID, and/or application number.

If you have been admitted, your tuition deposit must be paid before you defer. After you make the payment, follow the same steps as listed above.

If you’re deferring an application or admission that has already been previously deferred, there may be extra steps involved. Reach out to us at tandon.digital.learning@nyu.edu and we will provide you assistance.

The only real difference between online and on-campus is how convenient it is to you. Unless you mention it, no one will know how your classes were completed. Online MS degrees offered by Digital Learning are the same as their on-campus counterparts. You take the same courses with the same faculty and have access to the same resources as on-campus students. Your diploma will also read the same as if you graduated from an on-campus program and will have no mention of online anywhere.

One of the great conveniences of an online program is that you never have to come on-campus. We have our own orientation for online students and our own form of remote test taking which you will have access to. But it’s always important to remember that you are an NYU student, and get all of the great perks that come with that. So though you may never be required to come to campus, you are always welcome. If you are ever in the city you have full access to Bobst Library, free entrance to some of the best Museums, and any other resources offered to on-campus students.

We have 2 types of deadlines. Our Application Submission Deadline is when you’ll need to submit the online application form, personal statement, application fee and your resume.

Our Documents Deadline is the date we need to receive all other elements of your application by, including letters of recommendation, GRE/GMAT scores, transcripts, and English Language Proficiency test scores (if applicable).

Applications will be processed after we’ve received your full application (including all documents), so we recommend starting early! You can view a full list of application deadlines within the how to apply section of website.

If your program requires the GRE to be taken, you will need to submit GRE scores before you receive your application decision.

Check out our website for taking the GRE.

Once you’ve taken the exam, send your scores to us through the ETS website. The NYU Tandon School of Engineering ETS institution code is 2668.

English Language Proficiency is a requirement for each and every applicant to the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. If you were born in the United States and completed your bachelor’s degree in the United States, then you will most likely not need to do anything additional for this requirement.

However, if you are required to provide this proficiency, you can do so through an English Language Proficiency Test. Though the TOEFL is the most common, there are others that are acceptable including the IELTS, CAE, or Pearson PTE.

You can also request a waiver of the English Language Proficiency Testing by submitting in an English Language Testing Waiver Request Form

Your recommenders will have to upload their letters via the online application system, by mailing in a hard-copy, or you can upload the letter on their behalf. During the application you will choose who you wish your recommenders to be and after you have submitted, they will then receive an email prompting them to upload their letters to your application.

If the individuals you wish to be your recommenders change from when you submitted your application, you can have your new recommenders email a copy of their letters with your name and Student ID to the Graduate Admissions Office.

Official transcripts are sent directly from your university to NYU, while unofficial transcripts can be accessed and delivered by students. We require official transcripts as part of your application. To send them in, you’ll need to request that your university mail them to this address. They can also be sent in digitally to engineering.gradinfo@nyu.edu.

Remember: official transcripts are required from all post-secondary institutions you’ve attended, even those you’ve taken just one course at!

This may be due to a few factors. If your name has changed since you took courses at that university, your transcripts may be in our system but classified under a different name.

If you input the wrong address initially on your request for transcripts to be sent, they might never have arrived at our facilities and will need to be resent.

If your transcripts were sent in the past 3-4 weeks, they very well could have arrived and simply not been uploaded to our application system yet. This process takes some time as each transcript must be verified as official before they can be accepted.

Reach out to us and we’ll see if we can help solve the problem!

While most decisions are released 3-6 weeks after an application is completed, we can’t guarantee any time-frame. Our Admissions Committee works hard to ensure each application receives the attention it deserves, but this takes time!

If you’re interested in learning about your admission decision sooner, we recommend submitting your application early. We get an onslaught of applications near the application deadline, so the earlier you submit, the earlier you’ll hear from us.

Oh, and make sure all your documents (official transcripts, letters of recommendation etc.) are ready to be sent in when you submit your application, simply by giving the institutions/recommenders ample time to prepare.

Congratulations! We’re so excited you will be joining the Digital Learning community. Go ahead and head over to our Orientation Page for next steps, and you can expect to hear from us soon.

Yellow Ribbon: The program is a provision of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. Yellow Ribbon is a scholarship designed to help students supplement their Post 9/11 GI Bill tuition benefits. Please view the NYU Yellow Ribbon Program page for full details on this program.

The application fee is waived for US veterans, as long as you can provide documentation that indicates your service, and returning Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers. In order to do so please send a copy of your military photo ID to tandon.digital.learning@nyu.edu to retrieve an application fee waiver code.    

The tuition deposit can be waived for veterans.

If you have questions regarding your veterans benefits you can contact The Office of the Registrar by email at certifications@nyu.edu or call (212) 998-4280. You can also view the NYU Students In The Military and Veterans page for more information.   

Yes. We offer 100% online courses. Just make sure you check the state restrictions to confirm eligibility.