Graduate Admission

Application Period for Fall 2025: October 1, 2024 - February 15, 2025; classes begin August 19, 2025

Application Process

The application process is centralized at the university and requires TWO steps as described below:

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Submit official academic records/transcripts to the Admissions Office within two weeks of university application submission.

Be aware: If you are a current (or former) Cal State LA student, the Cal State LA transcript does not need to be submitted to the Admissions Office.
If you have studied at an institution outside of the US, you will need to have your foreign academic work evaluated by the International Education Research Foundation (IERF) or World Education Services (WES) to secure admission into the program.
- IERF - Visit https://apply.ierf.org/ to create an online application requesting the "Detailed Report". The foreign evaluation fee is $165 (USD). When submitting your course work to IERF please make sure to indicate that you were referred by "CSU Los Angeles-Graduate Admissions" and that you would like to have the official agency copy of the evaluation report sent directly to CSU Los Angeles-Graduate Admissions.
- WES - Visit http://www.wes.org/fees/evaltypes.asp to create an online application. You will need to order the course-by-course evaluation report. The cost is $160 for the WES Basic or $205 for the WES ICAP.
- For steps to submit your foreign academic records to these agencies, visit the Admissions and Recruitment page on IERF/WES.

Application FAQs

Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score is NOT required (for Industrial Management MS Program). However, GRE score can be considered in the admission process and can also exempt graduate students from Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) UNIV 4000 if they have a score of 4 on the analytic writing portion of the GRE or GMAT. ( For more information, please visit the following website: WPE)
Letters of Recommendation are NOT required (except upon department request for certain circumstances).
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology or a related field with a GPA of 3.0 or better. A promising applicant with a GPA below 3.0 may be admitted as a special action student.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required for students who do not possess a bachelor's degree from an institution where English is the principal language of instruction. A score of 80 iBT or higher is required. (For additional information, please visit the following website: Language Proficiency Requirement)
Currently, there is no teaching or research assistantships offered through the Department of Technology. Refer to the Center for Financial Aid for financial assistance available from federal, state, and institutional sources at Cal State L.A.
Go to the Graduate Application and Admission page for more detailed information about the university graduate admission.

Note that the applicants who meet all the university requirements are admitted in one of the four following categories: Graduate Classified, Graduate Conditionally Classified, Post-Baccalaureate Classified and Post-Baccalaureate Unclassified. (For more information, please visit the following website: Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Admission Requirements)
The Technology Department will conduct an advisement/orientation session for new incoming graduate students to set up a study plan and determine which prerequisite courses must be taken before beginning any courses for their graduate program.
The Graduate advisor in the Technology Department is Dr. Jai Hong

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