Undergraduate Admissions

What are you waiting for? There has never been a better time to become an engineer and no better place to start your journey than at the University of Pittsburgh!

Please note the Swanson School of Engineering is not directly involved in the admission, financial aid, or scholarship process for students applying to enter as first year students. Please contact the University Office of Admissions and Financial Aid with any questions you have regarding the status of your admission, merit or need-based financial aid.

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Financial Aid

Applying for college can seem intimidating, but the University of Pittsburgh provides many tools to help prospective undergraduate students and their families navigate the application, admission, and financial aid process.

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AP Courses

Many newly admitted freshman engineers are eligible to receive Advanced Standing Credit from the Swanson School of Engineering because they have taken Advanced Placement, College in High School, or some other type of college courses while in high school.