SEAS students may be considered for admission to other undergraduate engineering or applied science majors within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Use the links below to get started.
Approved SEAS students may be considered for admission to any other approved undergraduate engineering or applied science major within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Students directly admitted to SEAS as a freshman may change their major at any time during the first year of study. Specifically, students who join UB during the fall semester are permitted to change their major prior to May 31 of the same academic year. Students who join UB during the spring semester are permitted to change their major prior to December 31 of the next academic year.
For such students, a change of major within SEAS requires the following:
Transfer students (internal and external to UB) and direct-admit freshmen beyond the first year of study seeking to change major within SEAS must meet program-specific GPA criteria.
A change of major within SEAS requires the following:
Engineering Courses:
Computer Science / Bioinformatics Courses:
Major | Overall GPA |
Aerospace, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering; Computer Science (BA and BS); Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | 2.8 |
Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Environmental, and Industrial Engineering; Engineering Physics | 2.5 |
Intended SEAS students may be considered for admission to any other intended undergraduate engineering or applied science major within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
A change of intended major within SEAS requires the following:
The applicant must show that they could eventually be admissible to the SEAS program of interest.
[1] Note: the Major/Minor Change Application opens around the seventh week of the fall/spring semester and closes at the end of the drop/add period. This opening date provides adequate time for students to change their major before the registration period opens.