SEAS students may be considered for admission to other undergraduate engineering or applied science majors within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
SEAS students may be considered for admission to any other undergraduate major within the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Students admitted to SEAS as a first-year (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 submission of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Major/Minor Change Application by the deadlines noted above.[1]
Please note: Students admitted to SEAS as a first-year (freshman) are eligible to request a double major within SEAS after they have completed their first year (or two semesters), given that they meet program-specific GPA criteria.
Transfer students (internal and external to UB) and first-year SEAS admits beyond the first year of study seeking to change major or double 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; Material Science and Engineering | 2.5 |
Engineering Science | 2.0 |
[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.