ESAP is a guarantee of admission to the UCLA Samueli Engineering M.S. program for outstanding UCLA engineering undergraduates who have met certain criteria. ESAP is for admissions to the graduate program of your BS department. ESAP students are also eligible for the M.S. Online (MSOL) program and the new Master of Engineering(MEng) program (ESAP eligible for all 7 areas of concentration), so students may apply for whichever of the three options they would like. The program that these students are admitted to is the exact same program to which any other M.S. applicant is applying, with the difference being the guarantee of admission.  ESAP-admitted students are genuine graduate students who are eligible for graduate fellowships and Teaching Assistant positions. Note: ESAP is only applicable for the M.S. program.

To be considered for ESAP students must

• apply for eligibility review by completing steps in the 2 sections below  NO LATER than their final active quarter, within the survey open period (e.g. If you are a Spring 24 degree candidate, the latest you can become eligible is after Winter 2024 grades) AND complete the regular UCLA graduate application and must meet those application deadlines. However, it is up to the discretion of the department as to whether it admits through ESAP if admissions decisions had already been made before student becomes ESAP eligible. Students are advised to speak with the department graduate counselor if expected to become ESAP eligible in the Winter term or later.
• ESAP students should not delay submitting their graduate applications and supporting materials whether or not they have received their ESAP notifications (since often students do not meet the ESAP eligibility until after the official campus graduate application is due). For the campus graduate application, there is an application fee, and applicants must provide the department with copies of their transcripts (unofficial UCLA transcripts are sufficient)

To be eligible students must have:

1. An overall Cumulative UC GPA of at least 3.500
2. A Major Field Upper Division GPA of at least 3.500
3. A valid degree term declared on myUCLA
4. Review your DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) report, after declaring your Technical Breadth Area and major options on MyEngineering. DARS must confirm that you have no more than 36* units remaining to be completed for the B.S. degree (including in progress, as well as units needed for degree including a minor, double major or excess units since part of the criteria is CUM GPA which includes all graded course work)
5. *Please note effective W21 students who believe they are eligible for ESAP and have NOT yet received an ESAP eligibility MUST complete the ESAP CCLE (see step 10 below) 
6. Students must meet the requirements (including having completed the ESAP Application Survey) NO LATER than their final active quarter, within the survey open period (e.g. If you are a Spring 24 degree candidate, the latest you can become eligible is after Winter 2024 grades (providing that you have done steps 10 and 11 and are active in Spring 2024). However, it is up to the discretion of thedepartment as to whether it admits through ESAP if admissions decisions had already been made before student becomes ESAP eligible. Students are advised to speak with the department graduate counselor if expected to become ESAP eligible in the Winter term or later.
7. Active student status when the eligibility audit is run (i.e. cannot be a non-registered or graduated student)
8. Comply with degree audit information – step 1 at the website linked to this text (and follow steps 2-3 the quarter before you graduate)
9. intending to apply to the graduate program of your BS department. ESAP students are also eligible for the M.S. Online (MSOL) program and the new Master of Engineering (MEng) program (ESAP eligible for all 7 areas of concentration), so students may apply for whichever of the three options they would like.

If a student has 36 units or less to degree completion and meets ALL the criteria above then:

1. Open a new window of your browser

2. Go to Google Drive – Personal Cloud Storage & File Sharing Platform – Google

3. Click “Sign in” in the top right corner (if you are signed into your personal account, logout)

4. Enter your UCLA email (your myUCLA username followed by @g.ucla.edu) ex. joebruin@g.ucla.eduEnter your myUCLA password

5. Click the underlined “APPLICATION” link below

6. COMPLETE the ESAP APPLICATION (we are aware of the technical issue, please try again beginning Friday AFTERNOON 7/21/23)  SURVEY within the deadlines **  posted below and NO LATER than your final active quarter prior to degree completion.(If you had previously received an ESAP eligibility notification informing you that are ESAP Eligible, you do NOT need to submit this survey again)

For students who complete the survey, audits will be done approximately the 4th week of the quarter and notifications will be sent at approximately the end of the 5th/6th week of the quarter (early August for summer)

**ESAP application Survey is open on the following dates:

Fall 2023: October 1, 2023 – October 14, 2023

Winter 2024: January 7, 2024 – January 20, 2024

Spring 2024: March 31, 2024 – April 13, 2024

Summer 2023: July 21, 2023 –  July 29, 2023 (we are aware of the technical issue, please try again beginning Friday AFTERNOON 7/21/23)

7. MUST File and meet the posted deadlines for the UCLA graduate application

 If you expect to become ESAP eligible AFTER the posted graduate application deadline, it is advised that you complete the UCLA graduate application and ALL supplemental materials that are required for NON-ESAP students.   If you become ESAP before B.S. degree completion and follow the steps above, you can still be admitted via ESAP in a later term.    If you file the graduate application believing you are ESAP Pending since you expect that you will be ESAP eligible after the graduate application deadline (such as in the Winter quarter), and submit the application without the GRE (if required by your department) and submit 2 references (instead of 3 as detailed below)  but then you end up NOT meeting the ESAP criteria, your application will be considered incomplete and you would no longer be considered for admission to the graduate program as a non-ESAP eligible student.

ESAP students in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering must apply for, and start the program in, the Fall quarter that immediately follows their B.S. degree completion. Students may forgo submitting GRE scores (If you are ESAP and do not take the GRE nor intend to, on the online application you should be able to leave blank the date that you plan to take the GRE) and are required to only submit 2 letters of recommendation.The two recommenders should be professors in your department. The recommendations are for purpose of determining the appropriate area of study; as a graduate student. The system will email your recommenders and ask them to submit their recommendations electronically (you are advised to inform your professors that they have been listed on your graduate application as references and that you confirm their email addresses).  See your department’s graduate website for more details.

For Computer Science, On the 3rd recommender line of the supplemental application which you will be prompted to complete during the admissions application process, to flag your ESAP status for the 3rd reference you should be able to enter: first = “esap” last = “esap” email = either the applicant’s own email address or saadmin@seas.ucla.edu type = Graduate Division Recommendation.

For Electrical and Computer Engineering, for the 3rd recommender in the application, the text should be appl@seas.ucla.edu. You should put the first and last name of the recommender as ESAP / ESAP.

Since the Computer engineering major, is jointly administered by the Computer Science Department and by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (formerly the Electrical Engineering Department), ESAP students in that major have the option to apply to either department’s graduate program.

Merit-based financial support is at the discretion of the department but has no bearing upon admission itself. For financial aid information, contact the Financial Aid Office.

Note: ESAP is only applicable for the M.S. program.

The guarantee of admission is valid for three academic quarters after students earn an undergraduate degree.  The formal application may be filed within this time frame. Students should meet with their graduate department’s Student Affairs Officers (contact information at the bottom of this page )  to discuss the scheduling of courses and to best plan which quarter is most beneficial to enroll in (contact information below). Additionally, please note the quarter in which you intend to enroll may have a significant impact on the availability of financial aid. Students are not required to take the GRE. However, GRE scores may be required for students who want to be considered for departmental financial support or for other departmental purposes. Check directly with your department. If you are ESAP and do not take the GRE nor intend to, on the online application you should be able to leave blank the date that you plan to take the GRE. Students are required to only submit 2 letters of recommendation. The two recommenders should be professors in your department. The recommendations are for purpose of determining the appropriate area of study; as a graduate student. The system will email your recommenders and ask them to submit their recommendations electronically (you are advised to inform your professors that they have been listed on your graduate application as references and that you confirm their email addresses). See your department’s graduate website for more details. On the 3rd recommender line of the supplemental application which you will be prompted to complete during the admissions application process, to flag your ESAP status for the 3rd reference you should be able to enter: first = “esap” last = “esap” email = either the applicant’s own email address or saadmin@seas.ucla.edu type = Graduate Division Recommendation.