Undergraduate Program

Program

Students are not admitted directly to the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; instead, they apply for admission to the University of Michigan and the College of Engineering.

If you’re a high school graduate who’s never attended a college or university, apply through the College of Engineering Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Successful applicants will be admitted to the first-year program in the College, where students from all disciplines follow a common program of study, emphasizing calculus, physics, chemistry and computing, as well as written and oral communication skills and selected courses in humanities and social science.

Information on undergraduate admission, transferring and international students is available on the website of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Declaring the NAME Major

After students are accepted to U-M and the College of Engineering, they can declare a major. 

Students may declare the NAME major as early as their second term in the College once the following requirements have been met.

1. Have completed at least one full term of courses on the U-M Ann Arbor campus.
2. Have an overall U-M GPA of 2.0 or better in courses taken at the U-M Ann Arbor campus and are in good standing.
3. Have completed or earned credit by exam or transfer for one or more courses in each of these categories:

• Calculus (e.g. Math 115, 116)
• Calculus-based physics lectures (e.g. Physics 140) or chemistry lectures (e.g. Chemistry 130)
• Required engineering courses (Engr 100, 101)