PS All applicants should use the personal statement to describe academic, career, and, if applicable, research objectives, as well as any other information you wish to convey. Applicants must include a resume with the personal statement. Applicants to the doctoral program should review the CIS Departmental Research Areas and note in the personal statement those research areas to be of special interest. GPA Applicants to the CIS graduate programs are expected to have high grade point averages. Fee The application fee is $80. This information is available in the online application. RL Applicants to the master's programs are required to provide two (2) recommendations. Recommendations should be from faculty familiar with the applicant's academic abilities; one industry recommendation is acceptable. The process for submitting recommendations is outlined on the Engineering Graduate Admissions website. Recommenders are strongly encouraged to submit their recommendations online - this is the quickest and most efficient method of submitting the recommendation. Hard copy recommendation forms are not available. If recommenders wish to submit a hard copy recommendation rather than the preferred online version, it must be sent to: University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science Graduate Admissions 109 Towne Building 220 S. 33rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391 USA Transcript The Official Transcript may be submitted when offer of admission is received One [1] official transcript from each university or college attended where course credit was earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution. one [1] official final transcript, showing completion of the degree. You must also send a certificate of graduation, when the transcript does not list the degree earned. This must be submitted by the issuing institution. We encourage all applicants that have attended a Chinese Institution to use the CHESSIC translation service when sending their official documentation. The first document is $12 and all additional documents are $10. Please note, it may take up to 20 business days for the documents to be electronically transmitted. Mail to: University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science Graduate Admissions 111 Towne Building 220 S. 33rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6391 USA International applicants are not required to provide proof of financial support at the time of submission of an application to the CIS graduate program and should not submit this information with the application. International applicants may wish to provide an evaluation of their transcripts by a credential evaluation service such as the World Education Services but such an evaluation is NOT mandatory.