Applicants to Drexel University are expected to have completed the high school curriculum that will best prepare them for freshman-year studies at the college level. Please review the admission prerequisites for your major. To find out which college or school hosts your intended major, review our Undergraduate Majors.
Applicants to specific programs at Drexel are expected to have the following admission prerequisites completed or in progress at time of application.
All engineering programs require the following college-level prerequisites, and at least two of these courses must be completed at the time of application. High school coursework may be substituted if you've graduated within the past five years (please provide high school transcripts).
- Pre-Calculus or calculus
- Chemistry
- Physics
The following college-level prerequisites are required. High school coursework may be substituted if you've graduated within the past 10 years (please provide high school transcripts).
- Geometry
- Intermediate Algebra, Pre-Calculus, or Calculus
- Chemistry or Physics (Physics is preferred)
- Biology
Students must have two out of four of the prerequisites completed before the start of the program in the fall term.
The following college-level prerequisites are required.
The following college-level prerequisites are required. Nine of these prerequisites, including one science course, must be completed at the time of application. We will not waive or substitute these courses.
Note: Anatomy, physiology, and microbiology must be taken within five years prior to enrollment in ACE program.
- English (composition): 3 semester credits
- English (literature): 3 semester credits
- Chemistry with lab: 4 semester credits
- Introductory sociology: 3 semester credits
- Introductory psychology: 3 semester credits
- Developmental psychology: 3 semester credits
- Anatomy with lab: 4 semester credits
- Physiology with lab: 4 semester credits
- Microbiology with lab: 4 semester credits
- Ethics (introductory ethics, bioethics, or medical ethics): 3 semester credits
- Computer Applications elective: 3 semester credits
- Human nutrition: 3 semester credits
- Statistics: 3 semester credits