Forms
Complete the appropriate request or form below and submit any PDF forms to engineering-oas@Vanderbilt.edu. Paper copies are not accepted for any forms.
Note: Our team processes forms submitted by all Engineering majors which include: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering.
If your primary major includes one of these majors, please make sure you indicate 'School of Engineering' as your school and not the College of Connected Computing (CCC): Fall 2027 will be the first undergraduate Computer Science cohort for CCC.
In submitting any of the below requests, I understand that:
- My request is subject to relevant approvals and must conform to the academic calendar as published by the University,
- Enrollments are subject to seating capacity,
- Enrollments are subject to reserve capacities (seats reserved for declared majors/minors),
- Enrollments are subject to requisite compliance (prerequisites and/or corequisites),
- Enrollments may incur fees or excess hour charges, and
- It is my responsibility as a student to have reviewed my home school’s academic policies in the undergraduate catalog prior to submitting my request.
Due by the withdrawal deadline:
Fall 2025 semester deadline is October 24 (withdrawal requests due at 11:59 p.m. Central Time, pass/fail requests due at 4 p.m. Central Time):
- Course Withdrawal Request Workflow (Link to YES User Guide)
- If withdrawing from a course would result in a course load of less than 12 hours, please complete the following: VUSE Underload Acknowledgement.
- Special Enrollment Action Workflow
- Request for pass/fail status
- The course must meet the eligibility requirements found in the Undergraduate Catalog.
- Request to change pass/fail to graded
- Request for pass/fail status
Due by the add/drop (open enrollment) deadline:
The deadline for Fall '25 add/drop has now passed.
- Special Enrollment Action Workflow
- Audit request
- Students must meet eligibility requirements for any course they are requesting to audit (i.e. must meet requisite requirements, undergraduate in a professional course eligibility)
- Audits will not be processed for students with time conflicts.
- If a Guest Brightspace Access request is applicable it can be found here.
- Enroll in a graduate or professional-level course
- To be eligible to take a graduate-level course, students must have junior or senior standing and have earned a 3.5 GPA in the preceding two semesters.
- Please consult the Academic Catalog for additional eligibility requirements.
- Request an overload (taking over 18 hours will not be approved for first-year students)
- Audit request
- Request for Course Requisite Variance
- Individual Study/Research (Link to YES User Guide)
- Internship Course Request
- International students pursuing curricular practical training (CPT) may follow the directions found here.
- Academic Underload Acknowledgement-VUSE Seniors
- This form is intended for seniors in their final semester. Seniors not in their final semester should complete the regular underload form found under the withdrawal request.
- Seniors must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours in their final semester.
Submit when needed:
- Major/Minor Declaration/Change (please read below before submitting)
- The above workflow is to change your primary major within your home school or to add/drop a second major or minor inside or outside your home school. To change your primary major to a major outside of your home school please click here for more information.
- For declaring CS as a second major or minor, follow the instructions listed here prior to completing the webform to gain approval from the CS adviser first.
- For declaring MATH as a second major you will need to select the "B.A. in Math" then select the 'Standard' or 'Applied' track.
- Engineering Focus Area Declaration/Change
- Due before the start of a student's final semester at Vanderbilt
- Consent to Release Academic Information (mandatory for all Engineering students)
- Engineering Science Program Concentration
- Due before the start of a student's senior Fall semester
- Leave of Absence
(please email the Office of Academic Services to inquire about a leave) - Accelerated Bachelor/Master of Science or Integrated Bachelor/Master of Engineering program application
- Due before the start of a student's junior Fall semester