Stipend
$37,500/yr Estimated
Stipend type: Estimated (College of Sciences GRA guideline; not Woodruff/ME-specific) · Paid over 12 months
Estimated: our estimate, not a published figure · Source: cos.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-09-27
Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Tech
Cost of living in Atlanta, GA
City-median rent is a city-level figure, not a near-campus price; university graduate housing lines are the university's own published rates. Each line is labeled with its own source.
- Rent, 1-bedroom (university graduate housing, single occupant) $1,354/mo Official Tenth & Home Building A 1-bedroom: $6,091 per semester. 2026-27. Monthly derived by dividing by 4.5 months. Source: Georgia Tech Housing: Contracts and Rates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $1,660/mo Estimated City median 1BR. City-wide median; Midtown likely above it. Same figure as Emory. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $1,222 to $1,273/mo Official Per person: Graduate Living Center 4-bedroom $5,498 per semester; Tenth & Home 2-person $5,729 per semester. 2026-27. Monthly figures derived by dividing by 4.5 months. Furnished; $30 per semester events fee. Source: Georgia Tech Housing: Contracts and Rates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $1,050/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways. City-wide median; Midtown likely above it. Same figure as Emory. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Utilities $201/mo Crowdsourced Basic utilities (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage). 85 m2 apartment, excludes internet; overstates a studio. Source: Numbeo (Americas table, Sept 27 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Public transit $95/mo Official MARTA 30-day pass Source: MARTA fares and transfers · Verified 2026-09-27
- Public transit $50/mo Official Georgia Tech student MARTA pass Source: Georgia Tech Parking & Transportation: public transit · Verified 2026-09-27
- Parking $695 to $795/yr Official Carpool permit $695 (shareable); Annual Individual permit $795. 2026-27, confirmed on the official student page. Flex permits are $8 per day, $35 per week or $110 per month; FlexPark is $7 per session. Permits prorate if bought mid-year. Source: Georgia Tech Parking & Transportation: Student Parking Permits · Verified 2026-09-28
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About this department
Summaries are paraphrased from the department's own pages. Individual faculty are not listed here; use the official directory.
- Department George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Official Source: me.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
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Degrees offered
- MS in Mechanical Engineering
- PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- joint PhD with Seoul National University
- joint MS with Universitat Stuttgart (domestic students only). The school also administers PhDs in Robotics, Nuclear Engineering and Bioengineering.
- Overview The oldest and second-largest school in Georgia Tech's College of Engineering, with programs in mechanical, nuclear and radiological engineering, medical physics and bioengineering. The master's degree dates to 1922 and the mechanical engineering PhD to 1946. Official Source: me.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
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Research areas
- Acoustics and dynamics
- AI and informatics for mechanical engineering
- Automation, robotics and control
- Bioengineering
- CAE and design
- Fluid mechanics
- Heat transfer, combustion and energy systems
- Manufacturing
- Mechanics of materials
- Medical physics
- Micro and nano engineering
- Nuclear and radiological engineering
- Tribology
- Faculty Faculty directory (official) Official Source: me.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
- PhD funding (department statement) The Woodruff School's prospective-graduate-students page says about 90% of PhD students are funded through graduate research or teaching assistantships (the rest through fellowships or external funding), that GRA positions are obtained by contacting faculty, and lists a $2,500/month stipend for GRA/GTA PhD students; that figure is from 2022 (for incoming Fall 2022 students) and may be out of date. It does not state tuition waivers or guaranteed years. Official Source: me.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
- PhD application deadline December 15, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern (Fall 2027 start) Official Deadlines vary by department. This date is for George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Confirm on the official admissions page. Spring 2027 start: October 1, 2026; Spring 2028: October 1, 2027. A Georgia Tech-Europe page lists different dates, but only for study at the European site. Source: gradapp.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
- GRE policy GRE appears on the Graduate Education program page with submission codes but no required score, and the page does not say required or optional. Confirm with the department. Official Source: gradapp.gatech.edu · Verified 2026-10-12
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Application requirements
- Online application through Georgia Tech Graduate Education
- minimum 3.3 GPA (meeting it does not guarantee admission)
- 4-year bachelor's degree or equivalent
- English proficiency (TOEFL iBT or IELTS) where required
- application fee waivers for domestic first-generation and low-income PhD applicants
Master's tuition
Published tuition (before any aid). PhD students usually have tuition waived; their offer letter confirms. This is not part of the stipend-versus-cost-of-living comparison.
- Standard graduate tuition (Master & PhD candidates) (in-state) $7,280/semester Estimated 2026-2027. 12 or more credit hours; 1-11 hours = $607 per credit hour. Not confirmed for this department: this is the school-wide graduate rate. Source: Georgia Tech Bursar Fall 2026 Tuition and Fee Rates per Semester · Verified 2026-10-03
- Standard graduate tuition (Master & PhD candidates) (out-of-state) $16,073/semester Estimated 2026-2027. 12 or more credit hours; 1-11 hours = $1341 per credit hour. Not confirmed for this department: this is the school-wide graduate rate. Source: Georgia Tech Bursar Fall 2026 Tuition and Fee Rates per Semester · Verified 2026-09-30
- Standard graduate tuition (Master & PhD candidates) (out-of-country) $16,540/semester Estimated 2026-2027. 12 or more credit hours. Not confirmed for this department: this is the school-wide graduate rate. Source: Georgia Tech Bursar Fall 2026 Tuition and Fee Rates per Semester · Verified 2026-09-30