1. Which departments offer distance learning courses?
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering. For more information about other distance learning courses visit VTOnline.

2. What are the requirements to enroll in CGEP?
The basic requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate engineering field

• A GPA of 3.0 or higher

• The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is required by some departments.

• Those not meeting basic requirements will be reviewed on an individual basis.

3. Where can I take classes?
Go to the receive site listing.

4. Do you have out-of-state receive sites?
At this time we only have corporations that serve as receive sites for their employees. We are considering other means of serving out-of-state students.

5. How do I become a receive site?
Contact the Virginia Tech CGEP Administrator.

6. Do I have to enroll in a master’s degree program to take a CGEP course?
No, a student is able to take up to 12 semester hours before enrolling in a master’s degree program. The graduate school website provides application information.

7. Do you have courses for undergraduates?
Presently CGEP offers only post baccalaureate courses. For more information about distance learning for undergraduates visit the Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL)

8. Do you offer professional development or softskill courses?
Yes, we have several courses that can be taken through the Continuing Education Center of Virginia Tech.

9. Do you offer summer session courses?
Required courses are typically offered during the fall and spring semesters. However, it is possible to encourage the offering of summer courses by communicating your interest to your site coordinator. Virginia Tech offers engineering courses at a distance that are not part of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program that may be acceptable additions to your plan of study.

A full catalog of Virginia Tech courses at a distance is online at the VTOnline E-learning Gateway.