Candidate Eligibility Information
Updated for Fall 2019
The Fall 2019 Candidate Handbook can be found here, and for a quick recap of the requirements, check out our Candidate Flyer.
Candidates are students that are academically eligible to join
Tau Beta Pi, but have not yet been elected by the Chapter. To be considered a candidate, the following requirements must be met:
- Most majors offered by the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
are accepted courses of study, however, Digital Arts & Sciences,
Nuclear and Radiological Sciences, and Undecided - Engineering
are not eligible majors.
- Only upperclassmen (juniors, seniors, and graduate students) are
eligible to join Tau Beta Pi.
- Juniors are those undergraduate students who have completed at least two years (but less than three years) of an eligible engineering degree.
- Seniors are those undergraduate students who have completed at least three years of an eligible engineering degree.
- Transfer students are not eligible until they have completed one year at the University of Florida; once they have completed one year, they will be considered seniors.
- Graduate students must have completed at least 50% of coursework and research to be eligible. Contact the Graduate Coordinator with questions.
The GPA requirements will change from semester to semester.
- Juniors: Top 1/8th of their class
- Seniors: Top 1/5th of their class
- Graduate: Top 1/5th of their class (Classification of 7EG, 8EG, or 9EG)
- Distance Learning/EDGE Students are eligible to join, please contact the VP of Electees for more information on the process.
Prior to becoming a member, electees must complete the membership requirements listed
here.
