Areas of Study

Engineering Degrees

The School of Engineering is home to nine departments, more than 240 faculty, and more than 4,000 students. 

• Aeronautics and Astronautics (AA)
  A multidisciplinary program that emphasizes structural, aerodynamic, guidance and control and propulsion problems of aircraft and spacecraft.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS (interdisciplinary degree)
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, Engineer’s Degree, PhD

• Bioengineering (BioE)
  A fusion of engineering, the life sciences and medicine.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD, PhD minor, MD Scholarly Concentration, MD/PhD Program

• Chemical Engineering (ChemE)
  Fundamental knowledge and pioneering technologies in chemical science & engineering.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD

• Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
  Design, construction and management of sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, Engineer, PhD
  Programs within CEE: Architectural Design, Atmosphere/Energy, Construction Program, Environmental Engineering & Science, Environmental Fluid Mechanics And Hydrology, Structural Engineering & Geomechanics

• Computer Science (CS)
  The science of computing in a wide-ranging field of focus areas.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD

• Electrical Engineering (EE)
  Built on a foundation of physical science, math, computing, & technology.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, Engineer, PhD

• Energy Resources Engineering (degree program within Earth Sciences)
  A program focused on design of processes for energy production and energy transformations and the long-term storage of energy byproducts. 
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, Engineer, PhD

• Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)
  Plan, design and implement complex economic and technological management systems.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD

• Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)
  Study the relation between the structure, processing and properties of materials.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD

• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  Conceptualization, analysis, design, and fabrication of mechanical devices, processes and systems.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD
  Programs within Mechanical Engineering: Biomechanical Engineering, Product Design, Flow Physics & Computation, Mechanics & Computation, Thermosciences

Interdepartmental, Interdisciplinary Majors & Programs in Engineering

• Architectural Design (AD)
  Blending architectural design with cutting-edge engineering technologies.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS

• Biomechanical Engineering (BME)
  Integrates biology and clinical medicine with engineering mechanics and design.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS
  Graduate degrees offered: MS

• Biomedical Computation (BMC)
  Combines biology, medicine and computer science in a cutting-edge interdisciplinary degree.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS

• Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME)
  Classical areas of the physical sciences combined with new emerging areas of business, biology, information and medicine.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS, Minor
  Graduate degrees offered: MS, PhD, PhD Minor

• Engineering Physics (EPhys)
  Combines physics and mathematics with engineering design and problem-solving skills.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS

• Product Design (PD)
  Mechanical engineering with a focus on product conception and design.
  Undergraduate degrees offered: BS
  Graduate degrees offered: MS

• Individually Designed Majors (IDMEN)
  Design your own program in an area not covered by existing majors.