Enriching Your Experience

As a ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï student, you can also personalize your academic experience with activities that correspond with your goals. Following are some examples:

  • Building your business and entrepreneurial skills.
  • Earning a certificate in a specialization.
  • Becoming an undergraduate teacher.
  • Studying abroad.

Bring us your excitement and your passion for learning. We’ll give you our best.ÌýLearn about our programs below.

Our allows you to enhance your knowledge, skills, and understanding through practical experience. It's your opportunity to gain experience in exciting, interesting settings - whether locally or around the globe - while kicking your personal and professional development up a notch through opportunities that can earn you credit hours or wages. Active learning experiences can includeÌýworking with faculty members so you can see whether a career in academia is right for you; serving those around you via K-12 teaching or tutoring, or taking part in projects for the public good; or even getting a head start on your professional career through co-ops and internships.
The , where students design and build real-world satellites, many of which have been launched by NASA or the U.S. Air Force. Students from a variety of majors help out with these projects, and many have paid positions.
The brings together students and faculty who are ambitious without being competitive with each other, committed to the success of others without sacrificing their own achievements, and who enjoy engineering without being defined by it. We are a community of 300 individuals that excel at math and science, but we are also a diverse group that includes musicians, artists, gourmet cooks, ROTC cadets, writers, athletes and student leaders with various goals. Some of those goals are to become engineers, development workers, educators, entrepreneurs, medical doctors, professors, researchers and environmental policy makers. We are housed in the Andrews Hall Residential College in the Kittredge Residential Community at the ºÚÁϳԹÏ.
Engineers create things that make the world a better place and are essential in a wide range of fields. You'll need excellent communication and leadership skills to solve the complex problems of our society. Tomorrow’s leaders must understand and practice global collaboration, sustainability, innovation, ethics, integrity, judgment, and moral courage. Through the , students study, experience, and observe leadership to prepare them to be future leaders. You can earn an engineering leadership certificate upon graduation.
We provide paths for engineers to enter the field of development engineering or to simply understand better the key facets of global challenges that they will face in a traditional position within a multinational engineering firm. The combines classroom work, research and development, and real world, on-the-ground experience to train engineers to work in partnership with organizations in developing communities worldwide. Our goal is to create sustainable and appropriate solutions to meet people's basic needs.