About UConn College of Engineering
UConn College of Engineering excels in education, research, and professional service. We are the primary source of engineering leadership and talent in Connecticut. Our students, faculty, and laboratory infrastructure support the technological activity needed to strengthen our economy. We proudly use our capabilities to improve our state, the nation, and the world.
Quick Facts
$1.3 Million
Scholarship Funds Awarded to Over 300 Undergraduate Students
67%
67% of Our Graduates Stay in Connecticut with a Total of 78% Staying in the Northeast
Dual Degrees
Engineering Experiential Education Dual Degree Programs with a Foreign Language: German, Spanish, and French
OUR STUDENTS
- Undergraduate Students: 3644
- Graduate Students: 930
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
- Female Undergrad: 959
- Female Graduate: 254
- International Undergrad: 200
- International Graduate: 416
DEGREES CONFERRED 2024
- Bachelor: 832
- Master: 145
- Doctorate: 84
- Master of Engineering (M.Eng.): 70
SENIOR DESIGN 2024
- Project Teams: 200+
- Industry Support: 100+
- Senior Students: 770+
Degree Programs
- Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Systems, M.S.
- Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Chemical Engineering B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Civil Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Computer Engineering, B.S.
- Computer Science, B.S.
- Computer Science & Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Data Science & Engineering, B.S.
- Electrical Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Engineering Education, Ph.D.
- Engineering Physics, B.S.E.
- Environmental Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Management & Engineering for Manufacturing, B.S.
- Materials Science & Engineering, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.
- Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E, M.S., Ph.D.
- Multidisciplinary Engineering, B.S.E
- Robotics Engineering, B.S.E.
Center for Advanced Engineering Education
Master of Engineering
Concentrations
- Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Systems
- Advanced Systems Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Data Science
- Digital Design and Manufacturing
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Multidisciplinary Engineering
Advanced Engineering
Certificates
- Advanced Materials Characterization
- Advanced Systems Engineering
- Bridge Engineering
- Composites Engineering
- Contaminated Site Remediation
- Engineering Data Science
- Power Engineering
- Power Grid Modernization
- Process Engineering
Non-Credit
Programs
- AI Bootcamp
- Coding Boot Camp
- CyberLeap
- CyberSecurity Boot Camp
- Customized Programs based on Faculty Expertise
- Excellence in Engineering Communication
- Systems Engineering Fundamentals
Research and Impact
Our research programs promote economic development through collaboration with our industry partners, provide valuable hands-on experiences for our students, and facilitate engagement with government labs and agencies. Every year, our faculty members bring in millions of research dollars to advance our nation’s technological capabilities in a variety of sectors. These efforts help maintain UConn’s status as one of the top public research institutions in the country.
Quick Facts
Research Expenditures
- $80 Million Fiscal Year 2024 Total Research Expenditures
- 553 Proposals Fiscal Year 2023
- 219 new Awards Fiscal year 2023
- $519K Fiscal Year 2024 Research Expenditures per Faculty
- 18 Fiscal Year 2023 Patents Issued
- 541 Active Grants
Engagement
- 250+ Companies actively collaborating with UConn Engineering in the past five years
Faculty
- 155 Tenured / Tenure Track Faculty Members
- 46 Endowed (19), Named (6), Term Professors (21),
- 35 Teaching Faculty
- 2 2023 NSF Career Award Recipients
Centers and Institutes
- Center for Biomedical and Bioengineering Innovation
- Center for Clean Energy Engineering
- Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust
- Center for Materials Processing Data
- Center for Science of Heterogeneous Additive Printing of 3D Materials
- Center for Voting Technology Research
- Collins Aerospace Systems Center for Advanced Materials
- Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation
- Connecticut Advanced Computing Center
- Connecticut Advanced Pavement Lab
- Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technology
- Connecticut Manufacturing Resource Center
- Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center
- Connecticut Power Electronics Center of Excellence
- Connecticut Training and Technical Assistance Center
- Connecticut Transportation Institute
- Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center
- Digital Design Research, Analysis, and Manufacturing Center
- Enterprise Solution Center
- Eversource Energy Center
- IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy
- National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology
- Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
- Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center
- Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering
- Project Daedalus Air Force Research Laboratory Research in Advanced Manufacturing
- Reverse Engineering Fabrication Inspection & Non-Destructive Evaluation
- Synchrony Financial Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity
- UConn Thermo Fisher Scientific Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis
University Partners That Directly Support Engineering Education and Research
- Engineering for Human Rights Initiative
- Innovation Partnership Building
(UConn Tech Park) - Institute of Materials Science
- Peter J. Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation