The College of Engineering

Dean’s Office
1050 Kemper Hall
(530) 752-1979; http://engineering.ucdavis.edu

The College of Engineering at UC Davis is among the top engineering colleges in the nation.
With a strong record of academic excellence, a rich tradition of interdisciplinary research and a diverse and distinguished faculty, the College's undergraduate program has earned a place among our nation's top twenty public undergraduate colleges of engineering and among the top forty public university graduate engineering programs.

With an enrollment of approximately 3,000 undergraduates and 1,100 undergraduate students, the College is one of the largest undergraduate engineering colleges in the University of California system.

We have 209 engineering faculty, with 13 current and emeriti members named to the National Academies of Engineering, Science and Medicine.

Our eight departments offer the greatest number of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology) accredited majors (11) in the University of California system. Three recent additions include majors in optical science and engineering, biomedical engineering and computational applied sciences.

The College maintains a long-standing commitment to undergraduate students, preparing them to contribute to the engineering professions as well as ongoing engineering research. To that end, our academic programs balance the fundamentals of engineering theory with practice, visionary research with practical application- preparing students for entry into engineering practice and graduate-level research.

Nine graduate engineering programs benefit from state-of-the-art research facilities and a unique graduate group approach that brings together faculty and students from a broad spectrum of disciplines university-wide to develop more effective, real world solutions to society's most complex problems.

In the proud tradition of America's great land-grant research universities, the UC Davis College of Engineering integrates teaching, research and service to society. While advancing the leading edge of engineering knowledge, the College trains the next generation of engineers who will make a difference in our world.

• The Department of Applied Science instructs students in broad areas of scientific technology and offers an innovative program for undergraduates in optical science and engineering and computational applied science that prepares students for careers in industry, national research laboratories to pursue graduate work leading to advanced degrees.
• The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering combines study in engineering with instruction in the biological sciences to solve challenging environmental and technical problem.
• The Department of Biomedical Engineering educates students in a highly interdisciplinary combination of the biological sciences and engineering as this combination applies to medicine.
• The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science offers curricula integrating knowledge of chemistry, biological sciences or materials science and engineering that enable students to solve problems in both current and future manufacturing technologies or to analyze the structure, properties and behavior of materials.
• The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering educates students to plan and design systems that have a direct impact on health and human productivity and on the quality of human life.
• The Department of Computer Science offers programs in all aspects of design and use of computer hardware and software systems. The department also plays a significant service role for programs throughout the campus.
• The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers programs in research and education crucial for the continued success of high technology industries in California and the nation, preparing students to design, analyze and use electronic and computer systems effectively.
• The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering educates students in the design and manufacture of complex engineering systems for transport, industry or energy and to design, manufacture and operate aircraft and aeronautical structures.

Every effort has been made to provide engineering students with the maximum flexibility consistent with rigorous professional education standards. The key to flexibility is academic advising. You are expected to attend the Summer Advising program, held the summer before your first quarter on campus. Summer Advising sessions can provide you with the information you need to make your academic experience rewarding and effective. As an incoming student, you will be given the name and office hours of your departmental staff adviser; you should arrange to meet with your adviser before you register for courses for the first time. Academic advisers in the Undergraduate Advising Office (1050 Kemper Hall) and a well-developed peer advising system supplements departmental advisers.

Undergraduate education in engineering at UC Davis serves as a sound basis for beginning professional practice in engineering design and development, as a preparation for careers in corporate or governmental operations as a foundation for graduate study. To these ends, the college emphasizes fundamental sciences to give students the maximum postgraduate flexibility. Technological developments in recent years have made it clear that engineering education must be based on fundamentals or rapidly become obsolete.

Engineers will continue to face new challenges as society demands improvements in the quality of life and as our state and nation demand greater participation by engineers in efforts toward competitiveness in a global market. As part of a land-grant institution, the College of Engineering must help maintain the technological leadership long enjoyed by the United States, while advancing technology for the benefit of all.