Union College offers an exceptional engineering education within a small liberal arts college. Class sizes are small and there are a large number of courses with associated laboratories so that students get hands-on experience. The engineering programs at Union College have excellent facilities and there are many opportunities for students to pursue research projects with engineering faculty. Students are encouraged to study abroad and about 70% of engineering students go on one of the many programs abroad that are offered. Outside the classroom, students become involved in a wide variety of clubs, honor societies, research, community service, and sports.
We have been offering engineering programs since 1845 - that's 16 years before the start of the American Civil War. And we are the first liberal arts college to offer engineering.
We are proud of our rich traditions and our programs are strong, diverse, and fully accredited by ABET, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (although our engineering program predates the founding of ABET by a good 80 years).
Union's new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC)
Our engineering spaces have a combined footprint of over 35,000 square feet (SF). Many teaching and research labs are housed in the recently-completed state-of-the-art Integrated Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC). Our facilities include a 6,500 SF machine shop, which features a five-axis water jet machine and a dedicated 1,000 SF student shop.
We are proud of the extremely high levels of satisfaction reported on surveys of our graduating seniors. Indeed, a nation-wide student survey ranked Union College #1 for Best Science Lab Facilities