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Engineering

A long tradition of excellence

In 1795 Union College became the first college chartered by the Regents of the State of New York. The history of Engineering at Union began in 1845 when Union became the first liberal arts college to offer engineering. The first engineering department was in Civil Engineering, and was spearheaded by Union’s first engineering faculty member, W. M. Gillespie. In 1895 the Electrical Engineering program was initiated and from 1902 to 1913 it was headed by the ‘electrical wizard’ of the General Electric Company, Charles P. Steinmetz.

A student in one of the engineering labs

4 ABET accredited programs

Two students in a contemporary computer engineering classroom are focused on their computer screens, while the professor stands in the background, engaged in the lesson.

9:1 Faculty/student ratio

This ME student is built a professional-grade testing apparatus.

97% post-graduate success*

OUR PROGRAMS

Student projects in ESC 100, Exploring Engineering

Ashok Ramasubramanian; Dean of Engineering and Co-Director of the Templeton Institute

ABET ACCREDITED

Two students in an electrical engineering classroom are working with testing equipment.

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department

  • Computer Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering

ABET ACCREDITED

Students are working on one of the Baja off-road vehicles in a garage

Mechanical Engineering Department

  • Mechanical Engineering

PREPARING FOR ABET ACCREDITATION

Students inside a civil engineering classroom are smiling, studying, and engaging in conversation.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Why Union Engineering ?

  • Study engineering within a liberal arts framework
    Two students in one of the electrical engineering labs in ISEC

    Small class sizes

    All courses taught and graded by faculty

    Strong emphasis on study abroad

    Combine your engineering program with majors and minors in the arts, humanities and social sciences

    Christopher Tsouvalas

    "Where else could I get a world-class engineering degree and still take classes such as Printmaking and The Ancient World? At Union, I can express my creative side along with my more scientific side, and I'm surrounded by peers who are economists, artists, political scientists and philosophers."

    —Christopher Tsouvala, mechanical engineering major

  • A tradition of excellence
    Students inside the Nott Memorial showcase their engineering projects

    Each fall term, students enrolled in the Introduction to Engineering course showcase their projects within the grand setting of the Nott Memorial.

    In 1845, Union College became the first Liberal Arts college to offer engineering

    Strong and well-established degree programs in specific disciplines

  • Undergraduate research
    Wheelchair project

    For the past several years, Union engineering students have been working to design a replicable wheelchair for children.

    We have no graduate programs and no graduate students

    Faculty want to work closely with undergraduate students

    Many opportunities to work with faculty on high quality research projects

    Support for summer research on campus

    Students can get course credit or work study for research

    Dedicated staff to help with prestigious fellowships and outside opportunities

    LEARN MORE ABOUT RESEARCH AT UNION

  • Top-notch facilities
    Students are testing the aerodynamic properties of a model car within the confines of a wind tunnel.

    Students test the aerodynamic properties of a model car in the wind tunnel.

    Big school instrumentation and facilities in a small school environment

    Partial list:

    • Atomic Force Microscope (x2)
    • Scanning Electron Microscope
    • Confocal Microscope
    • Motion Capture System
    • 4-Axis Water jet machine
    • Wind Tunnel
    • State-of-the-art machine shop

AFTER UNION

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

  • Associate project engineer, Stryker Orthopaedic
  • CAD engineer, ConforMIS Inc.
  • Mechanical engineer, Ephesus Lighting
  • Research manager, Partners HealthCare

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

  • Database developer, Acustream Senior
  • Systems engineer Lockheed Martin
  • Systems analyst, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Vice president, Morgan Stanley

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

  • Electrical engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories
  • Engineer, Apple
  • Manager/integrations engineer, Google
  • Systems engineer, Raytheon

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

  • Chief design engineer, General Electric
  • Engineer, Toyota Racing Development
  • Pilot, Wasabi Air Racing

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*Union alumni employed full-time, in graduate or professional school, or pursuing a post-graduate fellowship or public service opportunity.

**Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Enrollment and graduation data are provided by the Union College Institutional Research Office and posted in response to the ABET APPM Section II.A.6 requirement.