Union Engineering

A Small School Environment with Big School Facilities

At Union, our students get the best of both worlds. We are a small school featuring close interactions between students and faculty, small class sizes, and a close knit and happy community of learners, teachers, and support staff that is the envy of our peers.

On the other hand, our students also enjoy equipment and facilities that are usually not found in small schools. This includes Atomic Force Microscopes (yes, plural), a scanning electron microscope, a full size wind tunnel, and outstanding teaching and research labs. Our building facilities are also top notch featuring the recently completed Integrated Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC), a professionally staffed 6500 square feet machine shop, an array of maker space facilities and state-of-the art classrooms and study spaces.

Small surprise then, that a recent survey of students by Princeton Review magazine ranked us #1 of laboratory facilities.

A student in one of the engineering labs

4 ABET accredited programs (2 more on the way!)

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

(518) 388-8366

DeanOfEngineering@union.edu

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

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department

Offers ABET-accredited degree programs in:

Computer Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical Engineering

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

Mechanical Engineering Department

Offers ABET-accredited degree in:

Mechanical Engineering

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

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

NYS-approved and pending ABET accreditation

Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Note: As per ABET rules and guidelines, accreditation for an engineering program cannot be completed until the graduation of its first class. Accreditation is retroactive.

Why Union Engineering ?

Engineering within liberal arts
Studying engineering in a small liberal arts college is an unique experience !
- Our class sizes are small. e.g., most lab classes are capped at 12.
- All our courses are taught and graded by faculty
- Combine an engineering major with a minors in subjects including economics and computer science !
- A strong emphasis on study abroad with full and mini terms abroad available.
A tradition of excellence

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

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 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

Summer research a hot topic across disciplines at Union

On a hot, sticky morning, Zaid Fafouri ’26 and Austin Gregory ’25 took turns kicking soccer balls into a net at Garis Field. Over the course of two hours, they would repeat this routine hundreds of times. Thud. Thud. Thud. Crouched safely behind the net, Nguyen Ho ’26 collected data into her laptop from a series of sensors attached to the netting. Each shot generates 1,800 pieces of data. After the final kick, they will retreat to a lab to analyze the data

Meet co-valedictorians of the Class of 2024: Alexandra Nicolaus, Mayah Teplitskiy

Fore: Student-created golf app wins annual business pitch competition

Winners of the SparkLab business pitch competition

*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.