Engineering Dual Degree Program

Washington College provides students with the foundational skills needed to pursue a degree in engineering while receiving a liberal arts education. Our engineering program offers numerous advantages over direct enrollment in a specialized engineering school, pairing rigorous math and science coursework with a broad liberal arts curriculum.  
 
Engineers apply scientific and mathematical principles to design new systems, solve problems, and create tools for human use. Engineers need to be creative thinkers, effective communicators, and adaptable problem solvers.  Starting the engineering pathway at Washington College offers numerous advantages over direct enrollment in a specialized engineering school. Students on the engineering pathway at Washington College take advantage of small class sizes, direct access to faculty, and numerous departmental research opportunities. This approach gives students insights into the connections between engineering and other fields like history, business management, communication and the arts, while also enhancing non-technical skills that are critically important to the engineering field like leadership, communication, writing, and team building.  
 
After three years at Washington College as a physics, mathematics or computer science major, students matriculate to one of two premier engineering schools—Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science or Washington University’s McKelvey School of Engineering—to take dedicated coursework for two years in an engineering field of their choice. At the end of five years, students graduate from both institutions with a powerful combination of a B.S. in physics, math, or computer science from Washington College and a B.S. in engineering from either Washington University or Columbia University. Students who partner with Washington University may choose to complete a M.S. degree after an optional third year at that institution.