Engineering studies
Innovate to Make the world a better place
Do you tear things apart just to see how they work? Are you okay with being wrong because it is part of the journey to find the right answer?
A career in engineering will combine your natural curiosity, creativity and desire
to serve the greater good. You could specialize as a mechanical engineer, computer
engineer, biomedical engineer, software engineer... you get the idea.
Why Bluffton?
- Our low student to faculty ratio ensures that students get personalized instruction and mentorship from faculty
- Develop technical and professional skills, such as independence, creativity and ownership
- View engineering through a lens of service to others and ethical decision-making
- All engineering students take courses from the mathematics and physics departments
- Recent Bluffton graduates are now working as a software systems engineer, astrophysicist,
operations manager, research scientist, statistician and teacher
Engineering programs
- Explore the fields of engineering and strengthen the math and science skills that you may not have been exposed to in high school.
- Add a second major or minor to prepare for an engineering specialization such as chemical, biomechanical, computer, etc. in graduate school.
- Prepare for an engineering career while enjoying the small-campus experience, athletics and student life.
- Graduate from Bluffton prepared to enroll in an accredited engineering program.
Following completion of a bachelor’s degree in pre-engineering, students have entered the workforce or pursued a master’s or doctorate degree at an engineering school.
EXPLORE THE COURSES REQUIRED FOR:
a pre-engineering major
Complete a major in pre-engineering in four year with the following guidelines.
Complete general education and pre-engineering coursework over two years and one summer at Bluffton. Transfer to Wright State University to complete a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in two additional years.
- Be eligible to take the professional engineering exam, get licensed and enter the work force upon graduation from Wright State.
Earn a degree in any STEM field at Bluffton and prepare for a career in an engineering field that does not have accreditation requirements.
Pathways to an accelerated master’s degree from University of Dayton are available in:
- Electro-optics and photonics engineering
- Materials engineering
- Renewable and clean energy engineering
- Engineering management
- Systems engineering
