Mission Statement
The mission of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering is to educate the future leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs while discovering, integrating, and applying new engineering and computer science knowledge in service to society.
The overarching goals of the College of Engineering are to:
- Enable students to achieve excellence in engineering, informatics, computer science, and construction management.
- Promote the discovery, integration, dissemination and employment of new engineering, informatics, computer science, and construction management knowledge in service to society;
- Enable economic growth while increasing the quality of life and maintaining the ecosystem. Our core strategy for undergraduate learning in engineering, computer science, informatics and construction management embraces four distinct objectives:
- Graduates will be technically competent in core areas within their discipline and related mathematics and sciences.
- Graduates will be able to work within a team and communicate effectively through oral, graphical, and written modalities.
- Graduates will be able to synthesize diverse information to develop creative design solutions.
- Graduates will be able to function effectively in an evolving profession.
- Graduates will be technically competent in core areas within their discipline and related mathematics and sciences.
We provide students a high-quality, rigorous, and innovative educational experience that enables them to address the needs and concerns of society by considering not only the technical aspects of the problems but also the social, environmental, economic, and political consequences of their decisions. All programs in the college provide the student with a high-quality education by incorporating subject matter from science, mathematics, social sciences, and humanities in addition to the major discipline. Development of communication skills, including written, oral, and graphical, are emphasized. Thus, we provide a rich and fertile environment in which the student acquires knowledge and skills, learns to make informed decisions, expresses creativity, and develops an appreciation for learning as a lifelong process.
We support the development of innovative teaching and learning strategies, appropriate use of technology in classrooms and laboratories, and the fostering of an atmosphere in which an ethnically and socially diverse student body and faculty can flourish.
Design is a fundamental part of the college curricula. Entering students are introduced to concepts of design, which are integrated throughout their programs, culminating in a senior-year, team-oriented, multidisciplinary capstone design project.
Upon graduation, our students are well prepared to pursue a professional career, enter educational paths such as law and medicine or pursue graduate education in engineering, informatics, computer science, or construction management.