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Tech-Savvy Friends Take on Food Safety with Ingenious Solution
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From Childhood Immigrants to Innovators: Developing Drone ID Solutions for Ukraine and Israel
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Cal Poly Students, Faculty Implement Bilingual Robotics Program at Pacheco Elementary School
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Women Leaders in Engineering: Liz Thompson
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ODIN’s New Concussion Detection Headset Aims to Protect Young Athletes
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Electrical Engineering Students Share Innovative Research at Annual ASEE Conference
Our MissioN
To provide an excellent Learn by Doing Engineering and Computer Science education that empowers all our students to innovate, design and create sustainable solutions to real-world challenges.
College Facts & Accreditation
college of engineering facts
Cal Poly’s College of Engineering is known as a leader in engineering education because of its Learn by Doing, hands-on approach. Starting from their first day of class their freshman year, students learn through a project- and design-centered curriculum that stresses teamwork and multidisciplinary Collaboration. With 6,000 engineering and computer science students, 13 undergraduate and nine graduate degree programs, the college is one of the West’s largest engineering colleges.
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U.S. News & World Report
The Cal Poly College of Engineering places an emphasis on preparing today’s students to solve tomorrow’s global challenges. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked one of the college’s departments as the top specialty program in the nation.
Nationally Ranked
The college is part of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), a nationally ranked, comprehensive public university. The emphasis of the university is Learn by Doing for its more than 19,000 students.
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college Numbers
Degree Programs Offered
Total enrollment 6,275 (Fall 2023)
80+ state-of-the-art laboratories
90%
of Cal Poly Engineering alumni were employed or in grad school within 12 months
Accreditation
Learn more about our ABET accredited programs:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Software Engineering