College of Engineering Strategic Plan -

College of Engineering 2023-2028 Strategic Plan

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.

Our Vision

The Cal Poly College of Engineering will be nationally recognized for its rapidly diversifying student population and unique, inclusive Learn by Doing educational and applied research experiences.

Our Values

- Excellence
  - We prepare students with an outstanding applied education to make a positive impact on society.
- Diverse, Equitable, Just and Inclusive Community
  - We are dedicated to diversifying CENG and ensuring a just, equitable and inclusive experience for students, faculty and staff.
- Collaboration
  - We build a thriving CENG community that encourages collaboration and connection both internally and externally.
- Growth
  - We commit to the growth and development of our students, faculty, staff and college.

Strategic Priorities

Excelling in Teaching and Scholarship
Ensuring Equitable Student Success
Fostering a Welcoming, Supportive, Just, Equitable, Inclusive and Diverse Environment
Empowering Personal and Professional Development

Learn more about our priority areas.

Read the full Strategic Plan here [PDF]

strategic plan goals and Progress

1. Expand Learn by Doing activities and infrastructure with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary opportunities which support curricular and co-curricular threads on societal challenges, data literacy, systems thinking, ethics, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

2. Increase support for the teacher-scholar model by creating and promoting curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular faculty and student research opportunities.

3. Identify systemic challenges to graduation rates and implement strategies to mitigate with a focus on achieving equitable outcomes for all students.

4. Provide clear and realistic pathways in each degree program for transfer students to graduate in two years.

5. Show continual and measurable improvement in the diversity of the CENG community so that our students, faculty and staff better reflect the demographics of the state of California and exceed national averages for engineering representation.

6. Develop an inclusive college culture where actions and policies support the equitable success of the entire CENG community and where everyone is valued for being their own unique self.

7. Expand student professional development and networking opportunities.

8. Increase funded opportunities for faculty and staff to participate in professional development.

Amy S. Fleischer, Ph.D.

Dean, Cal Poly College of Engineering

Personal pronouns: she/her/hers

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The 2023-2028 College of Engineering Strategic Plan charts a clear path forward for the college. Formed over the course of a one-year period, from December 2021 to December 2022, the plan integrates feedback from more than 1,600 stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry partners. A 15-person strategic planning committee of faculty, staff and students reviewed all the feedback and used it to create the impactful plan we see today. This strategic plan integrates our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion into our mission, vision and goals. You will see that we have reaffirmed our enduring commitment to providing an exceptional Learn by Doing, hands-on education, and added a focus on creativity, innovation, sustainability and making a positive impact on society. Moving forward, this strategic plan will inform where the college focuses time and resources over the next five years and I look forward to seeing what we will collaboratively accomplish.