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10 Departments. Discover Your Future

Every engineering breakthrough starts with a discipline. Explore the departments that define our college and discover where your interests can take you.

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Aerospace Engineering

Push the boundaries of flight and space exploration by designing aircraft and spacecraft. Choose an aeronautics or astronautics focus while building expertise in propulsion, structures, flight systems and spacecraft design for careers across the aerospace industry.

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Biomedical Engineering

Improve lives through technologies that advance medicine and health care. Biomedical engineering combines engineering, biology and medicine to develop medical devices, biotechnology and other innovations that improve diagnosis, treatment and patient care.

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Engineering students in the SURP (summer undergraduate research project) program with associate professor Stefan Talke, civil and environmental engineering, as well as other engineering students deploy tide and wave gauges on one of the piers in Morro Bay.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Help build the infrastructure that supports communities while protecting the natural environment. Explore transportation, structures, water resources and environmental systems while developing solutions for the built environment and natural world.

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Computer Engineering

Bring hardware and software together to power robotics, connected devices and modern computing systems. Explore embedded systems, computer architecture, networking and security while designing the technologies behind intelligent and autonomous systems.

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Computer Science and Software Engineering

Create the software behind today’s digital experiences. Build expertise in programming, algorithms and software design while exploring artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and large-scale software systems that power modern computing applications.

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Electrical Engineering

Power the technologies that keep the world connected. Explore electronics, communications, controls and energy systems while solving engineering challenges in renewable energy, robotics, semiconductors and next-generation electronic devices.

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General Engineering

Customize an engineering education around your interests and career goals. Create an individualized course of study that combines engineering fundamentals with interdisciplinary learning to prepare for careers that span multiple engineering disciplines.

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Improve how products are designed, built and delivered. Learn how automation, production systems, quality and data analytics work together to optimize manufacturing, health care, technology and other complex operational systems.

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students work with two titanium coils to see how suitable the material is for use as an artificial reef

Materials Engineering

Innovation begins with the right materials. Discover how metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors and composites influence product performance while solving challenges in manufacturing, product development and advanced engineering applications.

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineer the machines, products and energy systems that keep the world moving. Apply mechanics, manufacturing, thermal sciences and mechatronics to solve engineering challenges across aerospace, energy, robotics and consumer product industries.

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