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The College of Engineering at UMass Amherst is ranked as the best public engineering school in New England. We have a physical plant of eight buildings, including our five-year-old ELab II with its sophisticated laboratory spaces, research facilities, computer labs, and graduate offices. The College of Engineering’s network of living alumni numbers more than 16,000 around the globe.

Students

Enrollment for Academic Year 2011-2012
Undergraduate 1,685
Male
 1,431
Female
 254
Minorities
 307
Graduate 511
Total: 2,196

Freshmen enrollment in the College of Engineering has doubled in the last five years. In 2010, the entering freshman class was 391 students.

Career Planning

An Engineering Career Planning & Student Development Center prepares students for career and professional opportunities and provides a place where engineering students, faculty, and employers can meet and develop mutually beneficial relationships.

Costs for Academic Year 2011-2012
Tuition & mandatory fees
Undergraduate
  
MA Residents
 $12,612
Out-of-state
 $25,400
Engineering Fee $320
Housing & meals $9,512

Scholarships

For academic year 2011-12, engineering undergraduate students received over $390,000 in scholarship awards from 53 endowed scholarship funds and 82 annual scholarships. The average scholarship award was $1,250.

58% of UMass Amherst College of Engineering undergraduate students qualify for need-based aid. 45% of students enrolled in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering have unmet need. The average unmet need (gap between college expenses and amount of financial aid) is $5,579. The average loan debt upon graduation (class of 2011) is $23,776.

Faculty

In academic year 2011-12, there are 99 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the College of Engineering. This includes three endowed professorships in the areas of electrical and computer engineering, entrepreneurship & innovation, and professional development. Extramural research has reached $26.1 million with total college expenditures of $45.5 million.

We operate a number of national research centers, including the $40-million-plus Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere. Thirty faculty members have won the NSF’s most prestigious honors for young academics, the CAREER or Presidential Young Investigator awards.

College Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2011
Gift/Grant Expenditures $27,534,787
State Expenditures $16,222,158
Other Expenditures $1,726,088
Total: $45,483,033

 

Private Gifts for Fiscal Year 2011
Cash & Gifts In-kind $4,740,074
Grants $431,251
Total: $5,171,325

Leadership

Dr. Theodore Djaferis, Dean
UMass Amherst College of Engineering
Marston Hall Room 125 Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413-545-6388
Email: djaferis@ecs.umass.edu

Academics

Degrees Granted: Academic Year 2010-2011
Bachelor of Science 260
Master of Science 90
Doctoral 25
Total: 375

Degrees Offered:

  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees:
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Computer Systems Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
       
  • Master of Science (M.S.) degrees:
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Electrical & Computer Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
       
  • Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees:
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Electrical & Computer Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering

The college participates in the following courses and degree programs:

The college also hosts 15 professional and honor societies along with an active chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and one of the oldest Multicultural Engineering Programs in the country.