Admissions

100+ Possibilities. Design Thinking. The Power to Create.

The flexibility and choice woven throughout the Integrated Design Engineering program provides you with a customizable, interdisciplinary degree and a broad range of career opportunities post-graduation.

First-year Application 

Do you want to ...

  • design your own future, not have it directed for you?
  • pursue your passions without the additional cost and time of a second major or minor?
  • earn an ABET-accredited engineering degree, but also have room to explore? 
  • have hands-on engineering experience from day one in smaller, teaching-focused classes? 
  • be part of a supportive, creative, connected community?
  • earn an interdisciplinary engineering degree that also prepares you for careers in teaching, product design, entrepreneurship, technical sales, pre-med, law and many others?
  • attend a professional school (e.g. law, medicine or business) or engineering graduate school after earning a Bachelor's degree?

IDE Could be the Right Engineering Degree for You

Alumni from the program go everywhere traditional engineering alumni go and beyond. There are alumni taking traditional career paths at the likes of Ball Aerospace, but there are others who are working in consulting, taking an entrepreneurial track, teaching or even designing athletic shoes.

What do our alumni do?

 

 

93%

Students employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation

 

88%

Graduates (2021-22) who participated in an internship.

 

$72,000

Median salary for graduates employed full-time within 6 months of graduation

Admissions Requirements

Integrated Design Engineering admission requirements for  and  follow the College of Engineering and Applied Science admission guidelines.

Once you have been admitted to the College of Engineering and Applied Science as an IDE student, you will be required to meet with the IDE advisor to approve your course curriculum.

  • Some IDE concentrations require additional admission requirements or fees. Your advisor will tell you if additional fees are required.
  • Concentrations and emphases do not need to be determined before being admitted to IDE.

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