About Engineering

Although most engineering and computer science degrees are highly specialized, engineers and computing professionals typically work in highly interdisciplinary settings and in an increasingly global environment. The Department of Engineering at ASU's Polytechnic campus offers an interdisciplinary engineering and computing education to meet the needs of a global workplace.

Students in these programs work on realistic design projects every semester in state-of-the-art engineering studios where they learn to innovate and apply engineering principles. Graduates from the program have the foundation of technical and professional skills needed to succeed in whichever engineering or computing field they choose.

Program Values

Our core values are engaged learning, agility, and a focus on the individual. The program is built around the concept of learning through engagement, or learning by doing. Classrooms are defined not as lecture halls but as studios. Courses are delivered not as lengthy exercises in theory but as integrated opportunities to apply knowledge in real-world projects.

The anticipated outcome of the program is the agile engineer or computing professional, a lifelong learner with a comprehensive set of skills appropriate to the needs of today and tomorrow. The program also gains agility through a unique ability to cross or eradicate traditional boundaries between engineering and computing disciplines, enhancing innovation through the synergistic combination of previously bounded boxes of knowledge. Lastly, the programs generate opportunities for faculty to focus on the individual student. Each person is valued for his/her unique skills.

We measure our success by the quality of each individual’s education and our effectiveness and responsiveness in meeting his/her individual learning needs.