The School of Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was founded in 1914 as the College of Engineering. It was originally a part of the Rutgers Scientific School, which was founded in 1864. The school has seven academic departments, with a combined undergraduate student enrollment of over 2,400 students. It offers over 25 academic and professional degree programs. These include several interdisciplinary programs, such as Bioenvironmental Engineering and Bioresource Engineering with the Department of Environmental Science, and the graduate program in Mechanics.Departments and programsThe Rutgers School of Engineering is composed primarily of seven academic departments. All of the degree programs offered are certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.In addition, the School also has undergraduate programs in Applied Sciences and in Bioenvironmental Engineering, and also a graduate program in Mechanics. Students who chose to pursue a degree in Applied Sciences also have to option to select a concentration in Packaging Engineering, Engineering Physics, Biomedical Science, or Premed.Degrees offeredThe school offers the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Graduate students are technically enrolled in the Graduate School-New Brunswick, and not directly in the School of Engineering. For this reason, all graduate degrees are awarded to a student by the Graduate School-New Brunswick on successful completion of one or more of the degree programs listed below.
