International Engineering Program
Welcome to the International Engineering Program (IEP) Web site, where you will find lots of information about the nation's most distinctive and rigorous plan for the global preparation of engineers! URI's International Engineering Program leads students simultaneously to degrees (BA/BS) in engineering and German, French, and Spanish or minors in Chinese and Asian Studies. Begun in 1987, the IEP is designed to meet the needs of business and industry in the rapidly evolving global workplace.
IEP students study language and culture each semester along with their engineering curriculum. In the fourth year of the five-year program, they then go abroad as interns with engineering based firms in Europe, Latin America, or China, and also as exchange students with one of our partner universities.
IEP students graduate with an excellent engineering background, with fluency in at least one language other than English, and with global engineering work experience as a key part of their curriculum. Because of the rapid expansion of global business, IEP grads are in very high demand. The program boasts close to a 100% placement rate and, frankly, cannot keep pace with the worldwide need for engineers with cross-cultural communication skills.
We hope that you will browse through the pages of our Web site. If you have questions, please get in touch with us. We would love to hear from you!
President's Endorsement
"The ability to communicate in more than one language is, I think, critical in a world that is both flat, in terms of opportunity, and round in terms of its connectivity. We already see this advantage in the International Engineering Program at URI, ..."
Click here to read the rest of President Dooley's blog post titled "The World is Still Round."
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Colloquium on International Engineering Education
October 22-25, 2009 in Ames, Iowa
Online Journal for Global Engineering Education (OJGEE)
Housing Application for AY 2009-2010 (Spring vacancies only)
