 Dear
Web Site Visitor,
Welcome to the International
Engineering Program Web site! The IEP, as we call it, is a distinctive
academic program of the University of Rhode Island which leads students
simultaneously to degrees in both engineering and German,
French, Spanish
or Chinese. Begun in 1987, the
IEP was 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 contact us. If you want to know more about me, you can click
here, or you can reach us
through any of our
electronic or postal addresses. We would love to
hear from you!
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Sincerely yours,
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John M. Grandin
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Professor of German
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IEP Director
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