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Choose Your Pathway

Undergraduate Engineering Fundamentals Majors

Learn engineering from the faculty who excel in engineering education research.

Tackle the most challenging engineering problems. Help society by finding solutions to common issues of health, safety, and productivity. In addition to engineering and technical skills, you will learn ethics and responsible engineering. Study the impact of engineering on various economic and environmental systems. Become adept at collaboration and communication in social and cultural settings.

Bachelor's Degree

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Engineering

Design your own future.

The Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) gives you a well-rounded engineering perspective. We offer courses in engineering analysis, careers, group learning, and mentoring. You can take on collaborative leadership and group management. Understand the principles of professional communications, ethics, and problem solving.

Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership. Create a collaborative and inclusive environment. Analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

Go one step further by designing your own pathway. You can customize up to 40 percent of your degree path.

Minor

The minor in Systems Engineering can be useful to students majoring in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, engineering management, forestry, biology, and other areas.

Individualized Emphasis

Get exposure to civil engineering, programming, and mineral science. Learn construction engineering and manufacturing. Practice quality engineering and lean implementation. Choose engineering core electives, design implementation electives, quality control, and directed electives. We will help develop a curriculum to meet your focus.

Systems Engineering Emphasis

Apply low-fidelity modeling to test ideas and user flows. Study environmental engineering, engineering statistics, uncertainty, and quality control. Consider a business minor. Choose directed electives in systems.

EngineeringPlus Emphasis

Select upper level engineering courses in your area of interest. Design and operate systems used for water and wastewater treatment. Examine air and surface quality. Use six sigma methodology. Make economic decisions and introduce sustainability to systems. Choose directed and technical electives.

Business Emphasis

Start with the same broad foundation. Learn principles of finance. Study human relations, organizational behavior, and marketing. Operations and supply chain management include design, forecasting, scheduling, and capacity management. Choose engineering core electives, design implementation electives, quality control, and directed electives.

Undecided?

Undecided about which area of engineering to pursue? No problem. You'll have a chance to explore them all. Every engineering student at Michigan Tech takes the same core courses, and chooses a major after two or three semesters. You will get exposure to all the engineering fields before choosing a career path.

Learn more about general/undecided engineering in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals, including how to transition to a major.

Ready to take the next step?

Learn more about studying engineering at Michigan's flagship technological university.

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The EF Department

At Michigan Technological University, the Department of Engineering Fundamentals is where future engineers build the foundation for lifelong success. We offer an innovative, hands-on first-year engineering program designed to help students explore disciplines, strengthen core skills, and prepare for upper-level coursework. Our dedicated faculty provide personalized academic advising and guidance to help you choose the engineering major that best fits your goals. For students interested in flexible, interdisciplinary pathways, we administer the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree—ideal for emerging or non-traditional fields. Our department is also a hub for educational research, service courses, and outreach that connects engineering with the broader community. Whether you're sure of your path or still exploring—tomorrow needs every engineer—and we are here to help.

Faculty are experts in engineering education.
The BSE degree program is highly customizable.
The department offers pathways to non-traditional engineering degrees.
The first-year engineering program offers students innovative fundamentals courses and exploration.

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Real Engineering. Meaningful Work.

Michigan Tech’s College of Engineering is committed to inspiring students, advancing knowledge, and innovating technological solutions to create a sustainable, just, and prosperous world. With an entering engineering class of about 1,000 students, 18 degrees to choose from, and 160+ engineering faculty alone, our students take part in a world-class education with the trusted reputation of Michigan Tech.

Collaborate and innovate as part of Michigan Tech’s discovery-based learning environment. Explore the endless possibilities of your engineering education in Engineering Fundamentals. Work closely with world-renowned faculty as a research assistant or develop real solutions with industry partners on an Enterprise team or Senior Design capstone project.

Join the pack and find the support you need. Map your academic career with the help of an academic advisor. Transition to University life with the support of the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success or receive academic support in any of the Learning Centers across campus.

Study abroad, with engineering opportunities ranging from a few weeks to a full year. Focus on problems facing disadvantaged communities in countries around the world. Michigan Tech’s Global and Community Engagement program offers a range of options.

A degree in engineering from Michigan Tech can take you anywhere. After graduating, 95 percent of our alumni find successful employment within six months. Tech engineers work at NASA, Whirlpool, General Motors, Dow, Lockheed Martin, and beyond. With multiple annual Career Fairs and one-on-one advising from Career Services, you can find an internship, co-op, or full-time job where your engineering expertise can make a difference.

Tomorrow Needs Every Engineer

Michigan Tech engineers are at the forefront of change. Using creative ideas and technologies to solve problems in healthcare, energy, transportation, space exploration, climate change, and beyond, Tech engineers are prepared to help people and their communities adapt toward an equitable future. Become an engineer who is ready for what tomorrow needs.

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Earn an ABET Accredited Engineering Degree

With ABET accreditation, you can be sure that your Michigan Tech degree meets the quality standards that prepares you to enter a global workforce.

And, because it requires comprehensive, periodic evaluations, ABET accreditation demonstrates our continuing commitment to the quality of your program—both now and in the future.

Sought Worldwide

ABET's voluntary peer-review process is highly respected. Its criteria are developed by technical professionals and focuses on what you, as a student, experience and learn. It adds critical value to academic programs in technical disciplines—where quality, precision, and safety are of the utmost importance.

Our Program

Bachelor of Science in Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, Engineering Science, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs Program Criteria.

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