Program Overview
The entire field of engineering has entered a new era, one that requires fresh eyes and different ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing the world today. USF is at the forefront of this movement.
Our Engineering Accreditation
The Engineering program is currently pursuing its initial accreditation with ABET. Please see our Accreditation page for more details on our progress.
Our Vision
Through its innovative teaching and research, engineering at USF will provide a comprehensive, project-based engineering education within the Jesuit liberal arts tradition that emphasizes ethical responsibility, social justice, and community engagement. Committed to diversity as an asset, it will produce graduates with a local and global perspective who are equipped to find ethical and innovative solutions to the challenges facing society in the 21st century.
Our Mission
USF engineering’s mission is to educate the whole person in the Ignatian tradition of transforming the world and ourselves. Through an innovative, inclusive, and applied education focusing on design, creation, and resourcefulness, it provides students the skills and perspective they need to succeed as professionals and the self-confidence, sensitivity, empathy, and cultural competency necessary to be ethical and responsible engineers empowered to effect meaningful change. It is distinguished by its high-quality community-engaged scholarship, teaching, and research, and its interdisciplinary programming relevant to real projects locally, regionally, and internationally.
I’ll be starting in August as an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman, working with advanced multifunction sensors. One of the classes that I’m taking now, Control Systems applies to my future work. Control systems is like a lot of math for analog circuits — analysis and design of analog circuits, which I think is important for most electrical engineering jobs.
Nolan Ward, 24
Discover Summer Zero
Summer Zero is a multi-week program for incoming first-years to help you get to know your cohort and introduce you to the engineering program and life at USF.
Pick a Concentration
Choose from two concentrations: Electrical Engineering or Sustainable Environments Engineering. Declare by the end of your second year.
