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Why UW Engineering?

We are preparing students to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

54%

Freshman admission rate

For Washington state residents

Admissions by-the-numbers

 

National leader for inclusive excellence

Awarded by The American Society for Engineering Education

Our commitment to DEI

$80,000

Average starting salary for alumni

14% higher than the national average

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Undergraduate Enrique Garcia prepares to remove the diamond sample from the quantum processor, where it is mounted in a temperature-controlled cryostat.

Student experience

Undergraduate research

Four undergraduate students share highlights from their summer research experience in College of Engineering labs focused on clean energy, quantum, health and the environment and how it helped prepare them for future engineering aspirations.

Engineering research

News and events

Professor Emeritus Mary Lidstrom discusses the research with undergraduate Mia Grayson

Engineering solutions for climate change

A mission to mitigate methane

Former UW Vice Provost for Research Mary Lidstrom returns to her lab, ready to reduce methane emissions.

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#1 source of UW startups (over half)
123 years of engineering innovation
962 awards in 2019-2020
26.5% female faculty members #1 among the top 50 engineering schools
22 NAE Members
$125M in externally funded research