Welcome, prospective undergraduate students! We hope you'll consider joining our community of mechanical engineers听at听Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. Apply now!
Interested in transferring to the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU 麻豆影院? You are considered a transfer student if you have been enrolled at another college or university since graduating from high school. The exact steps to transfer vary depending on whether you鈥檙e coming from a community college, another university in Colorado,听or from an out-of-state university. You can find more information on听the .听
What You'll Learn
Our program is one of the top-ranked in the nation.听We听educate our students in a variety of engineering topics, enable hands-on learning听and provide professional development training.听
Our undergraduate curriculum consists of 128 credit hours and offers you the ability to specialize with technical electives,听certificates and subspecialties听in Biomedical Engineering or Environmental Engineering. The College of Engineering and Applied Science also has numerous minor听and certificate programs targeted for engineering students.听Enrolled undergraduate students may听also choose to extend their undergraduate education during their junior year with听a Bachelor鈥檚鈥揂ccelerated Master鈥檚 (BAM), a program that gives you the opportunity to earn an MS听degree more quickly than you otherwise could.听
Fitting Your Unique Interests
Our students are passionate about making positive change in the world. Many听are听drawn to mechanical engineering, because of the doors the degree opens in almost any industry. Graduates of our program have worked in design, research, and manufacturing roles at听aerospace, bioengineering and biomedical device, design and consulting, manufacturing and plant operations, power generation, alternative energy and conservation, petroleum, and transportation companies. They have also formed听their own companies and have听pursued teaching and research careers in academia.
Earning Potential
With a听degree in mechanical engineering, you will also have strong听earning potential. The median salary for graduates with a BS in mechanical engineering听from 2014 to 2019 was $65,000.听For students earning an MS in mechanical engineering,听it was听$72,250.听The estimated median salary for alumni one to five听years after graduation with a BS in mechanical engineering is $85,918.
