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FACTS & STATISTICS

University of Connecticut

• Land Grant (1881), Sea Grant and Space Grant institution
• # 1 public university in New England (U.S. News & World Report 1999 - 2009)
• Carnegie Foundation Research Universities/Very High institution
• Campus revitalization fueled by the $1 billion UConn 2000 and $1.3 billion 21st Century UConn state matching funds initiatives
• 14 Schools and Colleges
• 21,372 undergraduates at the Storrs and regional campuses
• 8,011 graduate/professional students

School of Engineering - 106 Years of Instruction

• Year Founded: 1901
• # Undergraduates: 1,838 Full Time
• # Graduate students: 476 M.S. and Ph.D.
• 110 Full-Time Faculty
  • 1 Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • 1 Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • 20 NSF CAREER Awards
  • 1 Presidential Early Career Award
  • 5 Office of Naval Programs Young Investigator Awards
  • 2 U.S. Army Research Office Young Investigator Awards
  • 1 NASA Young Investigator Award recipient
  • Over 40 Fellows of prestigious professional societies
  • 44 Editors-in-Chief, Associate Editors, and Editors of top technical journals
• Center of Excellence: Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Transportation Security
• Five Departments:
  • Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
• Majors:
  • Biomedical Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Chemical Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Civil Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Computer Engineering (B.S.E.)
  • Computer Science (B.S.)
  • Computer Science & Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Electrical Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Engineering Physics (B.S.)
  • Environmental Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Management & Engineering for Manufacturing (B.S.)
  • Materials Science & Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Mechanical Engineering (B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Polymer Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Undergraduate Minors:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electronics & Systems
  • Engineering Management
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  Nanotechnology
• Major Research Centers & Institutes:
  
  Centers/Institutes Operated by the School of Engineering
  • Bioinformatics & Biocomputing Institute
  • T.L. Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technology
  • Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center
  • Connecticut Transportation Institute
  
  
  Multi-disciplinary University Centers in which Engineering Faculty Participate
  • Center for Environmental Science & Engineering
  • Institute of Materials Science
• # Valedictorians and Salutatorians accepted fall 2008: 50
• Ave. SAT (combined math and verbal): 1268
• Honors Program participants: 226
• Scholarships:
  2009 - $485,000 in scholarships to continuing students