When you are accepted to the College of Engineering as a first-year student, you will begin as a general engineering student. By the end of your first year, you will declare at least one of the engineering majors.
If you already know the major you want, the process is simple and you can declare at orientation. If you are still exploring, we have 16 undergraduate programs that offer unique academic and career opportunities. Most students are able to graduate in 4 years, no matter which path they take.
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Apply engineering principles and technology to building design and construction. Work with architects and civil engineers on building design teams.
Combine principles of biology, chemistry, and engineering to develop new biologics, materials, devices, and processes.
Engineer processes to convert raw materials into products such as electronics, biofuels, polymer composites, and medicines.
Plan, design, and construct infrastructure, including highways, bridges, buildings, water supply systems, and wastewater treatment plants.
Use creativity and logic to develop software that solves problems. Work with teams from diverse fields such as science, health care, and business.
Plan and supervise all types of construction — homes, commercial and industrial buildings, highways, bridges, airports, and dams.
Design sustainable systems consistent with ecological principles that integrate human activities into the natural environment to the benefit of both.
Apply science and mathematics to design, build, test, and support electrical and computer hardware. Develop technologies for a range of applications.
Oversee energy conversion and distribution systems, improve energy storage systems, and manage the efficient use of energy in engineered systems.
Apply science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment, ensure the quality of soil, air, and water, and remediate polluted sites.
Design, implement, and manage complex organizational systems and processes across any type of commercial, governmental, and service organization.
Focus on the process behind the products we use every day. Design and improve systems to create high-quality items as efficiently as possible.
Design and develop new materials, devices, processes, and systems — as well as analyze, troubleshoot, and improve on existing ones.
Research and develop new reactor designs, nuclear fuel recycling and management strategies, and radioisotope technologies.
Study design, natural resources, outdoor recreation, sustainability, and business with courses from concept to commercialization to end-of-life.
Integrate the physical aspects of radiation, their biological effects, and methods used to protect people and environments from radiation hazards.
For 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked Oregon State fifth for online bachelor's programs and twelfth for online master’s in engineering programs.
The program allows current undergraduate students to take graduate classes, apply those credits to their current undergraduate degree, and transfer them to a participating graduate program. Students could complete a master’s degree within 1 year of finishing their bachelor's degree.
Prospective first-year students can email an advisor for more information.
If you are a prospective transfer student, you can reach out to an advisor in your major.
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