Brown University School of Engineering
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| Established | 1847 (first in Ivy League, third oldest civilian engineering program in U.S.) |
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| Dean | Lawrence E. Larson |
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Academic staff
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50 full-time tenure-track faculty |
| Students |
400 Undergraduate 150 Graduate |
| Location | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Degrees Offered |
Sc.B., A.B., Sc.B and A.B., five-year Sc.B/Sc.M, Sc.M., Sc.M.I.M., Ph.D.
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| Website | brown |
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400 Undergraduate
Sc.B., A.B., Sc.B and A.B., five-year Sc.B/Sc.M, Sc.M., Sc.M.I.M., Ph.D.
Undergraduate Concentrations:
Master's and Doctoral Programs:
The Brown University School of Engineering is the engineering school at Brown University, a private Ivy League research university located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school offers both graduate and undergraduate study in the field. Undergraduate students may declare their major in engineering as late as the end of their sophomore year.
The oldest undergraduate engineering program in the Ivy League, Brown's first course specifically in engineering was offered in 1847. It was a professional engineering program called, "English and Scientific Course", and was a one or two-year program and included courses in mechanics, geometry, surveying, navigation, mensuration of heights and distances, chemistry and trigonometry. In 1850, the civil engineering curriculum was inaugurated as a focused one and a half year program. During the late 19th century, engineering instructional laboratories were held in University Hall, Sayles Hall and Wilson Hall. Engineering then moved to a new site over the heating station in the rear of the Chemical Laboratory (renamed Rogers Hall in 1900 and the Salomon Center for Teaching in 1989). In 1903, engineering moved into its own new building on Lincoln Field.
The current program was formed in 1916 from the combination of civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering departments. Engineering was a Division at Brown until 2010 when the university elevated it to its current status as the Brown University School of Engineering, making it the only undergraduate department at Brown with such status. In July 2011, Lawrence Larson became the school's inaugural Dean. Prior to this appointment he served as the chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
The Brown University School of Engineering offers ABET-accredited engineering concentrations in biomedical, chemical and biochemical, computer, electrical, materials, and mechanical engineering (Sc.B.). Also offered are programs in engineering-physics and environmental engineering. In addition, the Brown School of Engineering offer a bachelor of arts degree in engineering.
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