Engineering at Albion

Perhaps it never occurred to you that a career in engineering could start at Albion College. Indeed, Albion has a program that has been training engineers for the last 100 years. If you are interested in earning a degree in engineering, Albion College provides the best of both worlds: an education founded in the liberal arts leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from the best engineering universities in the country. If the idea of a career in engineering combined with the personalized academic environment of a small college sounds good to you, then read on!

What Can I Study?
Albion has a proven track record of preparing students for such popular engineering specialties as biological, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental / renewable energy, mechanical, materials science, and engineering physics. This list is by no means exhaustive. Indeed, earning any kind of engineering degree is a possibility through the Dual Degree Engineering Program at Albion College.

Dual Degree Program Overview
The engineering program at Albion College begins with basic classes in mathematics and science to prepare you for any field of engineering. Simultaneously, you will have the chance to explore a wide variety of liberal arts courses in a small college setting. After three years of study, you can transfer to the engineering school of your choice and, after two years of additional study receive both a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albion College and a Bachelor of Science degree from the transfer university. Although we have formal agreements with The University of Michigan, Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University, and Michigan Tech University, it is possible to transfer to any school in the country with proper advice and academic preparation. A great feature of beginning your engineering studies at Albion is the close personal guidance you will receive from the moment you enroll in the program. Faculty will work with you one-on-one to ensure that you not only take the right classes, but that your transfer to the engineering university after three years is seamless.

Student Testimonials

“After I transferred to the University of Michigan to complete the engineering classes, it was apparent that I had had much more rigorous courses in chemistry, math and physics than my classmates and was well prepared to survive the challenging chemical engineering curriculum.”
Erin Knight – Class of 2005

“At Albion, I got one-on-one attention with the professor, knew most of the people in my class, and felt I was in a comfortable learning environment. Here at U of M, I see first-year students struggling in the introductory math and science classes because the classes are too big or they do not know anyone…”
Adam Hashimoto – Class of 2009