95%Employed or graduate school placement within six months of graduation
$35MIn annual research awards
100%Participation in year-long capstone design experience
1st in USTo offer a Ph.D. in ocean engineering
100%Of international Engineering Program students complete a six-month global internship
Departments
The College of Engineering offers more than 25 programs from five departments.
See the World
Pair your engineering major with a language major and multiply your possibilities through the International Engineering Program (IEP).
News
URI multicultural student one of first to pass N1 Japanese proficiency exam - Korali Kouadio’s love of languages allowed her to achieve something special. So special in fact that she’s one of only two URI students to ever achieve it.
URI chemical engineering professor named 2025 Cottrell Scholar - University of Rhode Island assistant professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik has been named a recipient of the prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award for 2025.
Could wearables be the future in diagnosing ADHD? - According to the National Institute of Mental Health, ADHD is one of the most common disorders diagnosed in children. 
URI’s International Engineering Program is turning dreams into reality - KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 24, 2025 – Sitting adjacent to the University of Rhode Island’s Alumni Center are two nondescript buildings. Contrary to their unassuming gray or white color, the buildings house a unique program, the International Engineering Program (IEP). Studying abroad is not a novel concept for students. Almost 330,000 U.S. students study abroad […]
Preparing for a landslide induced tsunami - KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 29, 2025 – While the eastern United States doesn’t sit along major tectonic plate fault lines like the West Coast, earthquakes can still happen here.
URI’s Ashutosh Giri receives the Nation’s highest government award to outstanding scientists and engineers - KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 23, 2025 – Before the peaceful transition of power, the Biden administration recognized 400 scientists and engineers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering. Among the honorees were two University of Rhode Island faculty members: psychology assistant professor Justin Parent and mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering professor Ashutosh […]
International Collaboration on Arctic Research Between U.S., Norway and Canada - Dramatic changes have been observed in the Arctic Ocean in the past decades in terms of ocean temperature and salinity structure and ice-cover. Because sound travels long distances underwater, scientists have been able to use acoustic signals to localize oceanographic platforms and vehicles underwater and ice, but the way sound travels depends on the oceanography. […]
New URI council focuses on the future of textiles in southern New England, invites participation - URI looks to partner in conversation around textiles in region. The council will meet this January to discuss, promote and share information between members and URI faculty on Rhode Island textiles, research, needs and recommendations for workforce development and opportunities.