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At the URI College of Engineering, we graduate students ready to shape the world through innovation and passion. Our undergraduate and graduate programs cover the gamut of engineering. Whether you’re seeking to invent the next energy source, revolutionize medicine, develop artificial intelligence, explore the ocean, build a supercomputer or design a bridge, you’ll learn the skills here.

Our International Engineering Program combines the power of engineering, foreign language and study abroad. We invite you to explore our website and visit us to learn more about how we’re thinking big in a small, beautiful place.

Biomedical Engineering Students Present Projects at Conference

Students in URI’s biomedical engineering capstone design class recently presented their projects at the Northeast Bioengineering Conference at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Prof. Otto Gregory Creates Prototype to Detect Bombs

“The Digital Dog Nose,” created by Otto Gregory, chemical engineering professor at the University of Rhode Island, could be placed at subway stations, train stations, airports and ports to detect bombs. URI photo by Michael Salerno.
Engineering Graduate Ian Kanterman is ‘Bold, Brave and Grateful’

A survivor of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Ian Kanterman will graduate this spring from the International Engineering Program, with degrees in biomedical engineering and French. He will attend graduate school in the Netherlands, where he will study neural and motor systems.
Highlight Video of Topping Out Ceremony

This video, produced by the University of Rhode Island, captures the excitement from the topping out ceremony for the College of Engineering’s new building. The event, which included a beam signing, celebrated the installation of the final piece of structural steel.
Construction Live View & More

One of most advanced engineering facilities in the country, being built at URI.

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Fifth Annual E-Week a Huge Success

The events held during URI’s fifth annual Engineering Week displayed the enthusiasm, camaraderie and teamwork that students in the College of Engineering are known for. From April 3-6, students organized and participated in four successful events.

Ocean Engineering Student to Study Underwater Robotics in California

Junior Karla Haiat is headed to California for a prestigious summer internship at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to create a robot that mimics the behavior of the giant larvacean.

URI Engineering Students Visit NUWC

Engineering students from URI and UConn recently visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport. The students, along with a few of their professors and advisors, toured NUWC’s facilities and interacted with a panel of NUWC engineers and scientists.