When you connect meaningfully across cultures, you begin to see the world from a perspective that is different from your own. Taking on the world’s challenges requires the type of thinker who can look at a problem from multiple vantage points and find solutions others can’t see.
What is URI’s International Engineering Program?
The International Engineering Program (IEP) at the University of Rhode Island offers an unparalleled experience for students looking to become truly global engineers. You’ll earn two degrees simultaneously: a B.S. in an engineering discipline and a B.A. in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Global Language Area Studies with a concentration in Japanese. By combining the power of a world-class engineering program, immersion in a foreign language and culture and a full calendar year studying and interning abroad, the five-year program prepares engineers who can work collaboratively and efficiently on international teams.
The University of Rhode Island’s groundbreaking International Engineering Program (IEP) serves as a model for engineering and language educators across the entire country.– The Institute of International Education
News
URI named top producer of Gilman Scholars as program celebrates its 25th year - The University of Rhode Island has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State for being a top producer of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipients among mid-sized colleges and universities in the country over the past 25 years.
URI Japanese program students share Japanese wisdom, camaraderie during Davisville Middle School visit - Ashly Martinez Rodriguez, a URI International Engineering Program student from Providence—originally from the Dominican Republic— is double-majoring in computer engineering and Japanese. On Jan. 28, Martinez Rodriguez in part played the role of teacher and worked with students one on one on how to speak Japanese.
Highlights from ACIEE 2025 - Coming from halfway across the country and halfway across the globe, a team of IEP presenters shined at the 28th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education in Texas last fall.
What’s New from the IEP Alumni Network - IEP alumni share some of their recent highlights and accomplishments. Additionally, we call attention to the efforts of others in service to the IEP.