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.
The International Engineering Program (IEP) 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 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
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.
Fall 2025 IEP Events - The IEP sponsored a variety of events this fall, incorporating popular career-oriented activities from years past alongside some new student-led initiatives
Postcards from Abroad Fall ’25-’26 - Find out what our students abroad have been up to by scrolling through the updates they’ve shared with us.