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
Recent graduate leveraged his strengths, begins Ph.D. program - Carlos Fragoso Uriarte ’25 wanted a degree with which he could make a difference in the world while leaning into his academic interests. At URI, he found this and much more.
What’s New? The Latest from the IEP Alumni Network - IEP alumni share some of their recent highlights and accomplishments.
For URI engineering student, music and technology harmonize in innovative capstone project - Ahmad Almuhtaseb ’26, discovered a way to merge his dual passions—music and his computer engineering major—in his senior capstone project.
Graduate earns a (SMART) Department of Defense scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. - Gianni Smith graduated this May with degrees in electrical engineering and German and will continue his studies with a Department of Defense scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. at URI.