International Engineering Program

See the world from another perspective

Spanish IEP student, Michael Logar hikes in the Torres del Paine, Patagonia during a year abroad in Chile

Photograph courtesy Michael Logar

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, or 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
100%IEP graduates study study abroad for 1 calendar year (compared to .1% EGR students nationally)
~950Students placed in internships abroad (to date)
34%Female IEP students (compared to 22% national average)
29%IEP students from underrepresented populations

News

  • In Memoriam: Pioneers of the International Engineering Program - A Message from Dean Marchese It is with great sadness that Sigrid Berka and I share with you the recent loss of two of the most influential people in the founding and building of the URI International Engineering Program, Professor John Grandin and Heidi Kirk Duffy. Prof. John Grandin passed away on November 18 after a […]
  • ‘Eyes in Color’ stopping at URI as part of national tour - Inspired by the appearance of several Italian musicians visiting URI this October — and the fact URI has one of the largest Italian study programs in the U.S., thanks to its International Engineering Program — several complementary events are taking place on campus, celebrating Italian culture and offerings for the first time at the University.
  • 2024 IEP Student Award Winners - Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Dakota Watjen (GIBP) Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellowship Alexi Andresky (GIEP) Ethan Carpio (GIEP) Laura Colón Peña (SIEP) Ian Colson (GIEP) Jacob Cultrera (GIEP) Brinik Erickson (FIEP) Nicholas DeFranzo (IIEP) James Joubert (SIEP) Erik Lagace (SIEP) Michaella Junge (GIEP) Anna Li (CIEP) Bert Moklebust (GIEP) Nathaniel Nichols (GISCP) Matthew Tibbits […]
  • IEP Study Abroad Spotlight: Sara Hamada Mohamed ’24 - Sara Hamada Mohamed ’24 spent the last year studying abroad as a biomedical engineering/Spanish IEP major in Santander, Spain.

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