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 students heading to Japan this summer to teach English abroad - A pair of URI Japanese program students, including IEP junior Ashly Martinez Rodriguez, will have an experience of a lifetime this summer when they travel to Japan to mentor university students there and build connections in Asia.
Three degrees in seven years was no easy feat, but worth it for recent graduate - Jacob Milman, from Barrington, Rhode Island, has attended the University of Rhode Island for seven years and earned three degrees. Milman began his journey in the International Engineering Program, earning bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and German. “I lived abroad in Germany from 2022-2023–I got to travel Europe and work a cool job at Porsche […]
Student finds the best of both worlds through IEP program - Daniel Meola, of Cranston, Rhode Island, always wanted to be an engineer. Since a young age, he also began collecting Pokémon cards and watching anime, intrigued with Japanese media and culture. “URI allowed for me to study both engineering and a language of my choice which was one of the best decisions I could ever […]
IEP graduate earns accelerated B.S./M.S. scholarship to pursue master’s - Katie Aaronson, of Exton, Pennsylvania, joined University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program as an ocean engineering and Spanish major. Aaronson is completing her undergraduate degrees and if she could suggest one bit of advice to anyone to make the most of their own experience, it’d be to stay dedicated, but remain open-minded. “Getting heavily […]