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Why UW Engineering?

We are preparing students to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

54%

Freshman admission rate

For Washington state residents

Admissions by-the-numbers

 

National leader for inclusive excellence

Awarded by The American Society for Engineering Education

Our commitment to DEI

$80,000

Average starting salary for alumni

14% higher than the national average

More facts and stats

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STUDENT PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT

The Career Center @ Engineering (CC@E)

CC@E offers career coaching, career fairs, on-campus interviews, internships, externships, and more to prepare students for successful engineering careers.

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News and events

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Innovation

Novel approach

UW innovation hub CoMotion is helping bioengineering professor Valerie Daggett's quest to diagnose Alzheimer's earlier.

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#1 source of UW startups (over half)
123 years of engineering innovation
962 awards in 2019-2020
26.5% female faculty members #1 among the top 50 engineering schools
22 NAE Members
$125M in externally funded research