The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering is the engineering college at

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(Cal Poly Pomona or Cal Poly) located in Pomona,

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, United States. Known for its "learn by doing" philosophy, the college's motto is: ''"Learn by Doing: Making Imagination Real"''. Cal Poly has one of the "most recognized engineering programs in the country" and, with nearly 6,000 students (as of 2019), it is also the largest engineering college in

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, the second largest college of engineering in the

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system, and the seventeenth largest engineering college in the United States. In the 2022 '' U.S. News & World Report'' "America's Best Colleges" edition, the College of Engineering is ranked 10th out of 210 public and private undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. where doctorates are not offered. The College of Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona is among the most selective engineering colleges in the nation. For fall 2018, the college admitted 45.3 percent of its total freshmen applicants who held an average unweighted GPA of 3.74 (out of 4.00) and SATs of 1249 (out of 1600).

History

Engineering classes at the Kellogg Campus in

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of the California Polytechnic began in academic year 1957-58. At the time, the Engineering Center (the current two-story portion of Building 9) had not been finalized and it took two more years, until 1959, to complete. The first class of the College of Engineering graduated in 1960 with 11 graduates in the disciplines of

Aeronautical Engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: Aeronautics, aeronautical engineering and Astronautics, astronautical engineering. A ...

Electronic Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...

and

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

. It is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. (formerly the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) for its baccalaureate programs in aerospace engineering, civil engineering, chemical and materials engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, and mechanical engineering. It is also accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET for its baccalaureate programs in construction engineering technology, and electromechanical engineering technology. The baccalaureate program in agricultural engineering is also accredited by ABET, yet this program is housed by the College of Agriculture. The Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering was formed in 1972 and is accredited by the

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(AIChE) in addition to ABET.

College of Engineering magazine

In 2012, the College of Engineering launched the first issue of its magazine
''Xpressions of Xcellence''

Campus

Building 9 (College of Engineering)

Image:CalPolyBuilding9-1.JPG, ''Exterior of Cal Poly's Engineering Tower 9'' Image:CalPolyBuilding9-2.JPG, ''Southern wing of Cal Poly's Original Engineering Building 9'' Image:BuildingNine.JPG, ''Eastern face of Building 9 with the 'CPP' hill visible in the distance''

Building 13 (engineering annex)

File:CPP building 13 from building 9.JPG, ''An exterior view of engineering building 13''

Building 17 (engineering laboratories)

File:CPP - Building 17 main entrance.jpg, ''An exterior view of engineering building 17'' File:Building 17 from the Japanese garden.JPG, ''View of building 17 as seen from the Japanese garden''

Academics

Undergraduate programs (11)

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College of Engineering Programs
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Graduate programs (6)

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'' (CENG-Programs)

Admissions

Admissions to Cal Poly's College of Engineering are on a Rolling admission, rolling basis along with all other colleges at the university. According to the

system students in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

represent the largest sector of enrollment with 23% of the student body in those areas. Also, the largest three majors by enrollment at the university are Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

Freshmen admissions

=Freshman admission rate by majors

Rankings

* 1st in California: Degrees awarded to Hispanic engineers, Engineering Workforce Commission * 1st Nationally: Largest civil engineering undergraduate program, American Society for Engineering Education * 4th Nationally: Undergraduate engineering program, among public, masters-granting universities, ''U.S. News & World Report'' * 5th Nationally: Largest Hispanic engineering college, American Society for Engineering Education *5th Nationally: Largest electrical engineering undergraduate program, ''U.S. News & World Report'' *5th Nationally: Largest civil engineering undergraduate program, ''U.S. News & World Report'' *5th Nationally: Largest computer engineering undergraduate program, ''U.S. News & World Report'' * 6th Nationally: Bachelor's degrees awarded to minorities, Diverse Issues in Higher Education * 9th Nationally: Largest Asian-American engineering college, American Society for Engineering Education *12th Nationally: Largest mechanical engineering undergraduate program, ''U.S. News & World Report'' * 20th Nationally: Largest percentage of women tenure/tenure-track faculty, American Society for Engineering Education * 22nd Nationally: Largest engineering college, American Society for Engineering Education * 46th Nationally: Bachelor's degrees awarded to women, American Society for Engineering Education

References

External links

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