The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the colleges of the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. On July 1, 2010, the college was officially renamed from the Institute of Technology (IT). It was created in 1935 by bringing together the university's programs in
engineering
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,
mining
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,
architecture
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, and
chemistry. Today, CSE contains 12 departments and 24 research centers that focus on
engineering
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, the physical sciences, and
mathematics.
Rankings
The programs offered by the College of Science and Engineering are rated among the best in the nation, particularly in
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...
,
Aerospace Engineering, and
Mechanical Engineering
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.
Departments
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Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
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Biomedical Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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and
Materials Science
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Chemistry
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Civil, Environmental, and GeoEngineering
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Computer Science
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and
Engineering
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*
Earth Sciences
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(formerly called Geology and Geophysics)
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Electrical
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and
Computer Engineering
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Industrial and Systems Engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. At its core, systems engineering utilizes systems thinking p ...
*
Mathematics
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Mechanical Engineering
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*
Physics
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and
Astronomy
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*Additionally, CSE pairs with other departments at the
University
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to offer degree-granting programs in:
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Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering with
CFANS (formerly two departments:
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and Bio-based Products)
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Statistics
*And two other CSE units grant advanced degrees:
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Technological Leadership Institute(formerly Center for the Development of Technological Leadership)
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History of Science and Technology
Research centers
BioTechnology InstituteCharacterization Facility*
Charles Babbage Institute
The IT History Society (ITHS) is an organization that supports the history and scholarship of information technology by encouraging, fostering, and facilitating archival and historical research. Formerly known as the Charles Babbage Foundation, ...
CBI websiteDigital Technology Center*
William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials EngineeringInstitute for Mathematics and its ApplicationsMinnesota Nano CenterNSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid PowerNSF Materials Research Science and Engineering CenterNSF Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) SystemNSF National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED)*
The Polar Geospatial Center
Center for Transportation Studies*
University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
GroupLens Center for Social and Human-Centered Computing
Educational centers
History of Science and TechnologySchool of Mathematics Center for (K-12) Educational ProgramsTechnological Leadership InstituteUNITE Distributed Learning
References
External links
Official CSE website
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University of Minnesota
Educational institutions established in 1935
1935 establishments in Minnesota
Engineering universities and colleges in Minnesota
Engineering schools and colleges in the United States