The James McKelvey School of Engineering is a part of
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
. Founded in 1854, the engineering school is a research institution occupying seven buildings on Washington University's
Danforth Campus
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. Research emphasis is placed on cross-disciplinary technologies in the areas of alternative energy, environmental engineering & sustainable technology, biotechnology, information technology, and nanotechnology/materials science.
On January 31, 2019, the School of Engineering & Applied Science was renamed the James McKelvey School of Engineering, in honor of trustee and distinguished alumnus
Jim McKelvey Jr., the co-founder of
Square
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, after his donation of an undisclosed sum that the school's dean,
Aaron Bobick
Aaron F Bobick is dean of the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.
Bobick’s research is in the field of artificial intelligence and computer vision. He has chaired and published papers in top-tier academic con ...
, said has been the largest in the school's 162-year history.
Washington University
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...
finished in 2021 a $360 million campus transformation project which included the construction of two new McKelvey buildings: Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel Hall, which houses the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall, which houses the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.
Reputation
The ''
Princeton Review
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'' ranks Washington University's Graduate Engineering Program 13th in the nation.
The ''
U.S. News & World Report'' ranks Washington University's Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Program 42nd and 47th in the nation, respectively.
Departments
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Biomedical Engineering
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Computer Science
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Electrical
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Systems Engineering
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Energy
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Environmental
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Chemical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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Materials Science
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Professional Education
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: Sever Institute and the Technology & Leadership Center
Undergraduate programs
Majors
Biomedical EngineeringSystems Science & Engineering
Minors
Aerospace EngineeringBioinformaticsComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringEnergy EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringHuman-Computer InteractionMaterials Science & EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechatronicsNanoscale Science & EngineeringRoboticsSystems Science & Engineering
Graduate programs