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Program: Engineering

Program Overview

The Engineering degree program prepares graduates to lead and thrive in the technology-driven global workplace. The program focuses on the practice of engineering with a broad curriculum that emphasizes basic engineering fundamentals. The program allows students to select electives from a number of areas to increase depth and expertise, including Mechanical, Civil, Materials, Manufacturing, Quality, Electrical, and Computer Engineering, and Engineering Management.

Western Illinois University–Quad Cities provides junior and senior Engineering courses at the Quad Cities campus, and the program articulates with Pre-Engineering transfer programs at the WIU-Macomb campus and community colleges in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. WIU-QC offers a dual enrollment program where students simultaneously enroll at a partner community college and the Engineering program.

Students enroll in the WIU Pre-Engineering program during their first 60 semester hours prior to full admission to the Engineering program

Why Engineering at WIU?

Western is the first public institution in the Quad Cities to offer Engineering. The program is unique because of its incorporation of design and teamwork throughout the curriculum, with ample opportunities for practical, hands-on engineering educational experiences. The program links to businesses, industry, and the Midwest Intellectual Property Management Institute (IP Institute) through required internships and senior capstone design projects.