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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

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Type
  
Public

Campus
  
Urban

Phone
  
+1 612-624-2006

Motto
  
Inventing Tomorrow

Academic staff
  
400

Established
  
1935

Website
  
www.cse.umn.edu

Founded
  
1935

Dean
  
Steven L. Crouch

Students
  
6954 students (4430 Undergraduate; 2524 Graduate)

Location
  
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

Address
  
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 117 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

Former name
  
University of Minnesota Institute of Technology

Similar
  
University of Minnesota, University of Minnesot, St Cloud State University, Seattle University, Luther Seminary

Profiles

The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the colleges of the University of Minnesota 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, mining, architecture, and chemistry. Today, CSE contains 12 departments and 24 research centers that focus on engineering, the physical sciences, and mathematics.

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Rankings

The programs offered by the College of Science and Engineering are rated among the best in the nation, particularly in Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Departments

  • Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Earth Sciences (formerly called Geology and Geophysics)
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Additionally, CSE pairs with other departments at the University to offer degree-granting programs in:
  • Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, with CFANS (formerly two departments: Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and Bio-based Products)
  • Statistics
  • And two other CSE units grant advanced degrees:
  • Technological Leadership Institute (formerly Center for the Development of Technological Leadership)
  • History of Science and Technology
  • Research centers

  • BioTechnology Institute
  • Characterization Facility
  • Charles Babbage Institute - CBI website
  • Digital Technology Center
  • William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute
  • Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering
  • Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
  • Minnesota Nano Center
  • NSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power
  • NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
  • NSF Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) System
  • NSF National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED)
  • The Polar Geospatial Center
  • Center for Transportation Studies
  • University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
  • Educational centers

  • History of Science and Technology
  • School of Mathematics Center for (K-12) Educational Programs
  • Technological Leadership Institute
  • UNITE Distributed Learning
  • References

    University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Wikipedia