The College of Engineering offers students a balance between fundamental theory and practical application. The core curriculum provides students with the broad base necessary to practice engineering in an environment characterized by rapidly expanding technological development. Small class sizes and a general open-door policy result in excellent opportunities for one-on-one learning and involvement in research with faculty, many of whom are internationally recognized for their technical expertise.

Quality Indicators

•  A $1.1 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will fund a center for recruiting, retaining, and educating top engineering students.
• Recent electrical engineering graduate Ira Wygant of Laramie received a prestigious National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship to pursue a doctoral degree.
•  A four-year, $1.3 million grant from NASA is funding Planetary and Space Science Center research.
• The atmospheric science department, one of the leading atmospheric science research groups in the country, operates the King Air Facility, a National Science Foundation designated national user facility that allows researchers from across the United States to conduct airborne atmospheric research.
• A group of UW scientists, led by National Academy of Engineering member Norm Morrow of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, has received a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study enhanced oil recovery in fractured reservoirs.
• Associate Professor Suresh Muknahallipatna, Electrical and Computer Engineering, was named a Microsoft MVP for his teaching and research in computer engineering.
• Faculty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering led by Dr. William Armstrong received a $821,000 award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study active flutter suppression techniques to improve the control of high performance aircraft.
• Professor Khaled Ksaibati of Civil and Architectural Engineering has undertaken a project supported by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and three Wyoming counties to establish Asset Management Systems to help counties more effectively plan for the use of county road and bridge funds. 
• Dr. William and Diana Spears of Computer Science are inventing ways to ensure public safety through autonomous robot swarms driven using a new approach termed "artificial physics".

Master's degrees are offered in

• atmospheric science
• chemical engineering
• civil engineering
• civil engineering/water resources (interdisciplinary)
• computer science
• electrical engineering
• environmental engineering
• mechanical engineering
• petroleum engineering

Doctorates are offered in

• atmospheric science
• chemical engineering
• civil engineering
• computer science
• electrical engineering
• mechanical engineering
• petroleum engineering