To achieve international prominence as a student-focused school of engineering and applied science that educates men and women to be leaders in technology and society and that contributes to the well-being of our citizens through the creation and transfer of knowledge.

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25 percent of our undergraduate students are women; 25 percent are members of a minority.

The Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine team earned a silver medal for an energy biotechnology project in MIT’s iGEM Competition.

We have 2,000 undergraduate and 650 graduate students.

The ecoMOD3 project, a joint, multi-year project with faculty and students in the Engineering School and School of Architecture, has garnered a host of national awards.

84 percent of SEAS incoming students were in the highest percentile of their high school class.

Interns in the Science and Technology Policy Internship Program were placed in high-level policy-making offices in locations that included Paris, France; Richmond, Va.; and Washington, D.C. Offices included the National Academy of Engineers, National Science Foundation, White House Office of Science and Technology and the Information Technology Council.

Interns in the Policy Internship Program were placed in high-level policy-making offices such as the NAE, NSF, White House Office of Science and Technology and the Information Technology Council.

40% of our undergraduates are pursuing a minor; of those, 10% are pursuing a minor in economics.

Joanne McGrath Cohoon, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology and Society, is co-editor of a book titled “Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation,” which received an award from “Choice Magazine.”

Our student-to-faculty ratio is 15:1.

Edward J. Berger, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a 2008 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in recognition of his superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service, and his research on the effectiveness of Web-based interactive technologies in the college classroom.

15 percent of our faculty are women.

Joe C. Campbell, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, received the 2008 IEEE Photonics Award for his research developing high-speed, low-noise avalanche photodiodes.

William A. Wulf has returned to the Engineering School after service as president of the National Academy of Engineering for more than a decade.

The U.Va.–Coulter Partnership awarded $600,000 to eight translational research teams at the University of Virginia in 2007–2008. All the teams are jointly led by a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a U.Va. clinician.

The Engineering School has identified four “cluster” areas of strength — bioengineering, nanotechnology, information science and technology, and energy and the environment.

The Engineering School received approximately $46 million in research awards in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007.

In addition to traditional engineering programs, we offer undergraduate minors in Applied Math, Engineering Business, History of Science and Technology, and Technology and the Environment.

The SEAS International Studies program assists students who wish to incorporate international study into their undergraduate years.

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Founded in 1836, the Engineering School currently has 2,000 undergraduate, 650 graduate students and 185 full-time faculty. Our student-to-faculty ratio is 15:1. Market value of the SEAS endowment has reached more than $83 million. Six of the School’s nine departments rose in the latest “U.S. News & World Report” graduate rankings and 11 faculty members are members of the National Academy of Engineering.

The University of Virginia is ranked No. 2 among public universities by “U.S. News & World Report.” Engineering School students benefit from the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and receive a strong liberal arts and sciences education in addition to traditional training in engineering.

The Science and Technology Policy Internship Program, now in its seventh year, places students in offices such as the National Science Foundation Europe Office in Paris, France; the Virginia Secretary of Technology, in Richmond, Va.; and the Institute of Medicine, National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in Washington, D.C., where they earn academic credit while experiencing first-hand how public policy and science and technology intersect in the nation and the world.

The Engineering School consistently attracts top-quality in-state and out-of-state applicants; our competition includes Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Cornell, Princeton, MIT and Virginia Tech.

We have a curriculum that allows our students to choose minors, such as the Engineering Business minor, the History of Science and Technology minor, and the Technology and the Environment minor, to prepare them for leadership roles in the future.

There are significant opportunities for undergraduate students to get involved with faculty research through University research-support programs.

We are a School that affirms the value of a diverse student and faculty community: 25 percent of our undergraduates are women, 25 percent of our undergraduates are members of a minority, and 15 percent of our faculty are women.

The Biomedical Engineering Department will lead the creation of a worldwide bioengineering network through funding from the National Science Foundation “Partnerships for Innovation” award. The network includes 15 universities and 14 corporations across 18 nations and six continents.

Major research thrusts are in bioengineering, nanotechnology, information science and technology, and energy and the environment.

The Engineering School is ranked as a top-tier/key recruiting source by many of the “Fortune 100” companies, and 70 percent of engineering graduates accept employment as a result of services provided through the Center for Engineering Career Services and the University Career Services.