About the College of Engineering

UTA offers the most comprehensive engineering program in North Texas, with 12 baccalaureate, 13 master’s and 9 doctoral degree programs.
Students collaborating in class

About Us

For more than 60 years, the College of Engineering has provided highly trained engineers for the workforce in North Texas and beyond. We have graduated two astronauts, many successful entrepreneurs and dozens of executives at Fortune 500 companies. Our faculty have distinguished themselves on a global stage. We are fulfilling our mission to educate talented engineers who will immediately make an impact on their communities. We have long had a reputation for graduating students who enter the workforce ready to work and able to handle any situation that comes their way.

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Traditions

Engineers Week

Engineers Week is our opportunity to showcase the importance of engineering to the world around us. It consists of daily fun activities, special speakers, the crowning of Mr. and Ms. Engineering and the spring career fair.

Hall of Flags

The Hall of Flags celebrates the global nature of our students. Shortly after Nedderman Hall opened in 1988, the College hung the flag of every student who had ever attended the College of Engineering from the rafters in the building's atrium. Today, more than 180 countries are represented.

Hall of Flags

Welcome Bash

Welcome Bash is an annual picnic at the beginning of the school year that welcomes new students and encourages returning students to share their experiences with the newcomers. There are games, music, and prize giveaways, free t-shirts, drinks, and food. Wednesday, September 4, 2024 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Commencement

Commencement is celebrated twice per year, in December and May. College of Engineering faculty and graduating students gather at College Park Center, where each student crosses the stage and accepts his or her diploma cover.

Commencement

The Formula SAE racing team

UTA Racing, the College's Formula SAE team, has won 8 national titles (a collegiate record) and 3 international championships, in Japan, England, and Australia, since it was founded in 1982. Each year, students from across the University design, build, test and race a car from the wheels up.

Formula SAE racing team

Fast Facts

Research

UTA is classified as a Research 1 University -- Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and recently became just the fourth institution in the state to achieve designation as a Texas Tier One university, a significant milestone of excellence in academics and research that brings with it access to the state’s National Research University Fund. The College of Engineering is a large contributor to that distinction. Annual research expenditures for the College exceeded $47.2 million last year, which accounts for the majority of research at the University. Overall engineering-related research expenditures at UTA total more than $61.1 million. The College also hosts interdisciplinary research centers in aerodynamics, photonics, water and transportation, among others. Undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in research, and the College supports funded research experiences for undergraduates each year.

Faculty

Degrees Offered

  • 12 bachelor’s
  • 13 master’s
  • 9 doctoral

Student Enrollment (Fall 2023)

  • 9,953 total
  • 5,971 undergraduate
  • 3,982 graduate
    • 3,442 master's
    • 540 doctoral

Ethnic Diversity (Fall 2023)

UT Arlington recently was ranked as the fifth-most-diverse university in the United States, and that diversity is reflected in the College's enrollment: 

  • 43% International
  • 22% Hispanic
  • 15% White
  • 11% Asian
  • 6% Black
  • 2% Multicultural
  • <1% Unknown
  • <1% Native American
  • <1% Pacific Islander

Gender (Fall 2023)

  • 74% Male
  • 26% Female

66 Countries Represented (Fall 2023 -- other than the U.S.)