School of Engineering

Rensselaer Engineering students, faculty, and staff are working together to address some of the most pressing challenges we face in energy, food, water, human health, and sustainability.

With a focus on sustainability, the environment, and innovating local solutions to global challenges Rensselaer Engineering students really can change the world.

Students are encouraged to participate in undergraduate research with world-renowned faculty in topics ranging from new cancer treatments to better fuel cells, from earthquake engineering to improved transmission of electricity, from smart lighting to better batteries.

International experiences are strongly supported and encouraged because it is through understanding the global world, that engineers can create global solutions to design a better world.