Small class sizes provide interactive and stimulating classroom experiences, and the ability for students themselves to contribute to the learning process. Our distinguished faculty is able to connect theories learned in the classroom to real-life issues and problems. Student projects emphasize the hands on process required to understand concepts. The open door policy of the faculty encourages our students to know their professors as mentors and advisors as well as future professional partners.

The College of Engineering strives to prepare its graduates to understand their roles in a technological society, to make constructive contributions to it, and to provide ethical and moral leadership in their profession and communities. It accomplishes this by various methods, but primarily by integrating into the curriculum the values and morality of the University’s Augustinian heritage, and by emphasizing the engineering design process. In addition to being professionally competent, graduates are expected to have an understanding of their professional and ethical responsibilities, the impact on engineering solutions in a global and societal context, and an appreciation of humanistic concepts in literature, the arts, and philosophy.

Community and Leadership

At Villanova University, students not only become part of both the college and university communities, they take ownership in them through a variety of service opportunities, clubs, organizations, and activities. Opportunities for leadership arise through various positions, as well as through more structured, for-credit programs, such as the Leadership Passport.

At the college level, engineering students can become involved in professional organizations and interdisciplinary projects such as the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), the Robotics Club or the Solar Car Team. The goal of these organizations is to provide a forum for students in which they can exercise their leadership abilities, as well as assist them in establishing their careers through contact with working professionals, and participation in local, regional and national conferences and competitions.

A VU Engineering Experience provides:

• small class sizes
• distinguished faculty
• real life problem solving
• service learning opportunities
• professors as mentors and professional partners
• ethical and moral training
• capstone projects
• leadership opportunities
• student and professional organizations