Engineer your way.
Engineer at WashU.

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Engineering the Future Podcast

Catch the new season of our podcast, highlighting Women in Engineering. Guests from across McKelvey join science writer Shawn Ballard to chat about research, teaching, outreach and more. 

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Our faculty push the boundaries

Meet the people solving our biggest problems.

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Faculty Spotlight

Developing structure-property relationships in functional materials using sub-angstrom resolution scanning transmission electron microscopes

Francisco Lagunas Vargas

Assistant Professor

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Tour our buildings

The new complex for the McKelvey School of Engineering sits on the northeast corner of WashU's Danforth Campus. This area includes five academic buildings with research laboratories and specialized facilities that support the school's intellectual vision and plans.

Since 2000, more than $275 million has been invested in new and renovated engineering space. 

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The best things happen at the intersection of disciplines

At McKelvey Engineering students have the freedom to follow their passion and make a difference in the world. What's your path?

Engineering by the numbers

No. 12
Biomedical Engineering graduate program ranking in U.S. News
$57 million
in research awards (FY23)
28%
of first-year students are Pell Grant-eligible

Support for PhD students

PhD students in McKelvey Engineering are fully-funded, including full tuition support and health insurance. 

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