TCU Engineering

At TCU, we believe in offering a unique undergraduate learning experience.  Founded upon the belief to do more than just teach technical skills, our faculty emphasizes communication, teamwork, and systems-level thinking throughout the program.  We provide hands-on experience with state-of-the-art equipment and offer research opportunities to many of our undergraduate students.

We maintain small class sizes, which allows for student-faculty interaction outside of the classroom.  TCU faculty members teach all of our engineering classes, because we're interested in you and your undergraduate education.  We want to get to know you on a personal basis.

The robotic soccer shootout as part of Professor Weis' engineering freshman seminar.

Small student/teacher ratio: With a student/teacher ratio of about 12:1, you'll get the individual attention you need.  And all the engineering lectures and laboratories are taught by professors not graduate assistants. 

Why should I study engineering at TCU?

Interdisciplinary degree:  At TCU, we produce well-rounded engineers with excellent communication skills who are ready to deal with the changing world.  You'll receive a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with an electrical or mechanical emphasis, so you'll have the hands-on experience and technical skills you need to succeed.  But you'll also receive a good liberal arts education, so you'll understand the social and physical world and cultivate the skills needed for lifelong learning.

Frog Camp: As an in-coming freshman engineering student, Kris Shuman makes his way through "the web" with the help of his fellow Frog Campers.  Frog Camp is an optional program offered to introduce students to college life and relationships.  Frog Camp immerses you in TCU history and traditions, helps you establish new friendships, and guides you in acquiring the skills you need to be successful in college.

Professor Kolesar (center) and Peter Allen (right) conduct state-of-the-art research with Dr. Stromberg (left) from Lockheed Martin in microelectromechanical systems.

Senior design project:  The Capstone Design Project helps make TCU's engineering program unique.  Each year, the senior class forms a company and signs a contract with a real customer to design and produce a product.  It's a real-world experience that you won't find at most universities.  In addition, the clients - which have included Alcon Laboratories, Bell Helicopter Textron, RockBit Industries, and Endevco - really use the products.

Honors Program:  Chris Belk (right) presented the work from his Senior Honors Project at a technical conference in Houston.  The Senior Honors Project challenges students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the tutorial course to implement a solution to a "real-world" problem.  Click Here to find out more about TCU's Honors Program.

Research opportunities:  At TCU, you won't be sitting on the sidelines.  You can work with your professors on research projects as early as your freshman year.  That means you'll quickly gain hands-on experience in cutting-edge research fields, as well as learn how to co-author journal articles and present research at conferences and workshops.

Dr. Walter (center), Jason Carter (left), and J.R. McCoun (right) display the senior class' final product before delivery to Endevco Corp.  The senior class designed and developed a cold gas shock tube with computerized data acquisition and analysis to assist in testing turbine engine instrumentation.

State-of-the-art facilities:  The Department of Engineering currently has seven teaching laboratories and four research laboratories.  In the not-so-distant future, the department will move into the new Tucker Technology Center.  This facility will include 86,667 gross square feet of space and will also house TCU's computer science and mathematics programs.

Transfer Students;  If you are in good standing at an accredited college or university and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75, it is probable that you may transfer to Texas Christian University.  Click Here to find out more about transferring to TCU.