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Undergraduate Degrees

Aerospace Engineering (B.S.A.E.)

Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department

As an aerospace engineer, you’ll dive into the thrills of space travel and exploration, whether it's with rockets, cutting edge drones or unmanned vehicles. Plus, you'll venture into the world of futuristic ground vehicles like hovercrafts, hydrofoil ships and lightning fast trains. Get ready to rocket into an exhilarating future with an aerospace engineering degree.

Biomedical Engineering (B.S.Bm.E.)

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department

Through the intricate world of biomedical engineering, you’ll acquire knowledge and skills to solve complex problems to advance medical technologies, treatment and diagnosis strategies. Let’s revolutionize biomedical sciences and our healthcare system.

Chemical Engineering (B.S.Ch.E.)

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department

Through the intricate world of chemical engineering, you’ll acquire knowledge and skills to pave the way for a more efficient and productive society. Let’s blend science, math and engineering to develop valuable products safely and sustainably.

Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E.)

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Whether you are interested in building structures, bridges or roads, civil engineers create the innovative infrastructures that connect us all. Discover a field that can take you to new heights. Let's drive progress in the field that connects us all.

Computer Engineering (B.S.Cp.E.)

Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

In the fast-paced world of computer software and hardware, the knowledge and skills you'll learn in the computer engineering program starts the path to creating an efficient, and productive society. Let's learn how!

Computer Science (B.S.C.S.)

Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

Deeply ingrained in how the world functions, computer science permeates every facet of our everyday lives. Whether it involves programming or learning how to use computers to solve problems, you'll develop the skills for rewarding careers in fields like data analytics, software development, cybersecurity or artificial intelligence. Let's explore the depths of computer science.

Cybersecurity (B.S.)

Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

Gain hands-on experience in secure software development, networks and systems, as well as ethical hacking and penetration testing to detect cyberattacks and protect the society. Let's keep what matters most safe.

Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)

Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

You can be one of the tool builders of the information age. Apply principles from math and physics to build systems and components for a wide range of products, from cell phones to automobiles to airplanes. Ready to spark your interest?

Engineering Technology (B.S.)

From day one, you'll get a hands-on experience, trained in modern technologies and equipped with the practical skills necessary to compete and thrive in advanced engineering technologies. An abundance of engineering jobs in West Virginia and throughout the country are waiting for you ... let's get started!

Environmental Engineering (B.S.)

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

In the ever-changing environment, the knowledge and skills you can learn in the environmental engineering program starts the path to create a more sustainable world for tomorrow. Let's learn how!

Industrial Engineering (B.S.I.E.)

Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department

Unleash your potential by combining business, engineering, leadership and professional collaborations to lead industry and make a difference in the global market. Let’s improve leading industries!

Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.)

Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department

In the versatile field of mechanical engineering, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to design and manufacture a wide range of everyday products and solve real-world engineering problems — improving quality of life and preserving our environment. Jump start your future with a mechanical engineering degree.

Mining Engineering (B.S.Min.E.)

Mining Engineering Department

Whether it's the lithium battery for your cell phone, the metals used to make medical equipment or the salt on your dining room table, as a mining engineering student you will learn safe and innovative technologies to extract and process metals and minerals that are a part of everyday life. Dig deep into the field that fuels our economy.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (B.S.P.N.G.E.)

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department

Explore the program that is known worldwide and dive into a field involving the system design of natural resource discovery, safe production and processing to fuel and heat America. Let’s fuel our future and energize society.

Robotics Engineering (B.S.R.E)

Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department

In a rapidly evolving world, robotics engineers will help shape the future by developing solutions to interact with the environment, revolutionizing industrial settings, transporting people, performing delicate surgeries and exploring distant planets. Let's create a new world!

Masters Degrees

Aerospace Engineering

The MSAE program gives you greater knowledge of aerospace engineering while conducting research to advance the field. You can take courses in aerospace systems design, aircraft or spacecraft dynamics, stability and control, flight mechanics and simulation, advanced materials, vehicle propulsion, aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, and computational mechanics.

Biomedical Engineering

The focus of the graduate program in biomedical engineering is to prepare you to be skilled in learning and discovering of processes that work to integrate engineering and life sciences for the advancement of human health and medical technologies.

Chemical Engineering

The master's in chemical engineering is an advanced research-based degree that prepares you to utilize the fundamental principles of chemical engineering to conceive and design processes to produce, transform, and transport materials.

Civil Engineering

The MS in civil engineering program is designed to give you industry-ready knowledge and skills coupled with field-relevant research. You can tailor your program of study to satisfy your own special interests, with guidance from a faculty adviser.

Computer Science

The MS in computer science qualifies you to assume a professional role in industry or government, teach in a junior or senior college, or undertake advanced training toward a doctorate in computer science. Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas: Cybersecurity

Electrical Engineering

The MS program is perfect for you if you have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related discipline, and wish to broaden your depth of understanding in one or more areas of the field. Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Computational Data Science
  • Cyber-Physical and Complex Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity and Networked Systems
  • Microelectronics and Embedded Systems

Engineering

The MSE is a college-wide undesignated program that compliments the designated master’s program in each of the individual engineering discipline majors. You may structure a unique master’s degree that crosses disciplines for versatility.

Industrial Engineering

In this program, you will learn to master modern and classical methodologies in their area of concentration, oral and written communication skills to bridge the gap between society and businesses, and professional ethics as applied to their field.

Materials Science and Engineering

The program will provide you with the opportunities to investigate various aspects of materials science and engineering, which includes the processing, structure and properties of materials through computational modeling, and/or experimental studies.

Mechanical Engineering

If you have an undergraduate degree in engineering or a related STEM field, the Mechanical engineering program is designed for you. You’ll choose from courses in mechanical systems design, system dynamics, solid mechanics, energy systems, engineering materials, automatic controls, mechatronics, and computational mechanics.

Mining Engineering

The program is built on advanced mining engineering fundamentals. You have the opportunity to perform research in the areas such as surface mining, rock mechanics and ground control, mineral processing, mine subsidence engineering, and mine ventilation.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

This MS program equips you with the advanced technical knowledge and engineering skills the oil and gas industry demands—locally, nationally, and globally.

Online Graduate Degrees

Artificial Intelligence

Tailored for a seasoned professional or a recent graduate with foundational knowledge or practical experience in computer science or related fields, you’ll learn a blend theoretical foundations with applied skills in machine learning, intelligent systems, and data-driven decision-making.

Cybersecurity

In a world reliant on computers, you can take the cybersecurity minor to learn foundations of cybersecurity and how to provide security for data, software, systems, and society.

Engineering Management

This online program blends diverse topics to hone your leadership skills crucial for tackling modern professional challenges and solving complex operational issues.

Midstream Petroleum Engineering

The Midstream Petroleum Engineering program is designed to equip you with the essential skills to tackle real-world challenges head-on. Dive deep into the intricacies of designing, monitoring, and maintaining petroleum transportation, storage and processing facilities.

Master of Science in Safety Management

The Master of Science in Safety Management program prepares you to help companies follow state and federal regulations, while designing programs to prevent disease, injury or damage to individuals or the environment.

Software Engineering

The MSSE program will provide you with the expertise to better understand the holistic design, development, and management process of software applications and systems.

Occupational Safety and Health

Advance your knowledge, research potential, and overall expertise in high-risk sectors such as healthcare, fire safety, construction, and more. Explore research and development opportunities in academia, consulting, or high-level industry positions.

Doctorate Degrees

Aerospace Engineering

The PhD program is designed to give you competence at the highest level in aerospace engineering field. Studying this research-based degree, you will be required to research, complete and successfully defend a dissertation in a subject of your choosing.

Biomedical Engineering

This doctoral program prepares you to be skilled in learning and discovering of processes that aim to integrate engineering and life sciences for the advancement of human health and medical technologies.

Chemical Engineering

The PhD in chemical engineering is a research-intensive degree that shows a high degree of originality on the part of you the student and constitutes an original contribution to the art and science of chemical engineering.

Civil Engineering

The graduate program in civil engineering aims to develop your abilities to use today’s contemporary methods of engineering analysis and design to solve tomorrow’s engineering problems.

Computer Engineering

The PhD program should be considered by those with superior academic achievement and who desire to pursue a career of research or teaching.

Computer Science

The PhD in computer science program qualifies you to assume a professional role in industry or government, teach in a junior or senior college, or undertake advanced training toward a doctorate in computer science. Tailor this major to your interests by taking courses in one of these areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Computational Data Science
  • Computational Data Science
  • Cyber-Physical and Complex Systems
  • Cybersecurity and Networked Systems

Electrical Engineering

The PhD program should be considered by those with superior academic achievement and who desire to pursue a career of research or teaching.

Industrial Engineering

The doctoral degree program in industrial engineering is designed to educate you to the highest level of competency in teaching and research in the areas of operations research, decision sciences, manufacturing, and ergonomics.

Materials Science and Engineering

The program will provide you with opportunities to investigate various aspects of materials science and engineering, which includes the processing, structure, and properties of materials through computational modeling and/or experimental studies.

Mechanical Engineering

The PhD program is designed to give you competence at the highest level in mechanical engineering. Through this research-based degree, uou would be required to research, complete and successfully defend a dissertation in a subject of your choosing.

Mining Engineering

The objective of this PhD program is to educate students to the highest level of technical and research performance within the areas of rock mechanics and ground control, surface mining, mineral processing, mine ventilation and environment, mine health, and safety.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

This PhD program provides the advanced technical knowledge and engineering skills needed by the oil and gas industry in the state, the nation, and the world.

Advanced Bachelor’s to Master’s

Aerospace Engineering

The Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's (ABM) Program allows students to complete bachelor's and master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering simultaneously in a shorter time frame.

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering offers the option to earn a bachelor's and master's degree in an accelerated time frame.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering offers the option to earn a bachelor's and master's degree in an accelerated time frame.

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering offers the option to earn a bachelor's and master's degree in an accelerated time frame.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineering offers the option to earn a bachelor's and master's degree in an accelerated time frame.

Industrial Engineering

The Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's (ABM) Program allows students to complete bachelor's and master's degrees in Industrial Engineering simultaneously. A typical timeline for the bachelor's degree is four years, and for the master's degree, it is two years. Students can complete both degrees simultaneously in five years by enrolling in the ABM Program.

Mechanical Engineering

The Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's (ABM) Program allows students to complete bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering simultaneously in a shorter time frame.

Dual Degrees

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

The dual major pathway offers you an opportunity gain competence in both mechanical and aerospace engineering on approximately the same time scale as either path. Students are more directly introduced to multidisciplinary teams, which – due to increasing complexity – are necessary for a growing number of projects in the modern world.

Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering

You can simultaneously pursue B.S. degrees in civil engineering and mining engineering by completing additional courses. The dual degrees offer you an opportunity to become prepared for entry in both the infrastructure and energy markets.

Computer Engineering and Computer Science

If you wish to pursue both the BSCS degree and the BSCpE degree simultaneously. This can be accomplished by declaring your intentions to your advisor (normally by the middle of your sophomore year) and taking all classes necessary to complete the joint requirements for both degrees.

Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering

If you wish to pursue both the BSEE degree and the BSCpE degree simultaneously. This can be accomplished by declaring your intentions to your advisor (normally by the middle of your sophomore year) and taking all classes necessary to complete the joint requirements for both degrees.

Robotics Engineering Dual options

Aerospace Engineering and Robotics Engineering

Computer Engineering and Robotics Engineering

Computer Science and Robotics Engineering

Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Engineering

Minors

Aerospace Engineering

This minor equips you with a specialized skill set tailored for problem-solvers with a passion for building and mechanics. If you're driven to develop new technologies, the aerospace engineering minor will teach you how to make them move — through air, space, and beyond.

Biomedical Engineering

This minor provides you with an opportunity to learn about the main areas of biomedical engineering (including biomechanics, bioimaging, and biomaterials) and how engineering plays a role in advancing healthcare strategies and technologies.

Biometric Systems Engineering

With this minor you will gain the knowledge necessary to implement biometric systems, interpret identification results and match score statistics based on the population, and understand ethical issues associated with the misuse of biometrics technology.

Chemical Engineering

The fundamental principles of chemical engineering taught in this minor can be found throughout industry, in fields ranging from energy to pharmaceuticals to materials and chemical processing.

Computer Science

If you want to apply more computation thinking and coding to your major, use the computer science minor to enhance your skills in programming, software design, and artificial intelligence.

Cybersecurity

In a world reliant on computers, you can take the cybersecurity minor to learn foundations of cybersecurity and how to provide security for data, software, systems, and society.

Engineering in Society

The engineering in society minor is designed for students in programs outside the Statler College with interest on how engineering impacts our society in the past, present, and future in the areas of energy, manufacturing, and design.

Engineering Leadership

As a future engineer navigating through the corporate world, this program aims to equip you with the critical leadership skills necessary to thrive in a globalized and interconnected world.

Mechanical Engineering

This minor provides you with hands-on experience in design, mechanics, materials, and thermodynamics to solve real-world problems. Whether you're pursuing robotics, automotive development, or energy, a mechanical engineering minor strengthens your ability to build, analyze, and innovate.

Robotics Engineering

If you are interested in the rapidly expanding field of robotics, the robotics engineering minor will provide an interdisciplinary foundation in robotics systems as well as advanced knowledge in robotic design, autonomy, and control.

Sales Engineering

If you are interested in engineering and business, this minor will prepare you for the multifaceted sales or product development roles they will encounter in an evolving technological landscape.

Technology Engineering

The technology entrepreneurship minor is designed to unite your engineering and business passion in order to foster the development of more high-potential technology startups across the state.

Certificate Programs

Biomedical Engineering Certificate

If you have appropriate prerequisites and a working knowledge of organic chemistry, specifically the naming conventions for, and knowledge of charge distribution in, organic molecules, then the biomedical engineering certificate program is a perfect pairing with your major.

Global Competency

To provide you the opportunity to develop global competencies by working effectively across cultural and linguistic barriers while focusing on engineering and computer science issues that transcend their own culture.

Mine Safety and Health

The certificate program in mine safety practices and health is open to all students with appropriate prerequisites in geology, statistics and physics. 

Extension Programs

Mine Emergency Preparedness Program

The team at WVU is dedicated to preparing coal miners to handle emergency conditions. Mine fire safety, confined space operations (specific to mining), industrial firefighting and mine rescue team training are provided through classroom instruction, but also the more important hands-on exercises.

Mining Extension Program

Established in 1913 to extend the resources and expertise of West Virginia University to the coal miners of this state and subsequently the nation. We provide opportunities for personal, educational and industrial advancement through instructional courses.

Industrial Extension Program

Partners with small- and medium- size manufacturers in West Virginia to support operational improvement and business growth.

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Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6070

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