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An expansive education

Today’s engineers—and the ones who will shape our world moving forward—work across traditional disciplines and blend technical acumen with social skills and cultural knowledge. To prepare Badger Engineers to thrive in their careers and lives, we deliver an education that draws upon effective and inclusive teaching practices, opens students’ minds to emerging topics, and empowers them to gain practical experience in the research lab, in the field or in the community. We help working engineers from around the world sharpen their skills and elevate their careers.

Goal

Continually improve and innovate our educational programs and pedagogy at all levels to ensure students are prepared to be successful and make a positive impact in a diverse society, and to apply engineering principles in finding solutions for the important technological and rapidly evolving societal challenges facing the world.

Strategies and action items

Promote effective and inclusive teaching practices.

  • Develop, provide, and disseminate programming to discover and inform faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants about high impact practices.
  • Develop and provide programming and stewardship to support faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants in learning and implementing evidence-based inclusive teaching practices.

 

Promote innovation and entrepreneurship.

  • Create and support opportunities for students to participate in innovation and entrepreneurial experiences.

 

Continue to enhance the undergraduate educational experience by:

  • Developing and offering new undergraduate courses and programming in emerging topics.
  • Expanding opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in cross disciplinary and societal experiences that provide them with skills outside of their major.
  • Increasing undergraduate student engagement in hands-on research and industry- and community-based learning experiences.

 

Continue to enhance the graduate educational experience by:

  • Developing and offering new graduate courses and programming in emerging topics
  • Expanding opportunities for graduate students to engage in cross disciplinary and societal experiences that provide them with skills outside of their major.
  • Promote participation in professional development opportunities, complementing class and research group work (campus workshops, industry internships, mentor training, entrepreneurialism)

 

Increase professional education opportunities.

  • Identify the market for and secure resources to expand online degree offerings in high demand fields.
  • Develop online master’s programs from currently offered residential degrees
  • Identify major thrust areas for professional development based on desired core competencies and develop appropriate traditional, accelerated, and residential programming.

Learn about our other strategic priorities

Research

Amplify our research enterprise and its impact in solving society’s greatest challenges.

Culture

Enhance our climate and foster a welcoming culture committed to inclusive excellence.

Southwest view of the outside of the new UW-Madison College of Engineering building

Invest in success

Support our people, expand our infrastructure, and strengthen our financial profile.