Mission Statement

The mission of Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth is excellence in teaching and research. Specifically, Thayer School seeks to:

• Recruit the most able undergraduate and graduate students and prepare them for positions of scientific and technical leadership in industry, government, and education;

• Provide the best possible undergraduate and graduate instruction in scientific and professional aspects of engineering;

• Foster research activities which generate new fundamental knowledge and techniques and which draw upon the particular interdisciplinary strengths and resources of Thayer School; and

• Provide all students of Dartmouth with opportunities to develop a better understanding of the role of engineering and technology in modern society.

"To prepare the most capable and faithful for the most responsible positions and the most difficult service."
—Sylvanus Thayer