The Dartmouth Difference
No barriers. No limits.
If you’ve investigated other top-ranked engineering schools, you already know that everyone talks about interdisciplinary thinking — but at most schools you still have to commit to a specific discipline right away.
Dartmouth is different. We’ve been offering truly integrated engineering for more than 40 years. We believe that nothing should stand in the way of creativity, collaboration, and innovation.
For Dartmouth engineers, the box does not exist.
That’s why you won’t find departments here — and you won’t be limited to a single area of engineering.
Instead, you’ll study Engineering Sciences. You’ll master broad principles you can apply in all areas of engineering as you solve real-world problems.
In addition, you’ll widen your perspective through the full range of liberal arts. In fact, half your classes will be in subjects other than engineering. You can even combine the engineering sciences major with another major — including the sciences, economics, studio art, or public policy.
The result? You’ll gain an understanding of the world. You’ll be able to see the big picture. You’ll be ready to lead and innovate in any field.
Open Doors
Dartmouth has one of the smallest and most personal of the nation’s
leading engineering schools — yet it offers the broadest possible education.
How can that be? Because all doors are open here.
Our doors lead to project labs where you can design and build things no one has thought of before.
They lead to professors who are as devoted to teaching you as they are to conducting world-class research. In fact, all your classes are taught by professors, not graduate students.
Our doors also open to the entire Dartmouth campus, where you’ll interact with students and faculty in all departments. You can cross the street to Tuck School of Business — ranked first in the nation — to confer with business students and professors. And you can walk over to Dartmouth Medical School to collaborate with medical students, faculty, and clinicians on new ideas to advance healthcare.
Our doors lead wherever you want to go.