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Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth was founded in 1867 as one of the first schools of engineering in the US. Dartmouth Engineering offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs within a unified department of engineering sciences and prepares the next generation of engineers to better the world through education and research with human-centered impact.

Degree Programs

Undergraduate Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts (AB)
• Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
• Dual-Degree Program (AB+BE)

Master's Degrees

• Master of Engineering Management (MEM)
• Master of Engineering (MEng)
• Master of Science (MS)

Doctoral Degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• PhD Innovation Program (PhD-I)
• PhD+MD Dual-Degree Program with Geisel School of Medicine

Entrepreneurship

Startups

50% of tenure-track faculty have founded startups.

Patents

45% of tenure-track faculty hold patents for work done at Thayer.

Embedded Innovation

Entrepreneurial training happens at all levels of the curriculum.

Enrollment 2020–2021

• AB (junior & senior declared majors): 227
• Dual Degree (first-year): 25
• BE: 66
• MEM: 59
• MS: 7
• PhD: 124

Degrees Awarded (2020)

• AB (Bachelor of Arts): 114
• BE (Bachelor of Engineering): 114
• MEM (Master of Engineering Management): 51
• MS: 4
• PhD: 23

Gender

• Class of 2020: 37% identify as female
• National average: ~20% identify as female

Faculty (2020)

Core: 60

Adjunct & Visiting: 42

Financial Summary (2020)

Endowment: $170.6 million
Budget: $60.6 million
Research support: $23.8 million
Annual Fund giving: $1.6 million
Graduate alumni participation: 22.4%

Starting Salaries for 2020 Graduates

$82k

Average BE Graduate Starting Salary

$98k

Average MEM Graduate Starting Salary

$118k

Average PhD Graduate Starting Salary

School and Program Leadership

Leadership

• Alexis Abramson, Dean
• Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
• Laura Ray, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development
• Douglas W. Van Citters, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
• Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
• Tricia Spellman, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Academic Program Directors

• Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs
• Eric Fossum, Director, PhD Innovation Program
• Eric Hansen, Director, Dual Degree Program
• Geoffrey Parker, Director, MEM Program
• Douglas W. Van Citters, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education

Dartmouth Facts

• Founded in 1769 and member of the Ivy League.
• Consistently ranked among the best universities in the world.
• Four-year undergraduate private, liberal arts program with more than 40 academic departments.
• Graduate schools of arts and sciences (Guarini), medicine (Geisel), engineering, and business (Tuck).
• Total Enrollment: Approximately 2,000 graduate; 4,500 undergraduate