From the moment you arrive on campus, you know that we’re a place that takes creativity seriously. There’s a Renaissance learning environment that encourages students to draw insights from broad sources of knowledge—in the classroom, on the Hatfield Hall stage, and the hallway artworks and landscape sculptures. As art instructor Steve Letsinger says: “The hero of this age will be the person who is the artist-engineer or engineer-artist.”

After studying the devastation caused by tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma, Missouri, and Alabama the past two years, Mechanical Engineering Professor Fred Haan, PhD, believes better building practices could save lives and reduce storm damage costs. His expertise is sought as a member of a national research team that’s seeking to better understand the destructive forces of large-scale storms.

Rose-Hulman engineering students cap their collegiate careers by applying problem-solving skills in many real-world capstone projects. You won’t get more real-word than assisting people with special needs, like former student Drew Christy, who is recovering from traumatic brain injuries from a 2008 car crash. Three teams of biomedical engineering students built an iHorse Simulator, The Stable-izer, and a new therapeutic saddle to help Drew and other clients of a nearby equine therapy center. Talk about making a difference!

It’s no accident that Rose-Hulman has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the #1 undergraduate engineering college in the nation 14 years running. We have world-class faculty teaching top-in-their-class students, collaborating on projects, and working side-by-side in labs, on competition teams, and doing research.

“Ranking was one of the main reasons that I did look at Rose-Hulman.” –Caroline McDonald, chemical engineering, 2012.

Learn more about why Rose-Hulman from Caroline and other students.