Envision 2025 will feature interactive activities based on the engineering majors at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering. Learn more about the majors below:

 

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace engineering revolves around the design and creation of spacecraft and aircraft systems. Its two subfields are astronautical engineering, which deals with flights outside the Earth's atmosphere, and aeronautical engineering, which deals with flights within the Earth's atmosphere. 

 

Bioengineering

Bioengineering (or Biomedical Engineering), is a diverse field that employs the principles and tools of engineering to analyze and solve biological and medical problems. There is a wide array of specializations in bioengineering that utilize principles from other disciplines to solve engineering problems, such as electrical engineering to make devices, mechanical engineering to make prosthetics, chemical engineering to make new drugs or materials, and computer science to analyze genomes.

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Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering lies at the intersection of computer science and electrical engineering, focusing on the integration of software and hardware. Computer engineers learn about the inner workings of computers from data storage to machine language to chip design. As one of the more comprehensive fields of study, computer engineering is an extremely versatile field that accompanies the universal use of computers in modern society.

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Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering relies on the fundamentals of chemistry to develop and improve chemicals for energy storage, materials science, food science and more.

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Computer Science

Most of us use computers in our daily lives, but have you ever wondered what makes them work? Computer science majors learn about the theory and design of computer and software systems. Important skills for a computer scientist include how to think logically and how to effectively use analytical techniques in order to solve problems. Classes can range from topics including algorithms, programming languages, data structures, and systems. This broad field has applications in various areas such as artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, computer vision, cryptography, graphic design, networking systems, software engineering, and more.

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Electrical Engineering

Behind your smartphone, laptop, television, and speaker system is the work of electrical engineering! With a degree in electrical engineering, your career might involve designing hi-tech seismic sensors, optimizing cell phone data networks for better calls, prototyping a holographic user interface for televisions or computers, testing alternative energy sources to power our homes, or even programming artificial intelligence.

 

Mechanical Engineering

The face of engineering! Mechanical engineering lies at, according to Steve Jobs, “the intersection of art and technology,” and it is the most versatile discipline of engineering. Mechanical engineers are responsible for analyzing the forces of nature in order to design efficient robots, cars, iPhones, and more. If you think you’d like to create the latest cutting edge technology, then mechanical engineering is the place for you!

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Nanoengineering

Nanoengineering is engineering on the nanoscale (10^-9). It is an interdisciplinary field that brings together materials science, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering and mechanical engineering. It works with things like targeted drug delivery for cancer treatment to thin-film batteries.

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Structural Engineering

Structural Engineering applies physical laws that are needed to calculate the stability and strength of buildings and other infrastructure. Civil engineers are responsible for making sure buildings don’t crumble, roads don't cave in, and bridges don’t collapse. To do this, they must understand the materials and forces that interact in complex structural systems.

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