Because you're a changemaker!

+ Engineers impact the world by solving problems - the everyday kind, and beyond

Engineers invent, design, make and manage things that improve lives. Everything we use every day has somehow been impacted by an engineer. We need more engineers as the population grows and we face environmental and economic challenges. We'll have to solve problems we've never faced, that we can't even predict or imagine.

+ Engineering spans many fields, compelling you to use your unique talents and interests

In colleges today there are excellent engineering programs aligned with a variety of interests and social needs:

• healthcare
• personal technology
• sports
• space exploration
• self-driving vehicles
• renewable energy
• entertainment
• video games
• virtual reality
• artificial intelligence
• agriculture
• fashion
• ...and the list goes on!

Engineering can be a path for anyone who wants to make positive change and solve problems. There is truly no single "type" of engineer and successful engineers can be of any background and personality. We can't state this strongly enough!

+ Engineers continue to have excellent career prospects

An engineering college education yields a valuable return on investment. Job prospects are strong overall as engineers continue to be in demand in our workforce.

+ Understand which choices now could help later

Depending on your goals we'll help you identify programs with characteristics such as significant project-based or interdisciplinary learning, student-centered maker spaces, and business options. Foundations such as these will prepare you for actual practice in industry or the direction of your choice. Engineers increasingly take on interdisciplinary ventures across sectors and in entrepreneurial ventures, and must "speak the languages" outside their major while ensuring that "what's designed on paper and on screen" is possible in real life.

+ Define engineering broadly

"Engineering" and "liberal arts" are not mutually exclusive - you need to have both. Especially today, engineers must be comfortable with both technical knowledge and non-technical skills. Success depends more on being collaborative, flexible, expert listeners, strong communicators, compassionate and socially responsible, than on being technically savvy, although that's of course critical too. We also need to understand the different impacts of our work. Many engineering programs already reflect this need for well-rounded engineers.

Throughout your customized step-by-step application process we'll support you in understanding which engineering programs combine strong technical courses with broad liberal arts foundations in the best way for you, so that you're equipped for future challenges and evolving careers.

+ Benefit from our industry experience and ongoing engineering program visits

Engineering Next is led by Marge Cortes, an MIT graduate and an active licensed professional engineer with 20 years of engineering industry and leadership experience. She holds a college admissions certificate from UC Berkeley. She has also personally visited all accredited engineering programs in California, and many more throughout the US. We'll use this insight to inform your engineering college journey.