Undergraduate Study

As a UVA engineer, you’ll work on real-world challenges starting in your first year, with guidance from faculty members who are renowned in their fields. You’ll have opportunities for experiential learning, lab work and research experiences and access to wrap-around support services.

Explore This Section Close

Resources for Current Students

Career Development

Connect with the Center for Engineering Career Development to discuss major or career choices, resume and cover letter writing techniques, or internship and job search strategies.

Academic Advising

Every student has an advisor in the Engineering School. Learn how to contact your advisor and access other resources.

Get In Touch

Get in touch with the Office of Undergraduate Programs staff.

Degree Information

Majors and Minors

Important Forms

Quick Links

A student looks at a laptop during an Engineering Foundations class

Student Support

Engineering undergraduates are supported through an array of student support services including peer-to-peer tutoring, professional academic coaching, access to mental health support, and dedicated advising.

Our Support Services

Assistant Dean of Students

UVA Office of Dean of Students has an embedded assistant dean of students in the Engineering School, specializing in supporting students in crisis as well as connecting students with University resources.

Counseling & Psychological Services

UVA Engineering hosts two counselors from UVA's Counseling and Psychological Services team to support students with anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, healthy living and positive body image, multicultural issues, trauma and grief.

Student Disability Access Center

Courtney MacMasters is the accessibility specialist for the School of Engineering from the UVA Student Disability Access Center.

View through Darden arcade arches toward Olsson Hall

Explore Our Programs

UVA Engineering offers 11 undergraduate degrees. Find the one that’s right for you!

See What's Happening

Don’t Let Failure Overtake You: Madhur Behl Shares Cavalier Racing’s Story

UVA Engineering’s Madhur Behl puts us in the cockpit of a driverless car and makes us feel what happens when you hit a wall.

Immersing in Dubai’s Technological and Cultural Innovations

UVA engineering students gained intercultural and professional skills in Dubai through hands-on projects, corporate interactions and cultural experiences, preparing them for global careers.

AI Researcher Talks About What We Can Learn by Racing Autonomous Cars

UVA Engineering’s Madhur Behl, an expert in artificial intelligence for safe autonomous driving, joined the Darden School’s “Good Disruption” podcast to discuss the state of driverless car technology.

Two UVA Engineering Faculty Members Among Second Group of Shannon Faculty Fellows

MAE’s Matthew Panzer and incoming ECE professor Mathews Jacob have been named Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellows.

Synthetic Blood Platelets Might Be as Good as the Real Thing to Stop Bleeding

In emergency medicine, access to blood-clotting platelets has long been a problem due to short shelf life and limited supplies. A UVA professor’s startup company might have the solution.