Message from the Dean

We are at an exciting and pivotal time in the history of Yale Engineering. Over the past 150 years, Yale Engineering has been a leader in developing innovative solutions to meet the day’s most critical technological needs. Engineering today, however, is very different from its inception in the mid-1800s. New discoveries have allowed us to work at the nanoscale, where we have been able to develop novel materials for myriad applications, engineer tissue and target drug delivery. We’re not building bridges, we’re curing diseases, cleaning and protecting our environment, computing at the quantum scale, and solving the energy crisis. Engineering is the most exciting and diverse field of the time and the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is working at the cutting-edge of discovery.

At Yale, Engineering is more than an education in technological innovation. It is a curriculum in leadership for the 21st century. We don’t expect everyone who studies engineering to choose it as a career. We prepare our students for careers in medicine, law, business and beyond. The skills of engineering—quantitative reasoning, teamwork, and the habit of breaking complex problems into manageable pieces—translate to every career and are an essential ability of every good leader.

In addition, a perfect combination of scale, scope and partnership set Yale Engineering apart from its peers. Encased in one of the world’s most prestigious liberal arts institutions, Yale Engineering offers the individual attention best provided by a small school, a diverse curriculum with access to world-class researchers, and a seamless collaboration with our renowned Yale partners in medicine, law, business and science.

Exemplifying such collaboration, in 2005, the Malone building was constructed to house our growing research in the area of biomedical engineering. Today, we are planning the construction of a new engineering research building that will feature our most interdisciplinary and pioneering research yet. We are also expanding our faculty, from 56 to 70, growing along strategic research directions and building upon synergistic partnerships with the many Professional Schools of Yale, including the School of Medicine, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and School of Management.

Engineering is at its best when it frames technological advancement in the context of addressing critical societal needs – a holistic approach exemplified at Yale. Please have a look around our website to learn about the exciting educational initiatives offered and research continually taking place at the School of Engineering & Applied Science and consider joining the dynamic field of engineering.

T. Kyle Vanderlick
Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Science