Northwestern's engineering program offers concentrations in civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering. As an engineering student, you’ll regularly engage in hands-on learning experiences, including 3D printing, wooden bridge building, machining, electric circuits, programming, geospatial analysis and traffic simulation. You’ll also study newly developing concepts like AI. Our program has been designed to achieve ABET accreditation, for which it will be eligible upon graduation of the first cohort in 2028.

Northwestern’s physics department also offers a dual-degree program with Washington University of St. Louis, one of the nation’s top engineering schools. If you are accepted into the dual-degree program, you can choose from two tracks: a 3-3 program in which you’ll earn two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree in six years, or a 3-2 program if you elect not to pursue a graduate degree.

A number of the classes you’ll take as a biophysics major will involve original research. You’ll join an interdisciplinary group—including biology, chemistry and physics professors—that seeks original answers to scientific questions. Northwestern biophysics majors have also been involved in research projects at the University of Kansas and Stony Brook University Laser Teaching Center.