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. The school currently only offers BS degrees, and so is not included in many college/school rankings, such as '' U.S. News & World Report'', whose list of the best engineering schools only includes programs granting doctoral degrees. As of 2021, the school claims a 98% rate of students either finding jobs or being accepted to graduate school within 6 months of graduation.

Departments

The R.B. Annis School of Engineering is not organized into different departments, choosing instead to have an interdisciplinary focus in its curriculum.

DesignSpine

Relatively few elective courses are offered at the R.B. Annis School of Engineering. This is the result of a curriculum that relies heavily on interdisciplinary teams of students solving problems given to them by clients. The purpose of this is to better prepare students for real industry work in engineering where teams of engineers from different fields and backgrounds are common. Industry clients are assigned to the student teams by the engineering school. The engineering school has termed this curriculum structure DesignSpine.

History

After its founding in 2017, the school was housed in Martin Hall on the

campus, but quickly outgrew this space. In March 2021, renovations were finished on a new engineering building called R.B. Annis Hall. This new building added 65,000 sq. ft. of space to the University and is the result of a $25 million investment from UIndy.

Rankings

The school currently only offers BS degrees, and so is not included in many college/school rankings, such as '' U.S. News & World Report'', whose list of the best engineering schools only includes programs granting doctoral degrees.

References

External links

Official Website

DesignSpine Website

University of Indianapolis Announces Accreditation for Engineering Programs

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