2012-13
The Cockrell School of Engineering's 278 professorial faculty, 650 staff and more than 1,900 student employees serve more than 7,800 students enrolled in nine undergraduate and 13 graduate degree programs.
Faculty Quality
Senior faculty constitute the fourth highest membership in the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's highest honor for engineers. Since 2000, 57 junior faculty have received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development award, considered the nation's top honor for young faculty.
Source: ASEE Profiles of Engineering & Engineering Technology Colleges, 2010
Student Quality
Fall 2012 entering freshmen had an average SAT, or equivalent, score of 1374. Most are from the top 10 percent of their graduating class, and 8 percent were valedictorians or salutatorians.
Scholarships/Fellowships
Undergraduates enrolled in the Cockrell School in 2012-2013 received more than 1,300 scholarships, totaling over $4.7 million. The Cockrell School awarded $3.3 million to more than 450 graduate students in fellowship support during 2012-13.
Private Support
The Cockrell School of Engineering has a bold mission: be a top ranked engineering school that attracts the brightest student leaders and visionary faculty; and educate our students in world-class facilities and develop transformative, far-reaching research that improves lives around the globe.
The success of this mission, however, depends on the critical support of private philanthropy. Federal and state funding for science and engineering has been on the decline over the past two decades, making the support from private donors and industry more important now than ever.
At the Cockrell School, state funding covers about 15 percent of the total cost of educating students. The remainder comes from tuition, research support and gifts from industry, alumni and other donors. In 2010-11, more than 360 corporations provided $16 million; private foundations, $5.6 million; and individual donors, $12 million, for a total of more than $33.6 million. Friends of Alec donors gave more than $1.8 million.
Research Developments
Faculty and students conduct research benefitting society in the areas of human health, sustainability and energy. Recent advancements include:
- Reducing the time and cost to finding a cure for degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
- Designing wireless video networks that more effectively store, stream and share information.
- Developing new technologies to extract natural gas and oil from the Earth while analyzing the rewards and risks.
- Creating more affordable and longer-lasting batteries for electronics, electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage.
- Perfecting scientific analysis of satellite data to respond faster and more accurately to natural disasters.
- Building customized prosthetics for veterans and troops who want to return to active duty.
- Using powerful super computers to model human blood flow, improve oil and gas recovery, and study the spread of groundwater contamination.
Added Distinctions
- The Cockrell School awards the second highest percentage of undergraduate degrees to Hispanics and African Americans among top-ranked programs at public schools of engineering.Source: ASEE Profiles of Engineering & Engineering Technology Colleges, 2011
- The Cockrell School has 138 named endowed chairs and professorships for faculty.
- TThe Cockrell School awards the seventh highest number of undergraduate degrees to women among more than 340 engineering schools. Source: ASEE Profiles of Engineering & Engineering Technology Colleges, 2011
Leadership Development
To prepare students to be well-rounded individuals with sound leadership, communication and team-building skills, the Cockrell School offers multiple development programs such as the Ramshorn Retreats, LeaderShape-Texas and our International Engineering Education programs, which have placed students in more than 15 countries. And with more than 70 student groups, there are boundless opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Staying in Touch
Gregory L. Fenves, Dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering
dean@engr.utexas.edu, 512-471-1166
Student Affairs, 512-471-4321
Career Assistance Center, 512-471-1915
Engineering Foundation/Alumni, 512-471-3395
