[1] By 1905, the massive buildings of the Carnegie Technical Schools were being constructed in a field east of the University of Pittsburgh.

The first students of the School of Science and Technology began classes in unfinished buildings, still surrounded by new construction.

The school initially offered two- and three-year programs to train the children of Pittsburgh's working class.

Undergraduate students receive a Bachelor of Science degree from one of the traditional engineering departments plus EPP.

EPP also develops new software tools for the support of policy analysis and research, and studies issues in engineered systems and security.