Dedicated to enhancing Utah's mining industry, it was among the first engineering programs west of the Mississippi River.

Many alumni have achieved international recognition in industry, manufacturing, research, education, law, medicine and many other professions.

Some of the companies founded by graduates and faculty of the College of Engineering include: TRW, Evans and Sutherland, Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WordPerfect, Sarcos, Opto 22, Novell, Atari, Adobe, and Pixar, to name a few.

The Department has major research funding that supports initiatives in: Many Biomedical Engineering faculty members are adjunct faculty at University of Utah School of Medicine, leading to several successful interdisciplinary research projects between the School of Medicine and the College of Engineering.

Launched in 2013, the program produces well-qualified engineers who are knowledgeable about the responsible development of oil and gas resources.

As engineers develop in their careers, they will be challenged to imagine new ways to support the needs of business, industry, public agencies and nations.

The department and local industry offer paid internships, scholarships and employment opportunities to help defray the cost of tuition and living expenses.

Undergraduates can take selected courses as technical electives and in preparation for nuclear engineering graduate degree programs.

The interdisciplinary program teaches students both hardware and software skills, as well as how to combine the skillsets to become successful computer engineers.

The department has major research funding that supports initiatives in: The School of Computing is also home to the Entertainment Arts and Entertainment (EAE) Program, which is the result of interdisciplinary collaboration between the College of Engineering and the University of Utah College of Fine Arts.

The University of Utah was one of the original four nodes of ARPANET, the world's first packet-switched network and embryo of the current worldwide Internet.

[9] In late 1969, the U's computer graphics department was linked into the node at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California to complete the initial four-node network.

The building is composed mainly of study rooms, classrooms, computer labs, and open spaces.

The Kennecott Building currently serves as classroom and lab space for the Mechanical Engineering Department.

The construction of the building was supported by a generous $3.3 million gift from Floyd and Jeri Meldrum of Las Vegas.