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At VCU Engineering, you’ll design what never existed before. Discover ways to turn your big idea into reality in the heart of a creative capital city.
8 Engineering Disciplines
Focus on areas that make a difference for humankind.
Inclusion = Excellence
Be part of a diverse student body with new ways to look at – and solve – problems.
Experiential Learning
Learn in a hands-on culture that's obsessed with turning big dreams into reality.
Biomedical Engineering
Specialties include:
- biomaterials
- cell and tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- rehabilitation engineering
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![A male student working in a biomedical engineering lab](/media/engineering/sem-campaign/BMEimage.jpg)
Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Specialties include:
- pharmaceutical engineering
- nanotechnology
- stem cell engineering
- energy technology
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![A female and male student working in a chemistry lab](/media/engineering/sem-campaign/CLSEimage.jpg)
Computer Science
Specialties include:
- artificial intelligence
- cybersecurity
- data mining
- robotics
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![A female professor working with a male student on a laptop](/media/engineering/sem-campaign/CSimage.jpg)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Specialties include:
- autonomous vehicles
- cyber-physical systems
- robotics hardware
- smart technology
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![Female student working on an electronic device](/media/engineering/sem-campaign/ECEimage.jpg)
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Specialties include:
- advanced manufacturing
- magnetics
- nuclear energy and nuclear medicine
- vehicle design
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![A male student driving a prototype race car](/media/engineering/sem-campaign/FormulaSAEcar.jpg)
Ready to become a Ram Engineer?
Join our diverse class of students. Tap into your UNLIMITED potential.
I chose VCU Engineering for a variety of reasons, and one of the big ones was wanting to be part of VCU Engineering's growing reputation in the region. The opportunities to dive into top-notch research with experienced professors really stuck out to me.
Landen Sabolski, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering student
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