Educating Christian engineers for a life of service.
Calvin’s engineering program will prepare you for your career with outstanding teaching from seasoned professionals. You will learn how to solve complex problems and create brilliant designs, and how to bring glory to God in the process.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE)
You’ll study one of four unique concentrations, and may add an international or sustainability designation to the engineering major.
Liberal arts advantage
Get cultural exposure, language skills and broad-based learning that will prepare you to work in a huge variety of contexts—and take full advantage of our internship program to get the benefit of on-the-job experience as an undergraduate.
Global perspective
With many overseas connections for engineering and one of the country’s best off-campus programs, we train global engineers. Take advantage of unique international opportunities like our popular summer program in Germany.
Quick Facts
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70–90
graduates each year
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98%
of graduates working in engineering or attending full time graduate school 6 months after graduation
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#3
Engineering is the third most popular major at Calvin
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85%
of students who complete their degree do so in four years
Explore Engineering at Calvin
Outstanding credentials
We offer an ABET accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) degree.
Off-Campus Programs
Discover how you can apply engineering around the world, and don’t miss our popular summer program in Germany.
Careers & Outcomes
Explore the many industries where you can practice engineering and get the facts about Calvin's excellent track record for placements.
Department Info
There are no announcements at this time.
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Calvin students compete in FIRST Robotics competition
This interim, Tubergen invited students from Grand Rapids South Christian High School to join his Mechatronics class in which students were provided a task for a robot to perform, and then had three weeks to design and build a robot that could accomplish the task.
News & Stories, March 15, 2018 -
Prof assesses hurricane damage, develops design solutions
Calvin College professor Frederick Haan went to the Florida Keys to assess and record the damages of Hurricane Irma and develop solutions for the future.
News & Stories, October 18, 2017 -
U.S. News & World Report ranks Calvin College #1 in the Midwest
U.S. News & World Report ranks Calvin College #1 overall among Midwest regional colleges in its 2018 Best Colleges Guidebook.
News & Stories, September 12, 2017 -
Following go
Burmese alum grateful for her grandfather's Biblical advice.
Spark, September 01, 2017 -
Exploring new ground through summer research
This summer, 85 students participated in Calvin College’s summer research. The program spans 10 weeks and allows students to explore one of 56 projects in eight different STEM fields.
News & Stories, August 4, 2017 -
Walking Boldly: Jonathan Engle
Through off-campus study, internship experience and research, Jonathan Engle ’17 graduated Calvin prepared for a career as an engineer.
News & Stories, June 29, 2017 -
Walking Boldly: Beka Agava
Beka Agava ’17 learned from amazing professors, engaged the mission of Calvin and re-evaluated her decisions—and now she’s a software engineering analyst.
News & Stories, June 20, 2017 -
Achieving Zero
Student engineers accomplish milestone in energy-efficient window retrofit project
Spark, December 01, 2016 -
A Notre Dame bound chemical engineer
Josh Wright '16 will be studying chemical and biomolecular engineering at Notre Dame University in fall 2016.
News & Stories, August 31, 2016 -
Farm knowledge from the engineering lab
Annie Stegink '09 works at Community Harvest Project, a non-profit farm in Massachusetts, using her engineering education daily.
News & Stories, August 15, 2016 -
Twister teachings
Alum uses tornado simulator to collect data on wind speeds.
Spark, June 15, 2016
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Engineering Senior Design Open House Admissions Event
3:00 – 5:45 p.m.
Sat, May 5, 2018
Spoelhof College Center Atrium -
Engineering Senior Design Open House
4:00 – 5:45 p.m.
Sat, May 5, 2018
SFC Lobby (level 1) -
Engineering Dinner
6:00 – 7:15 p.m.
Sat, May 5, 2018
Van Noord Arena South Gym (215) -
Engineering Presentations
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Sat, May 5, 2018
Van Noord Nutrition Classroom 235