Bachelor of Arts - Dual Degree - Engineering

The PLU Dual-Degree Engineering Program provides the opportunity to combine a liberal arts education with rigorous study in engineering and earn two degrees in five years. Since students will spend three years at PLU and two years at an engineering school, the program is often referred to as 3-2 Engineering. Many liberal arts colleges have dual-degree engineering programs, but PLU’s program is exceptionally active, regularly sending 5-6 students per year to engineering schools.

The program has formal agreements with Columbia University in New York City and Washington University in St. Louis, two nationally recognized schools of engineering, to ensure students can complete the engineering degree in two years. PLU’s program is particularly distinctive because of the upper-division engineering courses we offer, which transfer directly as engineering courses at Washington University and Columbia. PLU students are very successful in gaining admission to the engineering programs and do well there because they are both well prepared and can get a head start by taking upper-level engineering classes at PLU.