42%
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
STUDENTS Enrollment
Undergraduate 4,157
853 Total 5,010 Graduate
Undergradua te
Aerospace Engineering Biosystems Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science and Software Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering 23 81 Mechanical Engineering 47 Aerospace Biosystems Chemical Materials Engineering Polymer and Fiber Engineering Wireless Engineering
Freshman Class Snapshot
n 998 students
n Average ACT/SAT
28.5/1240 n Average High School GPA 3.86 n Comprises 26% of Auburn University’s
freshman class
6.4%
MINORS
Automotive Engineering and Manufacturing Systems Business-Engineering-Technology Computer Science Information Technology Materials Engineering Materials Science 129 Power 171 129 Systems 146 16 Nuclear Generation Computer Electrical Industrial Mechanical Polymer Tribology and Lubrication Science
109 Civil
Science and and Computer Software
ent by m ajo ollm r n 68 156 r e 109
975
364
132 559
and Systems
DID YOU KNOW? Auburn Engineering students and Fiber traveled to the mountains of Quesimpuco, Bolivia, to develop and implement a gravity-fed irrigation system and a hydroponics demonstration unit designed to improve crop production
Pre-Engineering Aerospace
Biosystems Chemical Civil
Computer Science and Software Electrical and Computer
35
Industrial and Systems
289 514 503
487
Materials
n Auburn Engineering is the largest program
Polymer and Fiber
college at Auburn University
Mechanical Wireless
in the state of Alabama, and the largest n Auburn Engineering‘s undergraduate
program is ranked 30th among the
nation’s top public institutions according to U.S. News & World Report
2.7%
13.6%
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
Enrollment
Civil
18.6%
PhD 397
Total 853
Auburn Engineering’s
Polymer and Fiber DID YOU KNOW? 6.4% Auburn Engineering students are preventing water-borne diseases in impoverished countries with portable water purifying systems they developed utilizing electricity and salt to produce chlorine compounds that eliminate viruses, bacteria and protozoa
42%
graduate program is ranked
to U.S. News & World Report
23
81
AUBURN ENGINEERING
109 Civil
129
171
Online Graduate Program
n 282 active students from states, 6834 156 Canada, China, Korea, Great Britain 364 109 and various U.S. military installations 132 975 n 2012 course registration:
459 Summer 254 35 Fall 535 289 n 2012 graduates 74 503
146
16
Computer Electrical Industrial Mechanical Polymer Science and and and Fiber and Computer Systems Software
ONLINE PROGRAM
Spring
129
Electrical and Computer Mechanical
public institutions according
47
Computer Science and Software Industrial and Systems
40th among the nation’s top
Aerospace Biosystems Chemical
Aerospace Chemical
3.2%
MS 456
Graduate enrollment by department
11.9%
559
514
DID YOU KNOW? Auburn Engineering’s Pre-Engineering online graduate Aerospace engineering program was Biosystems ranked 6th in the nation Chemical in U.S. News & World Civil Report’s 2013 Best Online Computer Science and Software Engineering Electrical and ComputerEducation IndustrialPrograms and Systems rankings Materials
Mechanical
Polymer and Fiber
Continuing Education Programs
n 94 live seminars and conferences
serving 3,301 customers
n 104 distance continuing education
courses delivered by DVD or streaming video serving 1,321 students in
50 states and international locations
FACULTY
DID YOU KNOW? With recent facilities renovations and new construction, Auburn Engineering now boasts: Classroom space 36,162 sq. ft. Teaching laboratories 90,651 sq. ft. Research laboratories 173,003 sq. ft.
n 148 tenure/tenure track faculty
n 27 non-tenure track faculty
n 63 named professorships and endowed chairs
RESEARCH
DID YOU KNOW? Auburn Engineering accounted for 36.4% of the university’s total research expenditures
n Ranked 44th in the nation in research expenditures by the American Society for Engineering Education
by Depart s e me r 1.6% n itu 13.6%
2.7%
11.9%
t
earch Exp R es en d
n $57.4 million in research expenditures
Aerospace
n Ranked in top 50 in research expenditures for the past six years
Chemical
3.2%
Civil
18.6%
Computer Science and Software Electrical and Computer Industrial and Systems Mechanical
42%
6.4%
Polymer and Fiber
Strategic Research Areas n Energy and Environment n Cyber Security and Information Technology n Infrastructure and Transportation n Biomedical and Pharmaceutical n Engineered Materials and Nanotechnology n Advanced Manufacturing
PHILANTHROPY $21,285,708 Goal $13,000,000 Goal exceeded by $8,285,708 Raised
Individuals Corporations Foundations Other Organizations
2012 fundrasing efforts
Do no
rs
type y b
Student support Annual
$1,957,189
Endowed
$1,619,115
Total
$3,576,304
Faculty Support Endowed
$121,009
Total
$121,009
Program Support Annual
$5,662,434
Endowed
$11,792,788
Total
$17,455,222
Facilities Support Annual
$133,172
Total
$133,172
Total Raised
OUTREACH
n E-Day – open house that introduces thousands of middle and high school students to Auburn Engineering n Engineering Summer Camps – residential summer programs for 8th-12th graders, offering hands-on engineering experience n Robo and Computer Camps – day camps targeted at increasing computer literacy for 5th-12th graders n KEMET Academy (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium and Technology) – summer academy that introduces minority high school students to courses that prepare them for graduation and college entrance exams
DID YOU KNOW? Auburn University served as the site of the South’s regional hub for BEST Inc., the nation’s third largest K-12 robotics program, serving 12,500 students from 850 schools in 15 states
$21,285,708