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One goal, many paths
One goal, many paths
Integrated engineering has no single model. Our member programs show six ways to connect engineering with people, purpose, and practice. Many programs combine more than one.
“Integration is not the end — it is the direction.”
“Integration is not the end — it is the direction.”
Framework adapted from Our Stories of Change, IEEIS 2024 white paper (UCL)
Interdisciplinary Learning
Interdisciplinary Learning
Students co-create across disciplines through real projects, often in teams that mix class years with senior-student mentors.
What it takes:
What it takes:
Trained faculty, time, and flexible governance.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
Skills & Competency-Based
Skills & Competency-Based
Leadership, communication, ethics, and system thinking are built into the whole program, not added on the side.
What it takes:
What it takes:
Skills scaffolded over years and open-ended assessment.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
Work-Based Learning
Work-Based Learning
Students learn inside real engineering workplaces through co-ops and industry projects, building their professional identity early.
What it takes:
What it takes:
Industry partners who share our values.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
STS & Liberal Arts
STS & Liberal Arts
Students ask whose knowledge counts and how ethics, power, and purpose shape the things engineers build.
What it takes:
What it takes:
Easy entry points, like short readings and discussion.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
Open opportunity. Does your program lead with STS or liberal arts? Talk with us
Design-Led Integration
Design-Led Integration
Design thinking is both the method and the mindset. It gives students a way to work through open-ended problems with no single right answer.
What it takes:
What it takes:
Room to fail safely and faculty trained in design.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
Community-Engaged & Transdisciplinary
Community-Engaged & Transdisciplinary
Communities, nonprofits, and policymakers work with students as co-creators, not as subjects of study.
What it takes:
What it takes:
People who keep community partnerships going year to year.
A4IE Programs
A4IE Programs
Building a new integrated program?
Building a new integrated program?
A4IE mentors emerging programs at public universities.
Find the member closest to your model and learn from their path.
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