What Is the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland?

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The A. James Clark School of Engineering is the engineering school of the University of Maryland, and its website at eng.umd.edu serves as the school's main hub for academic departments, research institutes, and information organized by audience. You'll find it useful if you're a prospective or current student, an alumnus, a faculty or staff member, an industry partner, or a donor trying to navigate the school's programs, news, and events.

Academic departments and institutes

The site lists the school's academic departments and research units in a single "Jump to an Academic Department or Institute" section, which makes it easy to see the full scope of what the Clark School covers:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Fire Protection Engineering
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Beyond the departments, the school also lists several institutes and centers:

  • Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
  • Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR)
  • Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics (IREAP)
  • Institute for Systems Research (ISR)
  • Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering (MAGE)
  • Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2)
  • Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech)
  • Maryland Transportation Institute (MTI)

Information organized by audience

Rather than a single navigation path, the site groups content under "Information for..." sections, so you can go straight to the material relevant to you:

Audience What you'll find
Students Degrees, prospective student info, current student resources, and K-12 pre-college programs
Alumni Ways to get involved, updating your information, the alumni network, and the ECDA Society
Faculty & Staff Directories, the faculty directory, the ClarkNET portal, conference room reservations, and administration
Industry Partnering with the Clark School, corporate partners, featured research areas, and recruiter resources like job postings, campus interviews, career fairs, and information sessions
Donors Giving to the Clark School, ways to give, and contact information for giving

News, events, and program highlights

The homepage surfaces current news and a calendar of events. Recent items include a UMD startup, Alchemity, receiving a Breakthrough Energy Fellowship for modular sustainable-fuel production, and Maryland ranking #12 among publics for undergraduate engineering two years running. The events calendar lists items such as employer information sessions (Boeing, MPR), a Fire Protection Engineering virtual information session, and technical talks like the NanoColloquium.

The site also highlights iSTEM@UMD, described as a program designed to foster a supportive environment where student creativity can thrive, and notes the Edward and Jennifer St. John Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine.

When this site is the right starting point

Use eng.umd.edu if you want the official, school-level view of departments, research institutes, and audience-specific resources. If you need details on a specific graduate program, admissions deadline, or faculty member, the department or institute pages linked from the "Jump to an Academic Department or Institute" list are the next step, since the homepage functions mainly as an index and news feed rather than a deep program catalog.