Bowdoin, UMaine Join Forces for Engineering Education
Contact: Joe Carr (UMaine) at (207) 581-3571; Doug Boxer-Cook (Bowdoin) at (207) 725-3964
AUGUSTA, Me. — Bowdoin College and the University of Maine today announced an innovative new engineering education partnership. The arrangement, announced in Augusta by Maine Gov. John Baldacci, creates a five-year program of study, with the first three years at Bowdoin. Students who complete the program will receive degrees from both Bowdoin and UMaine, and they will be prepared for engineering careers or graduate school. The goal of this exciting new program is to help address Maine’s need for engineers by educating well-rounded graduates with an excellent broad-based education and outstanding engineering training.
At Bowdoin, the students will acquire the math and science skills necessary to succeed in engineering, and they will complete the coursework necessary to complete UMaine’s General Education requirements.
Initially, students will be able to specialize in one of three engineering disciplines: biological engineering, civil engineering or engineering physics. Eventually, the program will be expanded into UMaine’s other four engineering disciplines.
The program’s structure is in place, and officials from both institutions hope that the first Bowdoin students will be ready to enroll at UMaine as soon as Fall 2008.