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Become a part of Calvin's outstanding record of success—engage the world with a full tool-kit and a heart for service.

Combine the broad education you will receive from your liberal arts education with the techniques you learn in your engineering courses. Be a problem-solver in the real world, and see how a Reformed worldview can help you ask the right questions and be a part of the answer.

Aim for more than success

Calvin students have accepted entry-level positions at a variety of companies, both in Michigan and around the U.S. In addition, Calvin students have been admitted to the best engineering graduate schools in the country, including MIT, Stanford, Cornell, and many more. Calvin engineering students have gone to law school and medical school, and they have pursued graduate degrees in business and economics. In all of these, they have made contributions to society around the globe. The name Calvin is synonymous with excellence, and our students are well prepared to serve society wherever God leads them.

Profile of the class of 2018

89

engineering graduates in 2018

99%

of graduates are working in engineering or attending full time graduate school six months after graduation

84%

of students who completed their degree in 2018 did so in four years

Other graduation statistics

76 percent of students have an international experience
86 percent of students who completed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam in the past five years passed
13 percent of the students went directly to full-time graduate school

Job placement statistics for Calvin engineering graduates (five-year average)

98 percent had a job offer in engineering within six months of graduation
81 percent had a job offer in engineering before graduation

Graduate schools where Calvin engineering graduates were accepted

Carnegie Mellon University
Clemson University
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Johns Hopkins University
Michigan State University
Michigan Tech University
M.I.T.
Northwestern University
Notre Dame University
Penn State University
Purdue University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary

University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Florida
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Tennessee Knoxville
University of Texas A & M
University of Texas at Austin
University of Toronto
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech

Companies that have offered jobs to Calvin engineering students

AECOM / URS
ADVICS North America (MI)
Argonne National Lab
Aurora North America (MI)
Apex Controls (MI)
Bechtel (PA)
Belcon Engineering (MI)
Best Metal Products (MI)
Boeing - Seattle (WA)
Braun Intertek (WI)
Brawn Mixer (MI)
Burke Porter Machinery (MI)
Chevron (TX)
Citgo (TX)
Cargill (NE)
DC Cook Nuclear Power Plant (MI)
Dematic (MI)
DornerWorks, Ltd. (MI)
Eastman Chemical (TX)
Egemin Automation (MI)
Elara Engineering (IL)
Extol (MI)
Exxon/Mobil (TX)
Gentex (MI)
Hall and Associates (OH)
Herman Miller (MI)
Highlight (MI)

Honda R & D (OH)
Innotec (MI)
IBM (NY)
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (MI)
JR Automation (MI)
Leland International (MI)
MGA Research (MI)
Nederveld and Associates (MI)
Northrop Grumman (CA)
Paradigm Design (MI)
Performance Software (MI)
Prein & Newhof (MI)
Progressive Surface (MI)
Rapidline (MI)
Raytheon (AZ)
Schlumberger (TX)
Shape Corporation (MI)
Siemens Oil and Gas (TX)
Spirit Aerosystems (KS)
STS (MI)
Stryker Medical (MI)
Texas Instruments (TX)
Tennant Corporation (MI)
Toyota
UOP (IL)
V3 Companies (IL)
Westinghouse (PA)

Calvin engineering graduates can be found in these careers:

Aerospace engineer
Automotive engineer
Biomedical engineer
Chemical engineer
Civil engineer
Computer engineer
Electrical engineer
Environmental engineer
Manufacturing engineer
Mechanical engineer
Petroleum engineer
Pharmaceutical engineer
Process engineer
Project engineer
Quality engineer
Software engineer
Structural engineer
Sustainability design engineer

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Reactivating a 2,000-year-old water system in Jordan

This June, Calvin College engineering student Sarah Cok joined the Clean Water Institute of Calvin College, the Umm el-Jimal Project, and Jordanian experts to restore an ancient water system in a Jordanian village.

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