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Cullen College Quick Facts

College enrollment figures include undergraduate engineering majors who have not declared majors and graduate students concentrating in interdisciplinary programs. These students are not reflected in department totals.

146*
Faculty
*Faculty figure represents tenured/tenure-track faculty members.
1598
Graduate Students
3209
Undergraduate Students
19000+
Alumni
$40M+
Research Expenditures

Degrees Awarded
(FY 2022)

569
B.S.
212
M.S.
101
Ph.D.
882
Total

Best Grad School

Named a Best Grad School for Engineering 2023 by U.S. News & World Report

#69

in Best Engineering Schools

#9

in Petroleum Engineering

#34

in Chemical Engineering

#50

in Industrial Engineering

#64

in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

#71

in Mechanical Engineering

#85

in Electrical Engineering

#88

in Biomedical Engineering

#91

in Materials Engineering

OUR VISION

To become a “Top 50” engineering program as defined by U.S. News and World Report in support of the University of Houston’s Tier One initiative.

Strategic Plan

Departmental Quick Facts

Undergraduate Enrollment, Fall 2022
Biomedical Engineering 272
Chemical Engineering 438
Civil Engineering 421
Computer Engineering 275
Electrical Engineering 502
Industrial Engineering 133
Mechanical Engineering 1,011
Petroleum Engineering 64
Total 3,116
Masters Enrollment, Fall 2022
Biomedical Engineering 48
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 35
Civil Engineering 64
Computer Engineering 102
Data Science 236
Electrical Engineering 93
Environmental Engineering 23
Industrial Engineering 241
Materials Engineering 8
Mechanical Engineering 151
Petroleum Engineering 34
Total 1035
Doctoral Enrollment, Fall 2022
Biomedical Engineering 77
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 100
Civil Engineering 51
Electrical Engineering 137
Environmental Engineering 19
Industrial Engineering 19
Materials Engineering 41
Mechanical Engineering 66
Petroleum Engineering 48
Total 558
Undergraduate Degrees Awarded, FY 2022
Biomedical Engineering 47
Chemical Engineering 73
Civil Engineering 69
Computer Engineering 31
Electrical Engineering 84
Industrial Engineering 24
Mechanical Engineering 199
Petroleum Engineering 27
Total 554
Masters Degrees Awarded, FY 2022
Biomedical Engineering 26
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 13
Civil Engineering 18
Computer Engineering 9
Electrical Engineering 31
Environmental Engineering 5
Industrial Engineering 42
Materials Engineering 8
Mechanical Engineering 45
Petroleum Engineering 15
Total 212
Doctoral Degrees Awarded, FY 2022
Biomedical Engineering 11
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 22
Civil Engineering 6
Electrical Engineering 26
Environmental Engineering 2
Industrial Engineering 1
Materials Engineering 15
Mechanical Engineering 12
Petroleum Engineering 6
Total 101

See the IR Statistical Handbook.

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