Prospective Students

A Challenge - and an Invitation 

2050girl.jpgWhat is your 2050 Challenge? The future’s not as distant as you think! 

Whether you plan on working for five more years or 50, the dreams you have for your family, your nation, and your world extend well beyond particular career interests. But your career as an engineer or technology professional is still the foundation for realizing those dreams for 2050—and beyond. 

EDE can be your partner in building that foundation. The College of Engineering at Iowa State University is one of America’s premier institutions, not only in technical research and teaching, but also in delivering educational opportunity to students worldwide through some of the best distance education facilities in the business. 

That’s no surprise: the College of Engineering was one of Iowa State’s original instructional units, and we’ve been delivering opportunity for 150 years now. From its initial offering of bachelor’s degrees in civil and mechanical engineering, the college has expanded to 13 undergraduate programs and confers masters and doctoral degrees as well. 

What’s more, our faculty have extended their teaching beyond campus classrooms since 1913, when the college began providing continuing education programs for Iowa's engineers. Today, both Iowans and engineers from around the world are served by courses produced by Engineering Distance Education—courses selected because engineers like you have requested them. 

Our hybrid delivery system uses proven mechanisms, offering quality instruction in a flexible mode at minimum cost. Whether through web-based streaming media or CD-ROM, you’ll learn within the environment of a premier university and from some of the most respected professors in their fields, researchers and educators who are as available to you online as they are to students on campus. 

So consider this your invitation to join us as partners in taking up your personal 2050 Challenge. Learn how you can shorten the distance between your dreams and your future today! 

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