Undergraduate Admissions
Cornell Engineers are motivated, collaborative, compassionate, and intelligent. If these qualities resonate with you, consider joining our diverse community of passionate students and faculty. You will be emboldened to break the rules of conventional thought—to think independently and explore new ways to improve the quality of life on our planet. Together, we tackle problems great and small. How will you break the rules to do great things?
Cornell Engineering Virtual Visit
Important Update on SAT/ACT requirements
- Cornell University has suspended the SAT/ACT requirement for 2021 applicants.
- SAT Subject Tests are not required or expected for admission to Cornell University.
What makes Cornell Engineering unique?
We are the largest and highest ranked engineering program in the Ivy League.
Our program has incredible depth with 14 majors and 20 minors in addition to the breadth of academic opportunities across the University.
Cornell Engineering sponsors 29 student-led project teams.
Females compose 53% of the Class of 2022 and 50% of the College of Engineering overall.
All faculty in our college teach and advise undergraduate students.
Our students gain access to an unparalleled career network.
We provide outstanding support services from faculty, peers, and our advising and student services offices.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are unable to host on-campus information sessions. We have created a Virtual Visit site to help you learn about Cornell Engineering. We also have created an online version of our information session to help get you started.
View the slides from our Cornell Engineering Information Session
I am a Cornell Engineer
I will break the rules to do what was once thought impossible. My advice to you? Pursue every opportunity that you see, no matter how small.
Atsu ( Manassas, VA ), chemical engineering
I am a Cornell Engineer
For me, engineering is problem solving. I feel that the base of all engineering is learning how to think in a different way, and apply that way of thinking to solve problems with creativity and innovation.
~ Caitie (Midland, MI), operations research and engineering
I am a Cornell Engineer
I will break the rules to prove that some rules are worth breaking.
~ Justin (Homestead, FL), computer science
I am a Cornell Engineer
An engineering education isn't defined by all math and physics you learn in the classroom. It's about being on a team that builds a race car. It's about creating a satellite that NASA will launch into space. It's about writing software to automatically identify birds from the songs they sing. These are all real experiences my friends and I are having here at Cornell, and they are what will define you as an engineer.
~ Kenny (Palo Alto, CA), mechanical engineer
I am a Cornell Engineer
You are unstoppable if you believe in yourself.
~Chloe (Port Harcourt, Nigeria), mechanical and aerospace engineering
I am a Cornell Engineer
People might say that your path is defined for you, but it’s not their life. It’s yours, and you have the power to define and achieve your own success.
~Francis (Forest Hills, NY), electrical and computer engineering
Cornell University: Glorious to View (Short Version)
This video celebrates what makes Cornell University so special—its campus beauty, breadth and depth of academics, spirit of inclusiveness, and commitment to serving the public good. From its inception, Cornell has aspired to be elite and egalitarian. As founder Ezra Cornell said, “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.”
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Mariela Rivera-De Jesús
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Welcome Nate Cira
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Borehole to reveal potential of geothermal heating
Cornell is moving forward, and underground, with plans to drill an observatory borehole to explore the viability – and ensure the safety – of using geothermal energy to heat the Ithaca campus. Read more about Borehole to reveal potential of geothermal heating
Assistant Professor Atieh Moridi Selected for NSF CAREER Award
Atieh Moridi, assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was selected for the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. According to NSF, the Faculty Early... Read more about Assistant Professor Atieh Moridi Selected for NSF CAREER Award
Key Statistics about Cornell Engineering
I thought I wanted to be an engineer because I liked math and science, I have learned that I truly want to be an engineer to help people. At Cornell Engineering, at the end of the day, your end user for anything and everything that you do is another human being, and I think that is pretty special.