Commitment

• Stanford University's President and Provost are committed to recruiting and retaining more diversity students, especially at the graduate level

• School budget of over $1 million for fellowships, and additional funds for permanent staff devoted to increasing diversity representation

• Partnerships with corporations, foundations and government to discuss, tailor, fund and evaluate diversity efforts

School of Engineering Background

• Long history of encouraging student and faculty diversity.

• Second largest of seven schools at Stanford

• 1,261 undergraduates and 2,681 graduate students

• Ranked number 1 in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Environmental Engineering by the National Research Council. Materials Science Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Management Science & Engineering are ranked in the top seven.

• 45 special laboratories and facilities

• Nine departments:

  • Aeronautics & Astronautics
  • Bioengineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Management Science Engineering
  • Materials Science & Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering