<p>Hello,
Is it possible to double major at any of the most selective colleges or universities and graduate in four years if one of the major choices is engineering?
TY</p>
<p>It depends on the university. It also depends on how many subject requirements you will have fulfilled with AP, IB HL, A-level, and college courses going in.</p>
<p>For example, Brown University students typically take 32 courses over 8 semesters. Engineering there requires 22 technical courses and 10 electives, of which 4 must be humanities and social studies. History there requires 10 history courses, so if an engineering student uses the 10 electives for those 10 history courses, s/he will fulfill both majors. Brown University is relatively easy to do this at because there are no other breadth requirements, unlike at most universities.</p>
<p>But then the question is, why is it necessary to double major, as opposed to doing a single major and selecting breadth and free electives in your secondary area of interest?</p>
<p>Some colleges require a senior thesis (Princeton, is one I think), which makes it difficult though not impossible. Once you get started, you will take classes in your areas of interest, and from there you will be able to better decide whether the double major is worth it.</p>
<p>To Op, yes you can at Stanford, as my son did it. The son of my friend did it at Harvard, though not in engineering.</p>
<p>I have friends at Penn double majoring in business and engineering well it is more of a dual degree though.</p>
<p>DS started with Comp Sci at CMU and added Elec Engg and double majored in 4 years. There was enough synergy between the two disciplines that he didn’t have to take too many courses in each that didn’t count in the other.</p>