<p>Does anyone know of any other good colleges with programs like Jerome Fisher?, where you can get 2 degrees in Engineering and Business.</p>
<p>I applied to Jerome Fisher M&T... deferred then rejected. I really had my heart set on M&T especially since I did the MTSI summer program last summer and fell in love with UPenn. Just like you, I had a problem finding similar programs from other schools. At first I looked for schools where I could easily double major in Economics and Engineering. WUSTL and Carnegie Mellon seemed very lenient in that area... CMU was especially attractive since it has a great business school (Tepper) and an excellent engineering school. Too bad I really liked nothing else about the university. The Ivies and other super-elite schools were not so great with double majors. I turned down Princeton and Stanford partially for this reason.</p>
<p>I ended up at Brown, which last year initiated a very innovative concentration called Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship. COE is a joint program among the departments of Economics, Engineering, and Sociology. It has some fundamental courses in all three areas... then you can choose one of three tracks--Business Economics, Organizational Studies, or Entrepreneurship and Techonology Management. I'm taking Entrepreneurship and Techonology Management. Indeed, you only graduate with one degree, unlike Jerome Fisher. However, you get a great education in both business and engineering and can still have a life in college. It's much less intense and I can still take plenty of other courses. In fact, Brown has no core requirements, so I have a lot of room to take whatever I want... music, industrial design (taking advantage of Brown's partnership with RISD), journalism, and probably a few more engineering courses. I can also have a great social life, do extracurricular activities, and study abroad. M&T at UPenn would not have afforded me nearly this much freedom with such an academically intense program. I am now very happy I was rejected.</p>
<p>I do plan on attending graduate school (hopefully Stanford <em>crosses fingers</em>), which most people who graduate from Jerome Fisher may not do, unless going for a PhD. But I was planning on applying to graduate school even when M&T was part of my life plan.</p>
<p>EDIT: Check out <a href="http://coe.brown.edu%5B/url%5D">http://coe.brown.edu</a></p>
<p>I was thinking about going to Lehigh, they have this IBE (integrated business and engineering) program which is the only honors program. You get your engineering degree in something, and then in your fifth year you get your business degree. If you maintain a 3.75+ then the fifth year is free. There are many opportunities to intern somewhere for a semester (might be mandatory, but not sure).</p>
<p>Any other school offering joint major?</p>
<p>There is a limited benefit to a program like that in comparison to just doing an engineering major with some econ/finance/management courses (minor) when it comes to employment. You will still end up working as an engineer for the first few years with little to none management responsibilities. </p>
<p>I would just recommend a good school with somewhat flexible major/minor / cross/school requirements (Wustl, Vanderbilt, etc.) that fit your other requirements well (size, student quality, weather, location, etc.)</p>
<p>you don't have to become an engineer with management aspirations after obtaining a dual degree. A lot of joint degrees go on to work in finance and other typical "business degree" jobs (hell a lot of engineers go on to finance).</p>
<p>If you are just looking to get management position as an engineer i don't think that a dual degree is necessary</p>
<p>Btw I would recommend Lehigh's IBE program. I went for the info session for the IBE and apparently the Ex-President of UPENN joined and became the President or Lehigh. He/she decided that Fisher program should be brought to Lehigh. Hence, the IBE program was created.> Its almost the same as the Fisher program.</p>
<p>Greg Farrington was the former Dean of SEAS at Penn (not the President of Penn) and left to become President of Lehigh in 1998 but he's no longer there.</p>
<p>The IBE website says it was his idea, and that makes sense.</p>
<p>I apologize for not getting the details right...</p>