<p>My daughter is torn. Loves both schools. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>I have sent one kid to each school.
My son did Mech E at Tufts. Daughter was in A&S at NU.
Both schools are fabulous. It’s a win/win choice, but since you asked for thoughts, these are mine:
First, your daughter should go to whichever school seems to have the right “feel” for her, since accredited engineering programs have largely set curricula for each degree.
Second, Tufts is technically a research university, but it has the more intimate, comfortable (to my way of thinking) “feel” of a LAC. NU is, and feels, larger (8K undergrads to Tufts’ 5K). It also features Big Ten sports, which really lends something to campus spirit, and has a vibrant Greek life while Tufts has de minimis Greek life. (At NU, about 40-45% of the girls are in sororities. I would guess that it’s under 10% at Tufts, where Greek life is barely noticeable.) So what my daughter found to be great at NU was the ability to be in a sorority if you wanted (she did, and had a wonderful time, also making friends who will probably be lifelong), but also to take a pass on that if you weren’t interested.
Third, academics at both schools are great, but my NU’s engineering school is more well known and more prestigious. That being said, from what I’ve seen, Tufts engineers do really well in the job market.
Fourth, both Boston and Chicago are wonderful cities. Boston is more provincial, and Chicago is more cosmopolitan. Both are great for college kids and young professionals. As to exact towns, Evanston is much nicer than Medford and Somerville, although Davis Square in Somerville, which is very close to Tufts, is a nice, nearby place to go.
Fifth, there is more going on, in terms of partying and otherwise, on the NU campus. That is natural given the Big Ten sports, the Greek Life, and the larger campus and student body.
Sixth, and finally, go back to “First,” above.</p>
<p>I agree with WCAS…choose the right feel first. I do have to say that Davis Square right by Tufts is now recognized of one of the more “hipper” areas in the US and it is what Harvard Square was 25 years ago. You can research this online. There is much much more going on in Davis Square with its clubs, jazz club, restaurants and bars, than in Evanston. I grew up in Evanston and have been to Davis Square many times in the last 2 years. There is a big movement to keep national chains out of Davis Square although there are a few. They filmed a scene from the movie TED in Davis Square, and are now filming a new movie with Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams around there. I can honestly say that there is much more happening in Davis Square than Evanston…There are much more college kids in Boston than Chicago. Yes, Evanston has prettier houses than Medford but Evanston is also really more of a suburb. If you like frat parties, NU is better. If you like a nearby cosmopolitan hip area without having to drive, Tufts is better.</p>
<p>NU’s engineering school has a slightly better reputation than Tufts, but Tufts overall has a more well known reputation on the east coast.</p>
<p>Again, I second WCAS’ advice in part one of your response.l It is the most important element</p>
<p>Academic-wise, you are splitting hairs. Tufts academic stats really jumped for the incoming 2017 class with an average 2140 SAT and 32 ACT. I have not looked at Northwestern’s stats but I am sure they are excellent.</p>
<p>Northwestern is part of the Big Ten but it gets lost sometimes being located in Chicagoland. It has an exciting football coach but it just fired its basketball coach, having never appeared in the NCAA tourney. I don’t see many people at the basketball games at either school</p>
<p>Tufts started FAN THE FIRE a couple of years ago and school spirit has greatly risen. It plays is in a great little conference, the NESCAC, with fantastic schools like Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Colby & Bates. Unlike the exciting Big 10, emphasis is really put on the student athlete. In other words, there will be less Penn State-Bobby Knight-like issues. There is a great atmosphere at Tufts’ soccer, lacrosse and football games even though the football team is not that good.</p>
<p>Yes, frat parties are important and more prevalent at Northwestern.</p>
<p>Good luck on your choice!!!</p>
<p>Thanks to both of you! You each made great points. East coast reputation is not an issue for her. We live in the Chicago suburbs and she plans to return to Chicago when she graduates. However, the plans she has as a 17 year old could certainly change!</p>
<p>If NU weren’t so close to home, I think it would be her first choice. </p>
<p>Either way, she can’t go wrong!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>A point of clarification on sororities at Tufts. I am an alum of Tufts and my D is currently in a sorority at Tufts. It is true that frats/sororities represent a small percentage of students, but somewhat to my surprise, the view from the inside is very different from the view from the outside. There is a very active sorority social scene at Tufts (if you are a member) and the girls are very close and supportive of each other. The popularity of sororities at Tufts is also growing (this may be a nationwide trend). Since my perceptions of Tufts’ sororities were so far off, I dont want to try to compare them to NW, but I think they are somewhat different. From the perspective of someone on the outside, I would also think that 10% would be more conducive to not feeling left out than 45%.</p>
<p>Your statements that you live in the Chicago area and that she plans to ultimately work and settle there is important.
On one hand, I generally like the idea of a kid going to college away from home. In this job market, however, I think that favors NU, especially for engineering. NU not only has a stronger national reputation (and Morty Schapiro might soon achieve his goal of getting it into the top ten national universities), I think the odds of getting a great job in the Chicago area right out of college are better. We have watched two kids go through on-campus interviewing for jobs, and while we are very lucky that both kids had secured great jobs for after graduation by early in their senior year, it was clear that a lot more companies interview through NU and on its campus than at Tufts.</p>
<p>Thanks again WCASParent - couldn’t agree more about the benefit of going away from home for college, which is probably the only reason she hasn’t committed to NU yet.</p>
<p>She didn’t even want to visit NU given its location. However, after visiting she was enthralled. I think we will just need to “pretend” she is not 30 minutes away and treat NU like it is in Boston.</p>
<p>Northwestern’s engineering is one of the best among privates. The ME department is ranked just outside the top-10 by USN but well within the top-10 by NRC. That means the faculty are leading researchers in the field. The fact that Ford donated money for the Ford Motor Design Center speaks quite a bit about the ME department. As far as something more undergrad-specific goes, the engineering school has one of the most established co-op programs in the nation; 30% of the students partcipate in it (others opt for research or regular internships). It is also one of the most design-oriented schools in the country; all freshmen are required to design real products for industry clients. The undergrads have won quite a few national design competitions in recent years; their products/inventions have been featured in various media outlets.<br>
<a href=“http://www.metacafe.com/watch/hl-60199841/nbc_today_show_penguins_get_custom_boots_to_ease_achy_feet/][/url”>http://www.metacafe.com/watch/hl-60199841/nbc_today_show_penguins_get_custom_boots_to_ease_achy_feet/][/url</a>]
[Northwestern</a> students design penguin bootie - chicagotribune.com](<a href=“http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-northwestern-penguins-20130329,0,4148528.story]Northwestern”>Northwestern students design penguin bootie)
[Undergraduate</a> Education](<a href=“DESIGN INNOVATION - Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University”>DESIGN INNOVATION - Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University)
[History</a> @ Design for America](<a href=“http://designforamerica.com/vision/history/]History”>http://designforamerica.com/vision/history/)</p>
<p>Other graduate rankings: the material sciences and industrial engineering are ranked in the top-5 and most others are in the top-20 according to USN. If you go by NRC rankings; almost all departments are in the top-10. The research opportunities are plenty. According to their BME website, over 70% of the undergrad students engaged in research (not sure that’s the rate for the whole school or just BME deparment).</p>
<p>Doesn’t surprise me that NU would have a rankings edge - they’ve got a greater emphasis on graduate school work than Tufts does, and have a much bigger school. Tufts has roughly half the number of undergraduate engineering students as NU. The ME program is the largest we’ve got, and it’s still almost never more than 50 students a year.</p>
<p>The size difference alone is enough to completely transform the kind of access and opportunity an engineering student has at Tufts. There’s a lot of really, really cool stuff going on both on campus and in Boston, and our students have extremely low barriers to participating. </p>
<p>If it’d be helpful, I know a few lady-MEs who represent what I think of as fairly typical Tufts engineers who she could correspond with.</p>
<p>Dan, I really want to applaud your commitment as an admission officer who goes over and beyond service. Your active participation on this forum is fantastic. You won’t get much, if any participation, from admission officers from other fine schools. Thanks.</p>
<p>Thanks Dan,</p>
<p>I will pass along your offer. I really appreciate it. She really did love Tufts when we visited. I think she just needs to do some soul searching.</p>
<p>Happy to help. The goal in April is to let every student have the information they need to make the right decision, whatever that is. :)</p>
<p>@ClassClown - you guys keep me sharp, and keep me honest. We do each other a service, I’d like to think.</p>
<p>To: Dont leave the nest.</p>
<p>As an engineer and a Tufts alum with some connections to Northwestern and the Chicago area, I find this thread particularly interesting. I have comments on both the emotional and logical side, but lets start with the emotional side.</p>
<p>I have this friend. I met her at Tufts many, many years ago, but we are still very, very close. She grew up in the Chicago area, but she wanted to spread her wings and fly to Tufts to go to college. To this day she describes Tufts as the happiest time of her life. She made lots of new friends and flew to Europe to spend a semester abroad. After Tufts, she flew back to the Chicago area to attend one of Northwesterns highly regarded grad schools. She then flew back to the east coast to start a promising career. Later, she got married to one of her friends from Tufts. Now she flies with her family to Chicago and her parents show her kids the museums and great cultural attractions of Chicago. Her parents fly to Boston, and they take family vacations on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard. Her kids build sandcastles, swim in the surf and hunt for sea shells with their grandparents. Everybody is the richer for their experiences, but it never would have happened if my friend had never learned to fly.</p>
<p>To: Mastadon
Thank you for your “emotional” comments. I would love to hear your “logical” ones too. I agree that our children need to fly, and I hope that no matter where she attends she will have to opportunity to spread her wings. I have to confess that I was feeling a little guilty that she may not experience the full college experience if she chooses to stay close to home. But then I read your post in another thread: Tufts v Wellesley v Michigan </p>
<p>“I am a really old (according to my kids) Tufts engineering alum with a daughter currently enrolled at Tufts. I live locally and have friends who are employed…” So if I am reading this correctly, your daughter stayed close to home. Does she regret her decision?</p>
<p>To: Dont leave the nest,</p>
<p>Im sure you can imagine my friends conflict. The thoughts of a looming empty nest were swirling in her head and they were complicated by the fact that her daughter was a reminder of her wonderful time at Tufts, yet also, a symbol of her decision to leave the nest. What advice should she give? </p>
<p>As her daughter stood on the edge of the nest, my friend decided to give her a loving nudge. Her daughters wings spread and started to flutter, but there was no flight. Her daughter had discovered her wings, but had chosen not to use them, at least not yet.</p>
<p>The daughter is having an amazing experience at Tufts and has no regrets, although sometimes she wishes that Tufts was located in another state. The mother has no feelings of guilt. The relationship between them is great and the topic of attending grad school at Northwestern comes up from time to time </p>
<p>Sorry it took so long to respond, but there was a lot going on here in the Boston area this week, and there is a lot of information to convey on this subject. </p>
<p>Since there appears to be an increase of interest in engineering lately (based on th e number of threads), I decided to first provide some career advice for engineers to establish some context. </p>
<p>Here goes:</p>
<p>Assume you are going to get a masters. Most people who get into a very selective university do. I recommend this path because it is almost impossible to squeeze enough courses into four years to provide the breadth necessary for perspective and the depth necessary for mastery of a specific discipline. Engineering is a very fragmented discipline with many areas of specialization, so mastery is both challenging and valuable.</p>
<p>For undergrad, focus on breadth and flexibility. </p>
<p>Learn how to think in a creative, multidisciplinary and multicultural manner. Most inventions come from applying a new perspective to an old problem and most product markets are global in scope. Most companies are looking for “out of the box” thinkers. This is how you develop that capability.</p>
<p>Learn how to communicate/socialize in a “real-world” environment. If your sphere of influence is limited in scope to the local engineering department, then your career advancement and career flexibility will be artificially limited. </p>
<p>Pick an environment with minimal boundaries between engineering disciplines, minimal boundries between engineering and other disciplines. Also pick an environment that has access to a reasonable array of advanced courses and interesting, “high tech” experiential learning opportunities such as projects, research, independent study and internships. This is a key differentiator for jobs and/or grad school.</p>
<p>Pick a culture that focuses on teaching rather than “weeding out” and is supportive of underrepresented minorities (including women). For a “traditional” engineering program, the attrition rate is about 30-40% and female representation is less than 10%. These two factors are usually correlated.</p>
<p>Treat job search/interviewing skills as a degree requirement and start taking seminars/training second semester of freshman year. Also seek out mentors in your areas of interest. If you start early, it doesn’t have to be all-consuming-just be on the watch for workshops/seminars from career services. Join a student chapter of the professional society in your area of interest to see if you like it and to build up your network.</p>
<p>This means exposure to the liberal arts, women and multiple cultures. It also means that studying or interning abroad is important. Start planning this by second semester freshman year, because it is much more challenging to go abroad as an engineer - due to all the course requirements and prerequisites. </p>
<p>Ideally, engineering should be a minority on campus and small enough to force you out into “the real world”, but big enough to allow access to “high tech” research and some course specialization. The school should ideally be located in a high tech region with active professional societies and have a good career services organization.</p>
<p>For grad school, focus on depth. </p>
<p>Once you have developed a sound engineering problem solving base, learned how to think, communicate and socialize and have been exposed to enough disciplines to know what you want to do, then it is time to specialize and go “full emersion” (i.e. no life).
At this point you will have already developed your thinking patterns and social skills and will have the requisite knowledge to find the grad program that excels in your specialty (which is very narrow when it comes to engineering) as well as the geography that offers the best opportunities for that specialty. You will also be better prepared to know if you want to pursue a pure technical or an engineering management career track.</p>
<p>If you are staying with engineering, then the school is most likely to be a university with a research focus and lots of course offerings in your area of specialization. If you want to move outside of engineering, then it can be a specialized professional school, such as general business, law or international relations.</p>
<p>I would discourage the Phd track unless there is a sizeable industrial research market for your specialty (which is somewhat rare), because the number of academic research jobs is very, very small compared to the number of jobs in industry.</p>
<p>Next, I will supply some specifics about Tufts.</p>
<p>A qualification relative to classclown’s comment on sports at Tufts. When a team qualifies for the NCAA’s and Tufts hosts the games, the attendance and atmosphere at the games goes up several notches. Recently, that would include women’s basketball, men’s lacrosse, and men’s soccer (which was hosted at nearby Brandeis).</p>
<p>[Tufts</a> : Tufts to Host NCAA Tournament Basketball for First Time Ever With 2012 Women’s Regional at Cousens](<a href=“http://tufts.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/ncaa_host]Tufts”>Tufts to Host NCAA Tournament Basketball for First Time Ever With 2012 Women's Regional at Cousens - Tufts)
[Tufts</a> : Men’s Lacrosse Earns Fifth NCAA Championship Berth, Hosts Second-Round Game on Saturday](<a href=“http://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/mlax/2011-12/releases/ncaa_berth]Tufts”>http://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/mlax/2011-12/releases/ncaa_berth)</p>
<p>Tufts vs. Northwestern (NW) engineering Part 1</p>
<p>According to the Carnegie classification, there are two primary structural differences between Tufts and NW. Tufts is a medium sized university with a majority of undergraduate students and NW is large sized university with a majority of graduate students. The combination of larger size and a plurality of graduate students makes NWs grad school population much larger than Tufts grad school population. In terms of academic culture, Tufts is somewhat unique in that is more of a LAC with a med school that grew into a small research university, whereas NW is a larger, more traditional research university. Some of Tufts departments only offer masters programs and where there are Phd programs, they tend to be small, while NW has large Phd programs in nearly every department.</p>
<p>Tufts strength is undergraduate teaching paired with graduate research while Northwesterns strength is graduate research paired with undergraduate teaching.</p>
<p>If I had to categorize Tufts Engineering, I would call it an Engineering LAC with a masters focused graduate program that grants some Phds. It also has a unique graduate school of engineering management and entrepreneurship (that is virtually unknown outside of the engineering community).</p>
<p>[Tufts</a> Gordon Institute - Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship](<a href=“http://gordon.tufts.edu/]Tufts”>http://gordon.tufts.edu/)</p>
<p>[Carnegie</a> Classifications | Institution Profile](<a href=“Carnegie Foundation Classifications”>Carnegie Foundation Classifications)</p>
<p>[Carnegie</a> Classifications | Institution Profile](<a href=“Carnegie Foundation Classifications”>Carnegie Foundation Classifications)</p>
<p>Tufts has one of the most female-friendly engineering schools in the country. It is run by a female dean, its percentage of female professors is four times the national average and its percentage of female students is twice the national average. The net attrition rate for the school is 0% (as many students join as leave) compared to a national average of over 30%.</p>
<p>The Compter Science Phd program has 56% women while Northwestern has 6% and the Mechanical Engineering Phd program has 43% women while Northwestern has 12%.
[Tufts</a> Engineering Dean Linda Abriola Among Top U.S. Women in Science](<a href=“http://www.newswise.com/articles/tufts-engineering-dean-linda-abriola-among-top-u-s-women-in-science]Tufts”>Tufts Engineering Dean Linda Abriola Among Top U.S. Women in Science)</p>
<p>In terms of teaching and mentoring, two professors recently won national awards for STEM mentoring, including the creation of a nationwide organization for developing female engineers.
[Two</a> Tufts professors win national award for excellence in mentoring in STEM fields | Tufts Now](<a href=“http://now.tufts.edu/articles/presidential-applause]Two”>http://now.tufts.edu/articles/presidential-applause)</p>
<p>Tufts also won three Liberal Arts teaching awards
[Princeton</a> Review names three Tufts professors among best in country - Tufts Daily - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsdaily.com/princeton-review-names-three-tufts-professors-among-best-in-country-1.2782409#.UXin90rD_EY]Princeton”>http://www.tuftsdaily.com/princeton-review-names-three-tufts-professors-among-best-in-country-1.2782409#.UXin90rD_EY)</p>
<p>Tufts has also won IEEE Computer Society’s 2011 Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award
[Hescott</a> wins major international teaching award - Tufts Daily - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsdaily.com/hescott-wins-major-international-teaching-award-1.2470747#.UXioh0rD_EY]Hescott”>http://www.tuftsdaily.com/hescott-wins-major-international-teaching-award-1.2470747#.UXioh0rD_EY)</p>
<p>The Intro Computer Science Course is the most popular course at Tufts - in the liberal arts college!
[15</a> Best Courses at Tufts · Jumbo Talk · Tufts University Admissions Department](<a href=“http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/jumbo-talk/post/15-best-courses-at-tufts/]15”>http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/jumbo-talk/post/15-best-courses-at-tufts/)</p>
<p>It has helped attract liberal arts majors into the lucrative field via major and minor degree programs.
[Computing</a> for Fun and Profit | Tufts Now](<a href=“http://now.tufts.edu/articles/computing-fun-and-profit]Computing”>http://now.tufts.edu/articles/computing-fun-and-profit)</p>
<p>Tufts also has an NSF Distingushed Teaching Scholar and winner of the Carnegie Foundation’s Massachusetts Professor of the Year Award (competing across all teaching disciplines)
[Mechanical</a> Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/rogers/index.asp]Mechanical”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/people/rogers/index.asp)</p>
<p>Tufts is a international leader in engineering education research featuring Robotics as a an interdisciplinary (mechanical engineering , electrical engineering and computer science) “hands on” teaching tool. It applies this research to its own curriculum as well as a program to teach engineering to children in grades K-12. Based on this work, Tufts now offers a masters degree in teaching engineering.</p>
<p>The overall culture is focused on attracting people into engineering through innovative teaching, rather than weeding them out.</p>
<p>[Untitled</a> Document](<a href=“http://www.tuftl.tufts.edu/Users2/EngEdu/robotics_academy/]Untitled”>Untitled Document)
[Ready</a> For Robotics](<a href=“Page Not Found - ASE - TUFTS UNIVERSITY”>Page Not Found - ASE - TUFTS UNIVERSITY)
[Department</a> of Education - Tufts University](<a href=“Prospective Students | Department of Education”>Prospective Students | Department of Education)</p>
<p>Tufts offers 31 different project based introductory engineering courses that are interesting enough that 25%-50% of the students are liberal arts majors! This allows engineers to work side by side with non-engineers and attracts non-traditional engineers into the field .</p>
<p>The Intro hands on engineering classes include:</p>
<p>Robots for Games Engineering
[Playful</a> Creations on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/62460397]Playful”>http://vimeo.com/62460397)</p>
<p>Robots for Music Engineering
[Robotic</a> Musicians on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/62459966]Robotic”>http://vimeo.com/62459966)</p>
<p>Intro to Bridge Building
[Breaking</a> Point on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/53024921]Breaking”>http://vimeo.com/53024921)</p>
<p>MicroBrewery Engineering (for biotech/chemical engineering)</p>
<p>Gourmet Engineering (for heat transfer/thermodynamics)
[Frigidaire</a> Launches Gourmet Engineering.(Brief Article) | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared](<a href=“http://business.highbeam.com/435989/article-1G1-57829085/frigidaire-launches-gourmet-engineering]Frigidaire”>http://business.highbeam.com/435989/article-1G1-57829085/frigidaire-launches-gourmet-engineering)</p>
<p>Engineering Entrepreneurship (for budding entrepreneurs)</p>
<p>Here is a listing of all the intro courses
<a href=“https://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/coursedesc/course_desc_by_dept.aspx[/url]”>https://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/coursedesc/course_desc_by_dept.aspx</a></p>
<p>Tufts also has a very active robotics club that offers multi-disciplinary, hands on learning opportunities and seminars.
[Robotics</a> Club navigates first official semester fully charged - Features - Tufts Daily - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsdaily.com/features/robotics-club-navigates-first-official-semester-fully-charged-1.2816164?pagereq=1#.UXgQOErD_EY]Robotics”>http://www.tuftsdaily.com/features/robotics-club-navigates-first-official-semester-fully-charged-1.2816164?pagereq=1#.UXgQOErD_EY)
[www.tuftsroboticsclub.com[/url</a>]
[url=<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/about/news/2010/RoboticsClubFirefightingCompetition.htm]On”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/about/news/2010/RoboticsClubFirefightingCompetition.htm]On</a> Fire: Robotics Club Participates in Firefighting Competition - Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsroboticsclub.com/home]www.tuftsroboticsclub.com[/url”>http://www.tuftsroboticsclub.com/home)</p>
<p>and a software Hackathon sponsored by Microsoft
<a href=“http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/tufts-hackathon-recap/[/url]”>http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/tufts-hackathon-recap/</a></p>
<p>as well as a speaker design contest sponsored by Bose.</p>
<p>Here is an example of an interesting project - smoke cannon
[Tufts</a> ES-8 Smoke Ring Cannon, Take 2 - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROFvmj4mG4&feature=player_detailpage]Tufts”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROFvmj4mG4&feature=player_detailpage)</p>
<p>Tufts also teamed up with MIT and Boston Architectural College to design and build an energy efficient house and compete internationally in the Solar Decathlon against much larger schools such as the University of Illinois.
[Touring</a> the Tufts/BAC Solar Decathlon House - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnWTxByI9HQ]Touring”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnWTxByI9HQ)
[Tufts/BAC</a> Solar Decathlon: Sustainabilty - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTZy8Rp-4ro]Tufts/BAC”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTZy8Rp-4ro)</p>
<p>Tufts has partnered with Legos to develop an internationally recognized program for K-12 STEM education based on robotics
[CEEO</a> Main Site](<a href=“http://ceeo.tufts.edu/]CEEO”>http://ceeo.tufts.edu/)</p>
<p>With world-wide Impact
[CEEO</a> Main Site - Our Impact](<a href=“http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/Our-Impact-Index/ourimpact.html]CEEO”>http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/Our-Impact-Index/ourimpact.html)</p>
<p>That has spawned another company using an award winning computer animation based tool for teaching
[iCreate</a> to Educate](<a href=“http://icreatetoeducate.com/]iCreate”>http://icreatetoeducate.com/)</p>
<p>Engineers teach STEM for local service learning projects
[STOMPing</a> Problems in Engineering Education - Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service](<a href=“http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/blog/2013/04/09/stomping-problems-in-engineering-education/]STOMPing”>http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/blog/2013/04/09/stomping-problems-in-engineering-education/)
[Legos</a> and Learning](<a href=“http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2009/05_2/features/01/]Legos”>http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2009/05_2/features/01/)</p>
<p>Verizon has provided funding
[Veizon</a> donates to Tufts for girls STEM education - Boston Business Journal](<a href=“http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/04/07/veizon-donates-to-tufts-for-girls-stem.html]Veizon”>http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/04/07/veizon-donates-to-tufts-for-girls-stem.html)</p>
<p>Tufts is researching engineering service learning via Tisch college
[Citizen</a> Engineers: Engaging to Sustain - Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service](<a href=“http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/blog/2013/03/11/engaging-to-sustain/]Citizen”>http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/blog/2013/03/11/engaging-to-sustain/)</p>
<p>Engineers can also join a very active chapter of Engineers Without Borders for global service learning/humanitarian projects
[Tufts</a> Engineers Without Borders](<a href=“http://sites.tufts.edu/ewb/]Tufts”>http://sites.tufts.edu/ewb/)</p>
<p>Tufts also offers several non-traditional interdisciplinary degree programs that span the boundary between liberal arts and engineering</p>
<p>Including a national award winning batchelors/masters program in human factors engineering/psychology (offered through the mechanical engineering department).
[Mechanical</a> Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/academics/graduate/msHumanFactors.asp]Mechanical”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/me/academics/graduate/msHumanFactors.asp)
[THFES</a> - Tufts Human Factors and Ergonomics Society](<a href=“http://ase.tufts.edu/hfes/index.html]THFES”>http://ase.tufts.edu/hfes/index.html)
[10</a> Radically Innovative College Programs - Popular Mechanics](<a href=“http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/3491456?page=3]10”>http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/3491456?page=3)</p>
<p>Engineering/architectural studies
Engineering/environmental health
Engineering physics
Engineering Science (including a design your own major option)
[Degrees</a> and Majors - Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/academics/undergradprograms/degreesmajors.htm]Degrees”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/academics/undergradprograms/degreesmajors.htm)</p>
<p>Tufts also offers several interdisciplinary second majors that are designed to be combined with any standard major across both liberal arts and engineering: </p>
<p>Biotechnology
[Chemical</a> & Biological Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe/academics/undergraduate/courseResearch.asp]Chemical”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe/academics/undergraduate/courseResearch.asp)</p>
<p>Biomedical Engineering/Biomedical Science (which complement the standard biomedical engineering major)
[Biomedical</a> Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/bme/academics/undergraduate/bed.asp]Biomedical”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/bme/academics/undergraduate/bed.asp)
[Biomedical</a> Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/bme/academics/undergraduate/bes.asp]Biomedical”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/bme/academics/undergraduate/bes.asp)</p>
<p>Environmental Studies
[Home</a> - Environmental Studies Program - Tufts University](<a href=“http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/default.aspx]Home”>http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/default.aspx)</p>
<p>Community Health
[Community</a> Health: About Community Health](<a href=“http://ase.tufts.edu/commhealth/about/]Community”>http://ase.tufts.edu/commhealth/about/)</p>
<p>Tufts also has several engineering minor programs that span the boundry between engineering and liberal arts and enroll liberal arts students. They include:</p>
<p>Computer Science
[Computer</a> Science Minor Programs - School of Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.cs.tufts.edu/Undergraduate-Computer-Science/minor-in-computer-science.html]Computer”>http://www.cs.tufts.edu/Undergraduate-Computer-Science/minor-in-computer-science.html)</p>
<p>Architectural Engineering
[Civil</a> & Environmental Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/academics/undergraduate/minorsArchitecturalStudies.asp]Civil”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/academics/undergraduate/minorsArchitecturalStudies.asp)</p>
<p>Geo Engineering
[Civil</a> & Environmental Engineering - Tufts University](<a href=“http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/academics/undergraduate/minorsGeo.asp]Civil”>http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/academics/undergraduate/minorsGeo.asp)</p>
<p>Engineering Education
[CEEO</a> Main Site - Engineering Education Minor](<a href=“http://ceeo.tufts.edu/Get-Involved-Index/engineering-education-minor.html]CEEO”>http://ceeo.tufts.edu/Get-Involved-Index/engineering-education-minor.html)</p>
<p>Engineering Management
[The</a> Gordon Institute - Tufts University](<a href=“http://gordon.tufts.edu/engMgmt/minor.asp]The”>http://gordon.tufts.edu/engMgmt/minor.asp)</p>
<p>Multimedia Arts
[Department</a> of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.ece.tufts.edu/academics/undergraduate/minors/mmarts]Department”>http://www.ece.tufts.edu/academics/undergraduate/minors/mmarts)
[MULTIMEDIA</a> ARTS at tufts](<a href=“http://excollege.tufts.edu/mma/MMA_at_Tufts.html]MULTIMEDIA”>http://excollege.tufts.edu/mma/MMA_at_Tufts.html)</p>
<p>Music Engineering
[Music</a> Engineering at Tufts](<a href=“http://www.tuftl.tufts.edu/musicengineering/]Music”>http://www.tuftl.tufts.edu/musicengineering/)</p>
<p>Entrepreneurial Leadership (including Tufts own $100K business plan contest and venture fund)
[The</a> Gordon Institute - Tufts University](<a href=“http://gordon.tufts.edu/entLeader/]The”>http://gordon.tufts.edu/entLeader/)</p>
<p>Tufts has spawned a number of companies and participates in the very active start-up community in and around Boston</p>
<p>[2013</a> March Madness Bracket: Round 2 of Campus Innovation Challenge | BostInno](<a href=“http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/03/28/2013-march-madness-bracket-round-2-of-campus-innovation-challenge/]2013”>http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/03/28/2013-march-madness-bracket-round-2-of-campus-innovation-challenge/)</p>
<p>A number of undergrad entries have won/placed in the business plan contest</p>
<p>2013
<a href=“http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/2013-tufts-100k-finalists/#ss__316478__13__ss[/url]”>http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/2013-tufts-100k-finalists/#ss__316478__13__ss</a></p>
<p>2012
[Business</a> Plan Competition winners announced - Tufts Daily - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tuftsdaily.com/business-plan-competition-winners-announced-1.2729208?pagereq=1#.UXYfucqRdX4]Business”>http://www.tuftsdaily.com/business-plan-competition-winners-announced-1.2729208?pagereq=1#.UXYfucqRdX4)</p>
<p>2011
[A</a> Rainstorm Brainstorm | Tufts Now](<a href=“http://now.tufts.edu/articles/rainstorm-brainstorm]A”>http://now.tufts.edu/articles/rainstorm-brainstorm)</p>
<p>Tufts has a top ranked study abroad program. In addition to that,
here is a study abroad opportunity for engineers in a really interesting part of the world (New Zeland). It is organized by a Mechanical Engineering professor who has a collaborative project at the university of Canterbury.
[Tufts</a> Study Abroad in New Zealand](<a href=“http://www.tufts.edu/~crogers/NZ/New%20Zealand%20Webpage.htm]Tufts”>http://www.tufts.edu/~crogers/NZ/New%20Zealand%20Webpage.htm)</p>