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Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) is a program for students who plan to pursue engineering as a career but whose specific career goals cannot be met by any of the traditional engineering fields. The program offers considerable flexibility, including numerous electives that allow a plan of study to meet educational goals. 

In MDE, students can concentrate their studies in emerging areas such as Theatre Engineering or Humanitarian Engineering; develop breadth of knowledge through General Engineering; or create their own plan of study to trailblaze new engineering disciplines.

MDE students learn to address societal challenges through human-centered approaches, by developing knowledge and skills that span engineering and non-engineering disciplines, and by becoming integrators or practitioners who work alongside others and harmonize perspectives. 


Contact Info:
mdeides@purdue.edu

2020-2025 GRADUATE DATA
$72,255 Average Starting Salary

within 6 months of graduation

87% Average Placement Rate

in industry or graduate school

concentrations in Multidisciplinary engineering

Acoustical
educational
General
Engineering management
Humanitarian
Lighting
Nano
Theatre
Visual Design

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