WPI

Interest Areas: Education

Founded in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Today it is a national university offering more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs in science, engineering, the liberal arts, management, and the social sciences. WPI is known for its innovative project-enriched undergraduate curriculum, its pioneering global projects program (with 25 student project centers on five continents), and its cutting-edge research leading to breakthroughs and innovations in such fields as alternative energy, bioengineering, information security, materials processing, and nanotechnology.