2013-11-29
A vintage photograph of University of Idaho engineering students hard at work, 1948
Real proof of the value of training at the University’s College of Engineering is found in the outstanding accomplishments of Idaho engineering graduates in competition with engineers from all other engineering colleges in the country. Large industries on the Pacific Coast, in the Middle West, and in the East regularly interview and recruit Idaho graduates. When graduation time approached, over sixty percent already had accepted jobs and virtually all the rest had offers.
The college offers a standard four-year course in five branches of engineering - Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical, and Agricultural engineering. Facilities are excellent, and include a new and complete chemical engineering laboratory, hydraulic and irrigation laboratory, mechanical engineering laboratory, and a structural and material testing laboratory used by engineers, architects, and construction agencies throughout Idaho as well as by students in the College of Engineering. Normal drawing rooms and science laboratories for basic work are also among the best.