Considered one of the best technological universities in the United States, Worcester Polytechnic Institute is the nation's third oldest private technological university. It is consistently ranked among the top 60 universities and rated as one of the best online MBA and Graduate Engineering programs by U.S. News & World Report. Also rated one of the top 25 "most wired campuses" by Yahoo! Internet Life, the balance between learning and application is at the heart of WPI's approach to education.
A Little History
Founded in Worcester, Mass. in 1865, just after the Civil War, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is one of the nation's earliest technological universities. Its founders wanted to create a new kind of university to help prepare a new professional class of engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs to fuel this new era.
Today at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Both online and in the classroom, WPI provides quality graduate education to 1,100 graduate students and a thorough conceptual foundation in the sciences, engineering, and management to over 2,700 undergraduate students. Also its Corporate and Professional Education division has delivered 4,000 programs to over 70,000 professionals. The faculty actively encourage students to demonstrate their ability to apply what they learn to real-world problems. Students gain an appreciation for how the solutions to those problems might impact their jobs and the world around them.
Online Degrees
WPI's programs are created for the working adult. The same rigorous university admission standards apply to all students at WPI. Students are not admitted to specific "distance learning" programs, rather they are admitted to WPI. Students then decide which courses they need to take at a distance. On-campus and distance credits can be combined to complete certificate or degree requirements or entire programs can be completed at a distance. And, because most students are enrolled in either a graduate certificate or masters program, the level of dedication and qualifications of participating students is high. Distance learning students get the same high quality class content, same materials, same dedicated faculty and same diploma as on-campus students - with absolutely no residency requirements.
- MBA
- IT Management
- Technology Marketing
- Operations Design
- Environmental Engineering
- Fire Protection Engineering
- System Dynamics
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100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280. Phone: 508-831-5000. Online: http://cpe.wpi.edu/Individual/Distance/
* Worcester Polytechnic Institute is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (http://www.neasc.org/), a nongovernmental, nationally recognized organization whose affiliated institutions include elementary schools through collegiate institutions offering post-graduate instruction.
In addition, the programs leading to majors in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering and mechanical engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and its program at WPI are approved by the American Chemical Society (http://www.acs.org/) for a major in chemistry. Those chemistry majors who complete a program satisfying the guidelines established by the American Chemical Society are certified to that organization as having received an undergraduate professional education in chemistry.
The Computer Science program has been accredited by the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB: http://www.csab.org/).
The bachelor's and master's degree programs in business offered by the Department of Management are accredited by AACSB International (http://www.aacsb.edu/)- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
