SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Preparing Innovators for Worldwide Impact

The mission of Baylor’s School of Engineering and Computer Science is to provide a superior education through instruction, scholarship and service that prepares graduates for professional practice and responsible leadership with a Christian world view.

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Degree Programs

The School of Engineering and Computer Science maintains rigorous high standards, emphasizing quality teaching and a high level of interaction among faculty and students.

Undergraduate

ECS offers seven bachelor’s degrees across five areas of study as well as an opportunity to select from multiple dual degree tracks.

Graduate

Offering five master’s degrees and three doctoral degrees in addition to a joint M.B.A./M.E. program.

Joint

Baylor offers undergraduate students the option to select a dual degree track that allows up to six semester hours to be applied toward the degree requirements of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Baylor University now offers an Online Masters in Computer Science for students with a bachelor’s in computer science or a math-focused undergrad degree.

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Research

Engineering and Computer Science students have an opportunity to participate in innovative engineering applications alongside dedicated faculty members.

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Learning to Compete and Competing to Learn
There are many styles of learning and just as many, if not more, approaches to teaching. Innovative educators look for methods to engage students in ways that do more than simply encourage rote learning and, instead, inspire students to seek out challenges and problem solve at the highest levels.
Baylor Virtual Visits
Though we wish you could experience our beautiful campus and welcoming community in person right now, we are excited to offer a variety of virtual visit options for a customizable, in-depth look at what Baylor has to offer you.
Student Panel Q&A Sessions
Join us to learn more about what we offer in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor! Current students and staff from the Baylor Engineering and Computer Science undergraduate programs office will be available for a live question and answer chat about degree programs, internship and job opportunities, undergraduate research, student life and more.
Student Profile: Mario Lopez
Mario Lopez, a senior computer science major, took a long and winding road to Baylor. Moving away from a small town in Mexico to Houston as a kid, graduating high school and enrolling in community college classes, transferring to UTSA and finally arriving at Baylor, Lopez has a remarkable story that is rooted in a search for community that he found within his Baylor family in Waco.
Baylor Magazine: Algorithmic Academics
Tides of data reveal insights about the nature of life through bioinformatics. Technological advancements seem to exponentially increase our ability to generate, store and sort information. Terms like petabytes sound immense (and they are: one-million gigabytes, or 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes), but they only scratch the surface of the data humans generate each year.

News

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Apr. 9, 2020
Students Who Listened to Beethoven During Lecture — and Heard the Same Music in Dreamland — Did Better on Test Next Day
College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics — and heard the music again that night — did better on a test the next day than did peers who were in the same lecture, but instead slept that evening with white noise in the background.
Apr. 1, 2020
Baylor psychology professor helps present research to U.S. Congress
Baylor psychology professor Sara Dolan, Ph.D., was among the participants on a National Academies of Sciences panel earlier this year that presented a report to the U.S. Congress about the long-term health effects of anti-malarial drugs.
Apr. 1, 2020
The President’s Excellence Fund offers support to students in need
As COVID-19 continues to spread and impact Baylor students around the world, the University has set up the President’s Excellence Fund to provide awards of up to $1,000 to support various students in need.
Mar. 27, 2020
Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
In this Baylor Connections, Jeremy Everett, founder and executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, shares how it has responded to COVID-19, ramping up long-standing efforts to end hunger across the state of Texas and around the nation.

Events

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Mar
18
2020
All events for the remainder of Spring 2020 are cancelled.
(ends 05/08/2020)
May
20
2020
American Diabetes Association Pathway Program - Limited Submission Internal Deadline
Jun
19
2020
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grants - Limited Submission Internal Deadline

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School of Engineering and Computer Science

School of Engineering
& Computer Science
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Waco, TX 76798-7356
(254) 710-3871
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