College of Engineering

WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

We are dedicated to creating engineers who can transform ideas into reality to solve society's problems and improve the quality of life. We cultivate leaders with a strong sense of global awareness, an entrepreneurial spirit, and exceptional communication skills. LSU Engineering students are immediately successful after graduation due to experiences that yield increased opportunities in the workforce.
 
Companies hire LSU Engineering graduates because our program is designed to prepare future industry leaders in a variety of disciplines. We do this through award-winning programs, faculty, and research opportunities. The LSU College of Engineering is also closely aligned with LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda, a guiding framework that capitalizes on the university’s strengths in agriculture, biomedicine, coastal studies, defense, and energy.
 
 

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$85.6K

Average starting salary of last three graduating classes.

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Scholarships awarded, totaling more than $3.5 million.

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College of Engineering News

FSAE F1 Driver

LSU FSAE EV Racing Team Leaves Michigan with Heads Held High

Perseverance is the perfect word to describe the 2025-26 LSU Formula SAE EV (Electric Vehicle) team. After failing to place in the top 70 last year at the Formula SAE Electric competition, this year's team decided that would not happen again. This past June, the team-- consisting of 26 LSU Engineering students from Mechanical (16), Electrical & Computer Engineering (7), Biological Engineering, Computer Science, and Information Systems and Analytics--gave it their all and placed 31st out of 100 at the 2026 Formula SAE Electric competition on the Michigan International Speedway.

AI Literacy

LSU Launches Free AI Literacy Essentials Course

BATON ROUGE – Today, LSU launched AI Literacy Essentials, a free online course that provides a general introduction to artificial intelligence (AI) and how to use it effectively, professionally, and ethically. The course is offered through LSU Online’s professional development program and is available now to LSU students, faculty, and staff, and will open to the general public on August 26.

Anaraky and Farcheen

LSU CSE Professors Awarded $257,000 from Board of Regents for AI System, Quantum Computing

LSU Computer Science Assistant Professor Reza Ghaiumy Anaraky has been awarded a $183,668 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to develop an innovative artificial intelligence-powered career support system designed to help older adults re-enter the workforce. LSU Computer Science Assistant Professor Tasnuva Farheen has been awarded a $73,926 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to conduct research aimed at strengthening the security and reliability of next-generation quantum computing systems.

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