First Year of Studies in Engineering

All students admitted to Notre Dame are admitted first to the University. During their first year, each student then enters the First Year of Studies. Here the student will have one academic year of basic collegiate studies before entering a department within the College of Engineering.

Before beginning the First Year, a student is asked to make a tentative declaration of his or her intended major. A first-year student who declares an intention to major in the College of Engineering will be scheduled into the classes illustrated in the chart on the right. In the spring of the First Year, with three-fourths of an academic year completed, a student meets with his or her advisor and any appropriate faculty and officials to make a decision as to the department and college in which the student chooses to major. If the student is in good standing, approval will be given.