A Florida Tech education means personal attention, an interdisciplinary atmosphere and hands-on learning. Our low student-to-faculty ratio encourages close collaboration and mentorship as well as individual creativity and leadership. General engineering program students soon find the type of mentorship and guidance they need to determine the engineering degree they want to pursue.

Our faculty are renowned experts in their fields—and thanks to small classes and team opportunities for research, you’ll get to know and work closely with many of them.

Among them are recipients of awards for excellence in research, practice, teaching and service and many have been honored for their work by industry, government and professional groups. They are passionate about teaching and passing on their knowledge and expertise to the next generation of engineers.

High-tech learning requires high-tech tools. At Florida Tech you’ll find the facilities and resources you’d expect from a top engineering school.

As an engineering student, you’ll become very familiar with the F.W. Olin Engineering Complex, a multistory, state-of-the-art building with classrooms, conference rooms, a multimedia auditorium and more than two dozen specialized teaching and research labs.

You’ll also have access to the L3Harris Student Design Center, a one-of-a-kind, 12,000-square-foot building featuring remarkable equipment and resources. It’s a focus of activity for student research and design projects—and it's available for personal projects, as well.

Earn up to 30 credit hours while you explore your options—as a general engineering student at Florida Tech, you’ll be in top-notch chemistry, calculus, physics and computer science courses alongside other engineering students. You’ll be ready to hit the ground running when you choose your engineering major.

The general engineering curriculum is designed for up to two semesters, but you are encouraged to select your major earlier if possible. Depending on the major you choose, you may have up to nine credit hours of coursework to make up later if you take only the courses in the general engineering program during your entire first year. Once 30 credit hours (not including any remedial courses) have been successfully completed, you are expected to select a degree program.

As a Florida Tech general engineering student, you'll have the advantage of attending one of the best engineering schools, with your choice of engineering programs when it comes time to select your major. 

We’re in the heart of the Space Coast—NASA-Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral is just north of us—and in a high-tech corridor. You’ll benefit from Florida Tech’s strong connections to leading companies like Northrop Grumman Corp., Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies Inc., and have plenty of opportunities to form valuable connections that lead to engineering internships and future career options.

When it’s time to relax, you’re just minutes from 72 miles of beautiful beaches and a short trip away from the Florida Keys or the Orlando theme parks. But you won’t have to travel far for rest and relaxation: We have a rich campus life that includes intramural and collegiate sports, over 200 campus-wide student organizations and clubs and a variety of social activities.