{"id":21048,"date":"2026-01-28T08:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21048"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:11:19","slug":"elizabethtown-college-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-drexel-university-to-establish-graduate-pathways-for-engineering-and-computer-science-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/elizabethtown-college-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-drexel-university-to-establish-graduate-pathways-for-engineering-and-computer-science-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Drexel University to Establish Graduate Pathways for Engineering and Computer Science Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Engineering and Computer Science recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Drexel University College of Engineering<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to establish graduate pathways for Etown students pursuing an advanced degree.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur new Graduate Preferred Partner Pathway with Drexel University gives Etown students a streamlined and supported path to graduate study in engineering and computing,\u201d Elizabethtown College Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science Sara Atwood said. \u201cWith Drexel University serving as a location in a region where many of our graduates already live and work, this agreement connects our students to a vibrant, professionally focused graduate environment, and extends the impact of their Etown experience into the next phase of their careers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After completing core requirements and earning a bachelor\u2019s degree from the School of Engineering and Computer Science with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, Etown students applying for admission to graduate programs within the Drexel University College of Engineering will receive competitive fellowship funding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The agreement also reduces application barriers for Etown students through a waived application fee and waived GRE scores.<\/span><\/p>\n

Etown\u2019s School of Engineering and Computer Science emphasizes a broad technical foundation, offering thriving programs, multidisciplinary engineering, artificial intelligence, software development, and information systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

The College\u2019s innovative Engineering program recently earned national recognition in the <\/span>2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings<\/span><\/a>. The program was ranked #46 (tie) in the nation and fourth in Pennsylvania among undergraduate engineering programs (no doctorate). This marks a seven-spot jump from last year and an impressive climb of nearly 100 places since 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Discover more at etown.edu.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Engineering and Computer Science recently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Drexel University College of Engineering\u00a0to establish graduate pathways for Etown students pursuing an advanced degree. \u201cOur new Graduate Preferred Partner Pathway with Drexel University gives Etown students a streamlined and supported path to graduate study in engineering and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[1130,197,1943,70,1350],"class_list":["post-21048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-computer-science","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-elizabethtown-college-school-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-engineering","tag-etown","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21051,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21048\/revisions\/21051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}