Student Life
As of 2005, the student body consisted of 2,058 students (1,468 undergraduate and 590 graduate). The largest departments are CECS and ME, with approximately 500 students each. In student and faculty opinion, the Speed School is considered to be one of the most rigorous and prestigious programs at the university.
When undergraduate students enter the school, they enter into a 5-year combined Bachelors and Masters program. Most students go to school year-round, in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters, for a total of 14 semesters. Three of the 14 semesters are for co-op internships, to be done at industry locations, three of the 14 semesters are for the graduate (Masters) program, and the other eight semesters are for the undergraduate (Bachelors) program.
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