Engineered for Impact | College of Engineering

Research = Real World Impact

Research at the Boston University College of Engineering creates solutions that will impact people’s lives, from medicine and vaccines to robots and artificial intelligence.

This research requires converging the knowledge and viewpoints of diverse people from multiple disciplines. We have created a strategy that seeks to capitalize on, and accelerate, this transformative approach to engineering innovation and education.

Masters in Software Engineering for AI

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The online Master of Science in Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence at Boston University prepares experienced and aspiring engineers to design, build, and scale production‑grade software systems that responsibly integrate AI and large language models (LLMs).

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In the News

Pioneering research and community accomplishments.

Emma Lejeune wins Academic Innovation Award for Piloting AI in the Classroom

February 23rd, 2026

Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune, ME, was awarded a Shipley Academic Innovation Fund Award, from Boston University's Institute for Excellence in Teaching…

Alfred Hero

Alum Alfred Hero to Deliver 2026 DeLisi Lecture

February 18th, 2026

Hero has helped develop algorithms with the potential to predict the behavior of microbes, the immune system, and even solar…

Brian DePasquale and Michael Economo

DePasquale, Economo Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

February 17th, 2026

"In different and innovative ways, Mike and Brian are both working at the intersection of neuroscience and computational science."

Lt governer at RASTIC

Massachusetts Tech Leaders Visit BU

February 12th, 2026

Tech leaders from across the commonwealth had an opportunity to hear from Boston University students who are building a better…

LEAP Life

BU ENG Program Allows Students from Different Backgrounds to LEAP into Engineering

January 28th, 2026

ENG’s Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) is a unique program that allows students with non-engineering backgrounds to earn master’s degrees…

Traffic engineering

From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality

January 27th, 2026

In a recent Nature report, titled “Smart cities drive into the future,” Christos Cassandras was interviewed and shared his proposal for a…

High-Capacity Contributions

January 14th, 2026

Professor Siddharth Ramachandran receives SPIE G.G. Stokes Award.

Darren Roblyer

BOTLAB – On a Winning Streak

January 9th, 2026

BME Professor Darren Roblyer was awarded 3 prestigious R01 awards from the National Institute of Health.

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Engineered for Impact

Three key components define our future—and the future of engineering:

Why BU ENG?

# 27

In Best Engineering Schools by U.S. News and World Report

# 4

in Field-weighted Citation Impact for Faculty Research

# 15

among all private graduate engineering programs in the United States

$ 150 M

engineering-related research expenditures