Engineering at Santa Clara

School of Engineering Mission and Statement

The Santa Clara University School of Engineering’s mission is to prepare diverse students for professional excellence, responsible citizenship, and service to society. The engineering school does this through:

• Distinctive academic programs that are designed to produce engineers who approach their profession with competence, conscience, and compassion
• Broadly educated faculty who model and encourage the notion of lifelong learning
• Scholarly activities that create new knowledge and advance the state of the art of technology
• Interactions with professional societies and companies in Silicon Valley and beyond
• Service activities that benefit our diverse constituencies and humanity in general

School of Engineering Vision

Grounded in the Jesuit approach to education, the School of Engineering’s vision is to educate the whole person to solve society’s most complex problems. Our vision is an engineering community that inspires and develops engineering leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion—entrepreneurial thinkers who will build a more just, humane, and sustainable world.

Values

Based on our Vision and Mission, our values, known as iCARE, are:

• Integrity - in the pursuit of knowledge
• Collaboration - between each other, across disciplines, and with Silicon Valley and beyond
• Aspiration - for excellence in education, research, and service
• Respect –and understanding of our differences among students, faculty, and staff
• Exploration - of the frontiers of engineering by research and innovation