Nearly one quarter of all Stanford University students are enrolled in the School of Engineering. Created in 1925, the school has eight departments, several interdisciplinary research and teaching centers, more than 30 laboratories, and many cross-disciplinary programs with other academic units on campus, including Medicine, Business, Linguistics, Physics, and Music.
Most departments offer degree programs at all levels of study.
Study toward an engineering degree includes work in engineering fundamentals, mathematics, the sciences, and the major field, in addition to general education courses. Undergraduates are admitted to the university, not the school, and may choose engineering as a major in or before their junior year. Coterminal students are admitted early to a graduate program and can study for both bachelor's and master's degrees simultaneously. Facilities Stanford University is located 35 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles northwest of San Jose on 8,180 acres of land in the heart of Silicon Valley. The SEQ was completed with the June 1999 opening of the David Packard Electrical Engineering building and the March 2000 opening of the Gordon and Betty Moore Materials Research building.