As a teaching university, the quality of student learning and teaching measures professor performance. Professionally qualified faculty members who recognize the importance of high academic and professional engineering standards teach courses. Professors are dedicated to ensuring the success of students while at St. Ambrose and in the working world. The focus is on preparing students for life. The faculty concentrate their resources on educating students.
Research is secondary.
The course requirements, quality of instruction and the control of the curriculum meet or exceed nationally established requirements. Liberal Arts Education is Emphasized Students receive a broader understanding of the world around them and can interact more effectively with that world. Extensive Liberal Arts course work to assure awareness and appreciation of the environment within which engineering solutions must exist. Effective writing principles for thinking and communicating are taught and practiced throughout the program. The emphasis on Liberal Arts uniquely complements the skills that industrial engineers obtain.