Thayer School of Engineering
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Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College operates within a single unified Department of Engineering Sciences offering both undergraduate and graduate programs. Thayer School was founded in 1867 by General Sylvanus Thayer, widely known as the "father of the U.S. Military Academy." Thayer School of Engineering is often referred to as the first professional (i.e. graduate level) engineering school in the U.S., although this is disputed. RPI, Harvard, and Yale all had engineering schools before Dartmouth, but it is believed that Dartmouth's Thayer School was the first to offer advanced degrees in Engineering.
Thayer School is small by intent and design, enabling a strong sense of community. Being small and agile also facilitates quick response to new technological developments as well as collaboration with partner institutions such as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
In addition to an A.B. in engineering sciences, students can also obtain a professional accredited bachelor of engineering (B.E.) degree. At the graduate level it offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees as well as a Master of Engineering Management degree in collaboration with Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
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