Study with the world’s best scholars and researchers

Iowa State is a Carnegie Foundation Research I institution, a designation awarded to fewer than 100 of the nation’s colleges and universities. It’s a distinction that has enabled us to attract some of the world’s most remarkable researchers and teachers. They’ll guide you in the classroom—senior faculty teach 93% of introductory (sophomore level) engineering courses—and work side by side with you in your labs, where many undergraduates explore research and independent study opportunities.