For nearly 150 years, Case School of Engineering has forged a history of rigorous academic training and robust research endeavors.
We boast some of the world's oldest engineering departments, including over 100 years of chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering, and more than 50 years of macromolecular science and biomedical engineering innovations. As innovators of these fields, we continue to carve out the gold standards of education and research.
Our lineage
Case School of Engineering is part of Case Western Reserve University, which traces its roots to the founding of Western Reserve College in 1826. Our predecessor institution, the Case School of Applied Science, was established in 1880. It became the Case Institute of Technology in 1947 and then Case School of Engineering in 1992.
Case Western Reserve University emerged from the federation of the Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University in 1967, bringing excellence in engineering, the natural sciences and math, medicine, management, law, dentistry nursing and social work together under the same institutional banner and celebrating collaborative education and research initiatives across these diverse disciplines.
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Our legacy of innovation
- 1963: We launched the nation's first macromolecular science/polymer academic degree
- 1970: We were one of the first nodes on ARPANET—the precursor to the internet
- 1971: We offered the country's first accredited computer engineering degree
- 1972: We rolled out one of the nation's first biomedical engineering degrees
- 2011: We launched the country's first academic program in wireless health
- 2014: We offered one of the nation's first undergraduate degree programs in data analytics