MILWAUKEE_The UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science is expanding its academic offerings with two new degree programs launching in Fall 2025, one undergraduate and one graduate, and both unique in Wisconsin. They are designed to meet workforce needs, attract new types of students, and to offer greater flexibility at every stage of a student’s educational journey.
A more interdisciplinary approach to a BS in engineering
At the undergraduate level, the college is introducing a Bachelor of Science in Engineering that offers a more interdisciplinary path to an engineering degree than current programs.
Students can choose specialized tracks based on their educational interests and career goals, including embedded systems, engineering management, manufacturing, software engineering, construction engineering, power engineering, and engineering operations and systems.
The interdisciplinary nature of the program maximizes the counting of students’ existing credits to apply to this engineering degree, ensuring the most efficient time-to-completion.
Students can choose specialized tracks based on their career goals, including embedded systems, engineering management, manufacturing, software engineering and construction engineering.
The new Bachelor’s in Engineering program is ideal for transfers from technical colleges, returning students who hold some college credit, and individuals already working in a technical field who need a bachelor’s degree in engineering to enhance their skills and further their career.
For more information on the interdisciplinary BS in Engineering is at uwm.edu/engineeringbs.
An AI master’s degree concentration that’s in demand for all backgrounds
At the graduate level, the college is adding a flexible concentration focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to its Master of Science in Engineering degree.
The new master’s degree concentration is designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of students, offering professional advancement across many jobs and industries as they continue to adopt AI techniques to engineering.
The degree is open to students with a broad range of undergraduate degrees beyond engineering and computer science, including science, technology, math, data science, business analytics and some social sciences, such as psychology or geography. And students can customize their degree with electives that fit their background and interests.
“AI and ML are rapidly evolving fields that are becoming an integral part of every aspect of science and engineering,” said Professor Prasenjit Guptasarma, associate dean for academic affairs at UWM. “Fluency with the fundamental methods and practices of AI and ML will soon become a minimum requirement for anyone entering the advanced workforce.”
Graduate degree financial incentivesGenerous financial support is available for students enrolling in this program through Fall 2026:
GRE waived.$75 application fee waived.$2,000 guaranteed scholarship to all students who enroll in the program full-time with 12 or more credits, in-person or online (available starting in Spring 2026), earned from the College of Engineering & Applied Science each year.Up to $4,000 in additional merit-based scholarships per two-year master’s degree, to students enrolled in the program with 16 or more credits, in-person or online (available starting in Spring 2026), from the College of Engineering & Applied Science each year.
More information on the new MS concentration can be found at uwm.edu/aimlmasters.
