Building off a successful track record of preparing Chicagoans for further engineering education and careers, City Colleges of Chicago announces it will create the nation’s premier community college pathway to an engineering degree. To advance this goal, City Colleges officials unveiled an expanded Engineering Access Alliance partnership with top-ranked University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering and the launch of the City Colleges of Chicago School of Engineering. The City Colleges of Chicago School of Engineering will launch its unique engineering program model in the fall of 2025, growing from Wilbur Wright College to two additional colleges, Harold Washington College and Harry S Truman College. In the subsequent fall of 2026, it is expected that two more City Colleges will be added to the School of Engineering: Olive-Harvey College and Richard J. Daley College, for a total of five colleges offering the program.  Under the School of Engineering, students will take courses in a cohort-model and will benefit from the many opportunities made possible by the Engineering Access Alliance partnership.  A student looking to enroll in the program can take one of several paths in, including direct admission from high school, admission via a college bridge program at City Colleges School of Engineering, or admission after taking STEM courses at City Colleges. To express interest in the program and sign up for an informational session, go to: www.ccc.edu/Engineering.

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