In Illinois, in the United States, and in the rest of the world there exists a vast population of adults who already have a university education at the bachelor level and who would like to expand and update their knowledge by taking additional course work at the graduate level resulting, in many cases, in a master's degree. Up to now, many of these potential students have been unable to realize their educational dreams because they reside in a geographical area remote from a research university campus, or because of work or family obligations that do not allow them to pursue their educational goals in a synchronous classroom environment, or because of disability.

The main objectives of the MEng online program may be summarized as follows:

1) To provide graduate training that is controlled by the employer's needs, and may respond to these changing needs in real time by creating new specializations with no delay.

2) To provide graduate engineering education to students in remote areas of the state, the country and the world, and/or to students who can access instruction only asynchronously.

3) To provide interdisciplinary technical upgrading to engineers in small and medium-sized industries.

4) To provide specialized technical training to a (possibly geographically dispersed) group of students.

For further information on the MEng online program, feel free to browse the website and/or download a 2 page MEng flier for a summary on what the MEng online program has to offer.