The Polytechnic School
Undergraduate degree programs
Build your future with your own hands
The Polytechnic School, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, provides a different kind of engineering experience. Here, you don’t just study ideas. You design, build, test and solve real challenges from day one.
Located on ASU’s Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona, The Polytechnic School combines hands-on learning with the energy of a major research university with advanced labs and maker spaces.
What will I be doing?
At The Polytechnic School, learning is active. You might design robotics systems, develop sustainable technology or create products using 3D printing and digital manufacturing tools. Classes focus on collaboration, creativity and problem-solving skills employers want most.
Faculty members bring industry experience into the classroom and help students connect what they learn to industry partners, and their future careers.
What makes the Polytechnic campus unique?
The ASU Polytechnic campus offers the close-knit feel of a smaller community with the resources of one of the nation’s largest engineering schools. The 600-acre campus includes a desert arboretum, modern residence halls, recreation facilities and advanced learning labs.
The campus is also home to specialized spaces for flight simulation, additive manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication and digital design. Industry partnerships create opportunities for project-based learning and career connections.
Not just engineering
The Polytechnic School is known for programs that blend engineering, technology and entrepreneurship. Students work across disciplines, explore emerging technologies and prepare for careers that are changing fast.
At the Fulton Schools, we strive to “Deliver innovation that matters” and “Encourage bold thinking.” Those values come to life through hands-on projects, team experiences and opportunities to solve challenges in The Polytechnic School.
Earn two degrees faster: Accelerated Master’s options
Want to keep going after your bachelor’s degree? The Accelerated Master’s degree option lets eligible students begin graduate coursework during their senior year. You can save time, expand your expertise and earn both degrees faster.
Undergraduate degree programs by discipline
We have several discipline groups within The Polytechnic School. What interests you? We’ve got something for everyone.
Aviation
Explore our aeronautical management technology (aviation) programs
Our aviation programs offer degrees that combine academic studies with professional flight and aviation training.
Degree options
- Air traffic management, BS
- Air transportation management, BS
- Professional flight, BS
- Unmanned aerial systems, BS
- Aviation, BAS
Engineering
Engineering students collaborate across disciplines in order to design and build solutions to real-world problems, design innovative products, improve the quality of life for humankind and provide technological leadership.
Degree options and concentrations
- Engineering, BSE
- Engineering (Automotive Systems), BSE
- Engineering (Clean Energy Systems), BSE
- Engineering (Electrical Systems), BSE
- Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Systems), BSE
- Engineering (Robotics), BSE
Environmental and resource management
The environmental and resource management (ERM) program is for students seeking to understand the scientific and technological aspects of byproducts, environmental health, sustainability and natural resource conservation.
Degree options
- Environmental and resource management, BS
- Hazardous materials and waste management, certificate
Graphic information technology
The graphic information technology (GIT) program lives at the intersections of creativity, visual design and technology, preparing students to create visual content for multi-channel distribution in print, web, photo, video and animation.
Degree options
- Graphic information technology, BAS
- Graphic information technology, BS
- Graphic information technology (full-stack web development), BS
- Graphic information technology (user experience), BS
- User experience, BS
Human systems engineering
Human systems engineering (HSE) combines engineering and psychology to design systems consistent with human capabilities and limitations.
Degree options
- Human systems engineering, BS
- Human systems engineering (user experience)
- Human systems engineering, minor
Information technology
Are you interested in designing and implementing computer-based information solutions for today’s knowledge-based problems? When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to step into critical roles across industries, such as in cybersecurity, database systems management, software development, quality assurance and more.
Degree options
- Information technology, BS
- Information technology (cybersecurity), BS
- Information technology (networking), BS
Technological entrepreneurship and management
In the technological entrepreneurship and management (TEM) program, Students learn through hands-on study and experiential learning of entrepreneurship and innovation, combined with strategic management of technology, decision-making and process analysis.
Degree options
- Operations management, BAS
- Technological entrepreneurship and management, BS