About the Case School of Engineering

With a strong history of producing leading professionals, organizations and companies, the Case School of Engineering is renowned for its innovative approaches to technology. Our programs provide students with challenging coursework from professors with expertise in research and innovation. Now, the school proudly offers four cutting-edge, highly ranked graduate degrees in engineering 100 percent online.

Who studies online at CWRU?

It probably won’t come as a surprise that 75 percent of students who enroll in an online master’s program at the Case School of Engineering already earned an undergraduate degree in engineering. Case Western Reserve online students are driven to succeed and choose CWRU for its reputation as one of the top research universities, or because they want to advance their careers. In addition, many online students possess a strong desire to help others through medical engineering.

Top 3 Industries Where Students Are Employed (Reported):

1. Transportation/manufacturing
2. Technology
3. Healthcare

Our students have been employed at companies and organizations such as Amazon, Ford, GE, NASA, the U.S. Navy and Thermo Fisher.

NOTE: Statistics are based on cumulative self-reported CWRU Student Profile Data collected from all cohorts between 2016 and 2018.

Internationally renowned for more than 130 years, the Case School of Engineering is dedicated to innovation and is consistently ranked among the best engineering schools in the nation.⁶ Here are a handful of our rankings and accolades:

U.S. News & World Report Rankings

• #44 National University¹
• #45 Best Engineering Graduate School²
• #59 Most Innovative Schools¹
• #21 in Biomedical Engineering (Graduate School)²
• #41 in Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering (Graduate School)²
• #41 in Mechanical Engineering (Graduate School)²

Additional Rankings, Accolades and Credentials

• One of Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities³

• 6 Case Western Reserve alumni have made Forbes Magazine’s list of 30 under 30 innovators and leaders since 2012⁴

• Since 2012, CWRU LaunchNet has helped more than 500 students and alumni research and start enterprises

• Member of the Association of American Universities

• Fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges

• Paul Buchheit ’98, Google Employee #23 and Creator of Gmail
• Chi-Foon Chan ’74, ’77, President and Co-CEO of Synopsys, Inc.
• Herbert H. Dow 1888, Founder of Dow Chemical
• Robert J. Herbold ’66, ’68, Executive Vice President and COO of Microsoft Corporation (Retired)
• Laura Flanagan ’90, President and CEO of Foster Farms
• Alexander Kummant ’82, Former President and CEO of Amtrak
• Rafael Carbunaru ’96, ’99, Vice President of Research and Development at Boston Scientific
• Lilip Lau ’89, Inventor of the Guidant/Abbott Multi-link Stent Platform

• Craig Newmark ’75, ’77, Founder of craigslist
• William Delano ’74, General Manager of Chesterton Mexicana
• Frank Rudy ’50, Inventor of the Nike Air Sole
• Andrew Witte ’09, Inventor of the Pebble Watch
• Myra Dria ’76, President and CEO of Pearl Resources
• Afzal Tarar ’91, Chair and Managing Partner at Arcis Capital Partners
• Hang Loi ’88, Project Manager/Senior Specialist Engineer at 3M
• Felipe Gomez del Campo ’16, Founder and CEO of FGC Plasma Solutions