Find Your People
Case School of Engineering alumni tend to recognize each other in meetings. They share a school, a particular curiosity about how things work and an engineering tradition nearly 150 years strong. You'll find them in nearly every major industry where engineering matters. When you graduate, you're one of them.
Engineers Whose Work You're Probably Using Right Now
The CWRU engineering alumni who've made deep marks on their fields started where you're starting now.
Paul Buchheit, Class of 1998
Computer engineer and entrepreneur. Creator of Gmail.
Craig Newmark, Classes of 1975 and 1977
Entrepreneur and philanthropist. Founder of Craigslist.
Myra Dria, Class of 1976
Energy executive and entrepreneur. President and CEO of Pearl Resources LLC.
CWRU Engineers in the Real World …
Recent alumni of CWRU's online engineering master's programs build careers at companies and institutions across American industry:
... and by Sector
CWRU online engineering students currently work, and graduates head into work, across:
- Technology
- Transport and manufacturing
- Architecture and engineering services
- Healthcare
- Energy and environmental
- Education
- Military and defense
- Government
Join a Network That Reaches the Hiring Side
The companies above aren't just where CWRU engineers end up. They're full of people who already know what a CWRU degree means, and that recognition is quietly useful to you.
A known credential gets your application a closer read. A shared alma mater turns a cold message into a warm introduction. An alum inside a company you're targeting is a real contact, not a stranger. None of this is a job offer, and CWRU won't pretend to hand you one, but a network like this shortens the distance between you and the people who make the hiring decisions.
Who Logs in Alongside You?
Your fellow students at CWRU come into the program with real engineering careers already underway.¹
Their Day Jobs
Many of your classmates carry one of these titles when they begin the program:
- Project engineer
- Systems engineer
- Software engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Product engineer
- Research assistant
What’s In It for You?
The same network shows up in smaller, everyday ways. The classmate you message during a tricky project responds because you came up through the same program. The contact you made in one course becomes a sounding board years later, when you hit a problem your team hasn't seen before. The technical question you post in an alumni group gets a real answer instead of silence.
None of this is automatic, but all of it compounds. Networks like this don't promise a career. They build one faster.
A Significant Tuition Reduction for Every Qualified Applicant
Every qualified new applicant to the online Master of Engineering program receives a tuition reduction of more than $28,000, bringing total program tuition to $39,000. CWRU alumni receive an additional scholarship. Employer reimbursement, federal aid and veterans' benefits can work to your advantage, as well.
Admissions Deadlines
- Based on self-reported data by CWRU students from cohorts starting between summer 2019 and fall 2023