What Students Say about the MEPP Experience

"The MEPP program is more than taking courses to earn a degree. The skills that are taught apply to real-world engineering practice. You are not just learning from the professor, but from the experiences of the other engineers in your class. All of this plus the flexibility to complete the coursework at home, at work, or halfway around the globe. Where's the downside?"
Design Engineer
Motorola

"The team model linked with the virtual environment has given me skills which no other engineer in my department has been able to obtain. Most of the courses are applicable to almost any discipline and any environment."
Senior Engineer
Kraft/Oscar Mayer

"What I'd like to pass along to a prospective student for the MEPP program is that it's a quality program. It gives you the opportunity to do the program in your convenience. Certainly, there's the workload and the workload can become overwhelming during a couple of week period of time. But there's rewards. If you enjoy the learning, if you enjoy going through with other students, enjoy the fellowship of those students and the faculty and being part of a great university like Madison, I strongly recommend this program."
Manufacturing Engineer
Mercury Marine

"The industry experience of the faculty shines through a lot in the way they teach their courses and the kind of examples they give. The courses are very practical and it's usually quite easy to see how this can relate to your on the job experience. It's not a removed academic approach; the faculty do a very good job of bringing it to real life."
Software Section Leader
Hamilton Sundstrand Aerospace

"It only makes perfect sense that a prestigious engineering degree would naturally be delivered through the most modern means. In fact 100% of the engineering and commercial skills that I perform today are in a virtual environment. I had no idea how far the UW would go to create an actual classroom environment conducive to learning. Each course was instructed by individuals who were immensely qualified and personally vested in the interests of each student. The fostered bonds between our small group of students was just as potent as any group I've encountered in my undergraduate or professional experience."
Senior Application Engineer
Rockwell International

"As someone who is immersed in trying to transform my engineering team into a virtual organization capable of seamlessly collaborating at a world-class level with our domestic and international resources, it has been very instructional to see how well the MEPP program functions as a virtual operation. It lives it-- that is both educational and enlightening."
Senior Engineering Application Specialist
General Mills