<p>The University of Chicago is philosophically opposed to vocational/professional education at the undergraduate level. For that reason, it does not offer any undergraduate engineering program, or anything even resembling an engineering program. “Engineering” is sometimes used as a code for “what we don’t do here”.</p>
<p>There are many funny, self-deprecating t-shirt slogans about the University of Chicago. One of them is “The University of Chicago: ‘That’s fine in practice, but how does it work in theory?’” A little bit of hyperbole, but solidly based in the college’s preference for theory over practical application.</p>
<p>It’s not a question of social science vs. hard or lab science. Chicago has great undergraduate programs in biological sciences, chemistry, and physics. It is probably one of the best places in the country for math study. It is possible to study those things at Chicago, and then to get a master’s degree in engineering elsewhere.</p>
<p>The bottom line of which is that Chicago is a place where it is IMPOSSIBLE to study engineering as an undergraduate, and they aren’t in the least ashamed about that. Sorry.</p>