13 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute rests on a wide range of scientific understandings and therefore offers numerous advantages for undergraduate and graduate study.

Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute explores the arts at the intersection of the humanities, and the physical, computational, engineering, and social sciences.

Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is designed to prepare students for continuous learning and successful careers in industry, government, academia, and consulting.

Industrial and Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is for applicants with an undergraduate engineering degree in any discipline who have a desire to extend their understanding of emerging technologies within their discipline and provide a background in technical decision-making methods and technology management. 

Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prepares graduates for diverse careers in the fields of materials engineering.

Mechanical engineers are engaged in a wide range of activities ranging from fundamental engineering science to the development of specific technologies and systems. We offer a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

Boasting unique and state-of-the-art research facilities, the students from the Nuclear Engineering program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have access to a large electron accelerator, radiation detection laboratory, and modern computer interfacing technology. 

Aeronautical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is concerned with disciplines and technologies relevant to all varieties of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, and space vehicles, as well as other vehicles and systems (such as submarines and wind-turbines) operating in an aerodynamic or hydrodynamic environment.

Building Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks applicants who thrive at the intersection of Construction, Ecology and the Built Environment and are driven by a life-long commitment to investigation. 

Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prepares students to enter their engineering practice dealing with chemical as well as physical processes to meet the challenges of the future. 

Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is designed to prepare students for continued learning and successful careers in industry, government, academia, and consulting.

Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a relatively new engineering discipline which focuses on the application of engineering principles to human physiology. 

The Building Sciences program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers a comprehensive curriculum comprising integrated design, history/theory, technology and data literacy courses as a preparation for graduates to become leaders in the rapidly changing field.