ENGINEERING MINORS
At Villanova University, Engineering students have more than 60 minors and concentrations to choose from, including 14 within the College of Engineering. Nearly 65% of our students graduate with a minor. Current students must submit a request to pursue a minor and should work with their advisor to be certain the required courses will be completed in order to earn it.
You can search the Program Explorer to find minors in the Villanova School of Business and College of Arts and Sciences. The following are offered through the College of Engineering or as interdisciplinary programs:
MINORS OFFERED IN ENGINEERING
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Provides a thorough background in aerospace topics to prepare students for careers or advanced study in the aerospace field. Courses include Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design & more.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Prepares graduates to design and optimize biopharmaceutical processes for the manufacture of antibiotics, vaccines, antibodies and cell therapy products.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Combines engineering principles with medical and biological sciences to design devices, material, and interventions that can improve human health.
CELLULAR ENGINEERING
Teaches students how to manipulate the genome of a host cell to alter its properties for use in the clinic, industry, or other applications.
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Provides the fundamentals of computer engineering offering electives in networks, security, programming, design, signal processing, electrical engineering & more.
CYBERSECURITY
Offered jointly with the Computer Science Department, the Cybersecurity minor equips students with the technical skills to address evolving cybersecurity threats.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Provides a foundation in MATLAB programming and electromagnetics and offers courses in Signal Processing, Electronic Materials and Devices, & more.
ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Empowers students to drive transformative change through creativity, collaboration, innovative design and ethical leadership.
ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUMMER INSTITUTE
Allows students to earn the Engineering Entrepreneurship minor in just eight weeks during the summer.
HUMANITARIAN ENGINEERING
Supports the intellectual development of students with an interest in sustainable humanitarian initiatives with a global perspective while fostering collaboration.
MECHATRONICS
An interdisciplinary look at the design, development and control of advanced hybrid systems—robotics, vehicles, drones, electric machines & more.
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
For Civil Engineering students, this minor teaches commercial real estate development in partnership with the Villanova School of Business.
SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING
This new minor, open only to engineering undergraduates, prepares students as engineers to confront complex sustainability challenges in the 21st century.
SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
This interdisciplinary minor examines ways to limit actions that adversely affect the environment, and which have social and economic implications as well.