Academic Catalog
2025-2026

Undergraduate Catalog

Explore Kettering's Academic Areas of Study

Push the limits — and yourself.

For driven students like you, our majors are anchored in interdisciplinary areas that challenge you to develop complex, high-tech solutions.

Kettering’s 50/50 blend of rigorous academics and hands-on Co-op experience empowers the talented coder to develop advanced algorithms, the driven entrepreneur to launch successful startups, and the inventive gearhead to engineer revolutionary automotive technologies.

Pursue your biggest goals with faculty that impact today's most advanced industries, Co-op employers who lead their fields, and classmates who drive you to solve problems and build the future.

Undergraduate Programs

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering 
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering (BSE)
    • BSE with specialization in Engineering Management
    • BSE with specialization in Manufacturing Systems
    • BSE with specialization in Mechatronic Systems 
    • BSE with specialization in Robotic Systems 
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Management (Business) 
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Semiconductor Materials and Devices 

Co-op & Career Design

Accelerate your career before you even graduate.

Kettering University’s immersive Co-op model helps you gain 2.5 years of paid, résumé-boosting experience that puts you miles ahead of your peers  — and they'll never catch up.

Co-op vs Internships: What's the Difference?

Duration

  • Co-op: Complete multiple full-time rotations over the course of your 4.5 years with Kettering, starting your first year
  • Internships: Generally, a single, finite work opportunity that lasts just a matter of weeks and may or may not offer full-time hours or compensation

Compensation

  • Co-op: Offers paid, professional-level compensation (on average $50K-$75K over 8 terms), sometimes benefits too
  • Internships: May provide paid or unpaid work experience

University Support

  • Co-op: Co-op Managers assist students starting before day one
  • Internships: Students need to find their own resources

Career Preparedness and Outcomes

  • Co-op: Help build relationships and real-world skills, potentially qualifying students for beyond entry-level positions like leading a project team, working in research and development, and even managing full-time employees
  • Internships: Provide limited experience, and participants likely start their careers in entry-level positions


Wherever you choose to work after you graduate, you will leverage a cumulative 2.5 years of work experience at Kettering, which allows you to launch your career at intermediate-level positions with significantly higher starting salaries than the average college graduate.