Research in the College of Engineering

The USA College of Engineering is part of a growing research university of over 14,000 students located on the Gulf Coast, in a region experiencing robust economic growth. The total external research income awarded to the College was over $9M in fiscal year 2022-2023.

The University of South Alabama has Carnegie Classification “Doctoral University: High Research Activity” and is recognized as a National University by USNews.com and by “Washington Monthly”.

As well as a Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering, the College offers research-oriented Masters’ degrees in Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering. The College is also a highly active participant in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs in Biomedical Engineering and in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Shelby Hall, a 165,000ft² state-of-the-art computing and engineering building completed in 2012, provides an outstanding research and education facility for the College.

Mobile and the eight surrounding counties received one of 12 U.S. Department of Commerce designations as a “Manufacturing Community.” This geographic area contains 1.2 million people within a 60 mile radius, the 11th largest port in the U.S.A., the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley capable of handling aircraft as large as a C-5A Galaxy heavy transport airplane, the largest combined student population between New Orleans, LA and Tallahassee, FL, and over $5B in private investment in recent years from Airbus, Thyssen-Krupp & Austal.