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The Smart Choice to Study Engineering and Computer Science

The City Colleges of Chicago School of Engineering is open at Wright College, Truman College, and Harold Washington College, and now accepting applications for fall 2026 at Daley College and Olive-Harvey College.

Our engineering and computer science courses prepare students to transfer as a junior—without losing any courses—through guaranteed admission pathways at University of Illinois, Illinois Tech, Valpo, and more.

The future leaders of the field start their studies at City Colleges and end up working at places like Google, Microsoft, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, 3M, and more.

If you have the desire to work in engineering or computer science, City Colleges has the high-quality classes, intentional support, and institutional connections that can prepare you to go anywhere.

Engineering Access Alliance

City Colleges and U of I Grainger College of Engineering expand partnership with new benefits for students.

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GUARANTEED TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Start with dual enrollment at City Colleges and U of I, then transfer as a junior to your major.

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GUARANTEED TRANSFER PATHWAYS

Transfer as a junior to Illinois Tech, Valpo, University of Illinois Chicago, and other top engineering schools.

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SUPPORT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS

The “Engineering Bridge” program helps students build up math and science skills and develop connections they’ll need to succeed.

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Excellence in Instruction

The City Colleges of Chicago School of Engineering was founded based on the nationally-recognized Wright College Engineering Pathways Program, which was named a 2023 Example of Excelencia for its intentional, culturally relevant, evidence-based practices tailored to Latinx students and their communities. 

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Student Success

Students and alumni from City Colleges have participated in research, internships, advanced their education and careers, and discovered professional opportunities at places like: 

  • University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering   
  • Illinois Institute of Technology Armour College of Engineering 
  • Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering  
  • University of Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago 
  • Princeton University
  • Southern Illinois University 
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Chevron  
  • Chicago Mercantile Exchange 
  • Northrup Grumman 
  • Chicago Quantum Exchange 

City Colleges engineering students talk about why they love the program:

“I wouldn’t have gotten into the program at UIUC without the program at Wright College.”

“The summer Bridge Program helped me bridge any gaps I had in math while also paying me.”

“The calculus, physics, and algebra classes made me more prepared than some of my classmates [at Columbia University].”

“Those opportunities really opened doors for me.”

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Popular Transfer Majors

These are just some examples of the majors that graduates from City Colleges go on to study at four-year universities: 

  1. Computer Science
  2. Mechanical Engineering 
  3. Computer Engineering 
  4. Civil Engineering 
  5. Electrical Engineering  
  6. Biomedical Engineering

Students also go on to study (and work in): Aerospace Engineering; Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering; Computer Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Engineering Mechanics; Engineering Physics; Environmental Engineering; General Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Materials Science; Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering; and much more.

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Dr. Doris Espiritu
Districtwide Dean – Head of the School of Engineering
engineering@ccc.edu 

Dr. Doris Espiritu leads the School of Engineering across all of its sites, ensuring consistent implementation of the established, proven model. Dr. Espiritu has been teaching and leading programs—chemistry, biophysics, engineering, and computer science—at City Colleges of Chicago since 2006. She piloted the Engineering and Computer Science program in 2015 with nine students, and grew it to 650 students by 2024. She was awarded a $1.7 million grant by the National Science Foundation, which led to the development of the Contextualized Bridge—a holistic and programmatic approach for transfer and multi-dimensional first year experience.

She is continually striving to provide research experiences, professional development, and other exceptional opportunities for her students, and in 2023 was named one of Crain’s Notable Women in STEM. She founded the City Colleges Engineering Alumni Organization, and co-founded the City Colleges of Chicago School of Engineering with Chancellor Juan Salgado. Her partners in this work have grown to include the University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Purdue University, and the Sloan Foundation.

Read Her Story Crain’s Notable Women in STEM Article