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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Academic Experience



Past Performance | Probation Policy|Academic Calendar | Graduate Career Data

Past Performance


What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

Least Popular Majors
  • humanities
  • interdisciplinary studies
  • economics/social studies technology

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

  • Quarter System (four terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

  • 1 summer session(s) that consist of 7 weeks.

New student orientation:

  • Orientation for new students is held in August.


Graduate Career Data

Percentage of graduates who pursue further study:
  • 20% continue immediately.
  • 25% continue within one year.
  • 60% continue within 5 years.
Percentage of all graduates who pursue graduate study in various fields:
  • Law School: 5%
  • Medical School: 5%
  • Graduate Business Programs: 25%
  • Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 65%
List of graduate schools most often selected by our recent graduates:
  • Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, MIT, Northwestern University, Stanford University, Worcester
  • Polytech Inst.
90% of our graduates choose careers in business and industry.

95% of our graduates enter into a job market related to their major within two years of graduation.

Firms that most frequently hire our graduates:
  • General Electric, ABB Combustion Engines, United Technologies.
Most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Robert Goddard, founder of modern rocketry; Paul Allaire, CEO, Xerox.