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Pigman College of Engineering About the UK Paducah Campus

Why Engineering at UK Paducah?

A degree at UK Paducah offers a great value to students looking to save money and stay close to home while still earning a degree from a nationally-recognized state university. UK Paducah offers an ABET-accredited four-year bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer engineering technology without ever leaving home.

When you pursue a chemical or mechanical engineering degree you will take your classes in Paducah while still being a full student at the University of Kentucky, a top-100 engineering institution and the highest-ranked engineering program in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. UK Paducah offers identical curriculum requirements, academic standards and admission criteria as the main UK campus in Lexington, but you don’t have to transfer or travel to get it!

The computer engineering technology B.S. is offered as a 2+2 program with West Kentucky Community and Technical College. Students will spend two years as WKCTC and receive an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Engineering Technology. Students will then spend two years at the Pigman Engineering Paducah Campus and receive a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology. 

History

The story of the Paducah campus has always been one of community. In the summer of 1998, Paducah's engineering college opened its doors and had its first class of engineering students.

For over 25 years, the Paducah campus has provided opportunities and pathways to acquire and engineering degree from the #1 engineering program in the state. 

Since celebrating its 25th year, the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering Extended Campus at Paducah launched a new degree offering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology, in partnership with West Kentucky Community and Technical College.

The new bachelor of science degree joins the established Bachelor of Science Degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

The UK Engineering Paducah Campus also offers professional certificates in aerospace engineering, automotive production engineering and environmental engineering.

The degree programs — created out of a need to retain talent in the area — not only add to the range of opportunities for students, but also meet the regional need for professional engineers in the highly industrialized part of the Commonwealth.

More than 500 students have graduated from the Paducah Campus, with an estimated direct economic impact on Western Kentucky of more than $25 million annually. Two thirds of their graduates also remain in the Western Kentucky area.

 

For over 25 years, the UK Paducah campus has served the Western Kentucky region. Last September, founding figures of the campus including Lee Todd, Jr., former UK president, Leonard F. O'Hara, former Paducah Community College president, David Denton, former fundraising chairman for the Paducah campus, and Steve Polston, former plant manager and CEO of Lockheed Martin Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Facility in Paducah, Kentucky, sat down to share the remarkable story of how they turned an idea into an institution.

Accreditation

The Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering programs, initiated in 1997, are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. They not only add to the range of opportunities for students but also meet the regional need for professional engineers in this highly industrialized part of the Commonwealth.

UK Paducah's programs, initiated in 1997, are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 – telephone: (410) 347-7700. They not only add to the range of opportunities for students, but also meet a regional need for professional engineers in this highly industrialized part of the Commonwealth.

Accreditation - Chemical Engineering

Review the program educational objectives (PEOs), student outcomes (SOs), enrollment and graduation data, for Chemical Engineering Paducah Campus. 

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Accreditation - Mechanical Engineering

Review the program educational objectives (PEOs), student outcomes (SOs), enrollment and graduation data, for Mechanical Engineering Paducah Campus. 

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