To obtain two undergraduate degrees from Notre Dame, a student must successfully carry out an approved program of courses totaling no less than 157 credit hours, depending on the program.
Five-Year Program with the College of Arts and Letters
The College recognizes the benefits of a broad background in cultural, social, and technical subjects. The five-year Reilly Program in Engineering and Arts and Letters is a collaboration between the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Engineering. Students who complete this program will earn two degrees: A Bachelor of Science from the College of Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Arts and Letters. Students pursuing this program must have the strong scholastic ability and be acceptable to both the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and the Dean of the College of Engineering. Application to the program is normally done by the end of the second year, but a choice of a particular field in Arts and Letters may be deferred until the end of the third year.
Five-Year Program with the College of Science
The College recognizes that a background in the natural sciences or mathematics, which are also foundational to a strong liberal arts experience, can provide engineering students with a broader context for solving societal problems and meeting humanity’s needs. The Notre Dame College of Engineering and College of Science offers a plan of study that would allow students to earn a bachelor’s degree in each college in five years.
Five-Year Program with the Mendoza College of Business
To address the needs of engineering students who wish to integrate management and engineering, the College of Engineering and the Mendoza College of Business has established a program in which a student may earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the Mendoza College of Business (there is no program where a student can earn dual undergraduate degrees from the College of Engineering and Mendoza College of Business). The program is structured so that a student who has completed the first three years of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program if accepted through a competitive admissions process, completes the Master of Business Administration and the Bachelor of Science in Engineering by the end of the fifth year. This program may require summer or intersession work.