5 Things to Know about First-Year Engineering (FYE)

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5 Things to Know about First-Year Engineering (FYE)

First-Year Engineering is housed in Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.

Purdue has a great program for all undergraduate students in their first year of engineering.  Not only does Purdue’s First-Year Engineering program educate students on disciplines, but you get the opportunity to work with peers who have many different interests in engineering.  Here’s 5 Things to Know about First-Year Engineering!

1. Engineering Classes
  • Everyone in first-year engineering takes great engineering classes at the very beginning which incorporate helpful team experience in order to learn proficiency in Microsoft Excel and a programming tool called MATLAB.  These fundamental skills help with more advanced classes and provide meaningful opportunities to grow as a problem-solver.
2. Discipline Information
  • Before it’s time to select your discipline, professors from different engineering disciplines present information about their program.  Whether you know exactly which discipline you want already, or you use first-year engineering to help you decide, it’s helpful to learn about the engineering disciplines available at Purdue.
3. FYE Advisors
  • Purdue has advisors specifically for first-year engineering students.  They help you decide which classes to take based on your interests and intended major.  This way, if you’re unsure of which discipline you want, you can communicate with your advisor, and they’ll assist you in making sure you keep your options open.
4. Free Tutoring
  • The Women in Engineering Program offers free tutoring for many first-year engineering classes. During my freshman year, utilizing this resource made it so easy for me to find peers that could help me understand the material.
5. Supplemental Instruction
  • Slightly different from tutoring, supplemental instruction sessions are an effective way to more thoroughly review the material covered in lectures. For most of the first-year engineering classes, there’s a couple supplemental instruction sessions every week led by a student who’s done well in that class.


Spending a year in First-Year Engineering allowed me to improve my critical thinking skills, learn about what it means to be an engineer, and meet many amazing peers at Purdue!


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-Brittany Allen, Industrial Engineering

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