Celebrating 30 Years of Excellence, Innovation, and Family
The Center for Engineering Diversity (CED) at the
University of
Southern California
is dedicated to promoting scholastic, personal and professional
excellence among underrepresented students in the Viterbi School of
Engineering. CED engenders scholastic and personal achievement within
our community of scholars while preparing students for successful
careers as industry professionals and encouraging the pursuit
of graduate degrees.
Established
in 1975, CED has a long tradition of outstanding commitment to diverse
students in engineering. CED designs, implements, and collaborates on
various student-centered activities to increase student persistence
within the Viterbi School of Engineering. CED offers its services to
the entire USC community and maintains a focus on the retention and
graduation of African American, Hispanic, and Native American students
in engineering.
CED
provides a wide range of services that foster the development of a
community of scholars while preparing students for an engineering
career and/or graduate school. More specifically, CED students can
take advantage of academic and career counseling, academic and
professional development workshops, industry networking opportunities,
scholarships, a residential summer bridge program, an after-hours study
center and much more. Please take a closer look at our programs and services.
