HISTORY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

1839	UNIVERISTY OF MISSOURI ESTABLISHED IN COLUMBIA.                        
	FIRST 	STATE UNIVRSITY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

1849	“CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH THE USE OF INSTUMENTS.”  
	FIRST ENGINEERING COURSE IN MISSOURI.

1859	DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING ESTABLISHED.                          
	FIRST ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN MISSOURI.

1862	MORRILL LAND-GRANT ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS 
	ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS.

1870	COLLEGE OF AGRICLTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
	APPROVED BY THE MISSOURI GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

1871	SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING INCORPORATED AS A SPECIAL 
	DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.
	(SEPARATE SCHOOL OF MINES ESTABLISHED AT ROLLA, MISSOURI)

1885	DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ESTABLISHED.

1891	DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ESTABLISHED.

1903	DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINGEERING ESTABLSIHED.
	“DISCOVERY” THAT ST. PATRICK WAS AN ENGINEER.

1906	ENGINEERING LIBRARY ESTABLISHED.

1909	ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION ESTABLISHED.

1917	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ESTABLISHED.

1958	DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ESTABLISHED.

1964	FIRST M.S. DEGREE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AWARDED.