2006

The Industrial Engineering Department was ranked 26th in the nation, while the computer, electrical and mechanical engineering programs made double-digit leaps in the U.S. News and World Report rankings.

University of Arkansas - College of Engineering - 4183 Bell Engineering Center - Fayetteville, AR 72701 - (479) 575-7455
USA

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1862

President Abraham Lincoln dramatically changed higher education forever by signing the Land Grant Act into law. The law offered an endowment for at least one college in each state and 30,000 acres of federally-owned land. The land or scrip was to be sold to provide permanent endowments for the new institutions.

1871
Arkansas Governor O.A. Hadley signed an act into law creating the Arkansas Industrial University.
1872
The first students ? seven boys and one girl ? attended classes at the Arkansas Industrial University There were three faculty members.