We improve people’s lives today and help assure a prosperous world for tomorrow by designing sustainable water, food, and energy systems. Where challenges exist, we create solutions by optimizing the living systems of our world (the interactions of human, plant, animal, environment, food, and microbes) using the tools of engineering and biotechnology. Biological engineers contribute significantly to human health and prosperity by ensuring a safe and readily available water supply, a safe and nutritious food supply, and a healthy ecosystem upon which both water and food depend.

The educational objectives of the Biological Engineering program at the University of Arkansas are to produce graduates who:

• Successfully practice engineering involving the design and management of sustainable water, food, energy and related biological systems.
• Make valuable and sustained contributions that benefit employers, communities, Arkansas and the world.
• Succeed in continuing professional development, including graduate studies, as needed for professional growth.