Bachelor of Science in Integrated Business and Engineering Honors

Lehigh University

Lehigh’s undergraduate honors program in integrated business and engineering prepares students to assume leadership roles in industrial research and development, entrepreneurial initiatives, management consulting, high-tech ventures, innovative technology and finance services.Students learn to perform economic analyses and prepare detailed business plans. They acquire a grasp of the changing nature of domestic and global competition, and they develop teamwork and leadership skills while working on multidisciplinary design projects that require both engineering and business problem-solving skills. Students graduate with an accredited business degree, and have the option to stay longer to pursue the accredited engineering degree.The IBE Honors Program directly addresses the constantly changing realities of the new industrial and professional marketplace: rapid technological innovation diffusion and obsolescence emergence of new standards short product life-cycles and decaying margins due to increased global competition and outcome-focused development and delivery of new products and services. Organizations now seek new forms of competition based on cooperation, often pooling physical and intellectual resources to speed up the profitable design, development, manufacturing and delivery of products and services. These changes in the marketplace demand new capabilities, which can only come with the combination of technology and commerce.

College of Business