Faculty & Staff  |  Current Students

News | Calendar | Directory | Library | Give

School of Arts and Sciences

Natural Sciences and Engineering Technology

Pictured is a Point Park student planting a tree on Sycamore Island. | Photo by Kelly Cline Pictured is a Point Park University student in a lab class. Pictured is engineering management student Fenil Patel. Students Mary Dindal and Jeff Mitchell shadow Brian Heap at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. | Photo by Chris Rolinson. Pictured is engineering management alumna and industrial engineer, Kenny Casado. A senior project helped mechanical engineering student Robert Fausnaught land a job as an automation engineer for Eaton Corporation. Pictured is funeral service major Lin Webb. Pictured is Ingrid Reiland, a recent biological sciences graduate who performed research on tree cores from Sycamore Island. | Photo by Amanda Dabbs Pictured is engineering technology alum Arthur Chileshe. | Photo by Chris Rolinson Pictured is a Point Park student performing work in a lab. Pictured is MSES alum Michelle Wunderley. An NSET students works in a science lab at Point Park University. Pictured is civil engineering technology alumna Nicole Perry. Biological sciences alum Franco Sebastiani plans to become an oral surgeon and perform cleft lip and palate surgeries in third world countries. Pictured is mechanical engineering technology and electrical engineering technology student Ryan Alm. Pictured are the graduating seniors of the 2012 Master of Science in environmental studies class. Prof. Matthew Opdyke with students working on the lichen research project. | Photo by Bethany Foltz Pictured is civil engineering technology alum and engineering management student Chas Ainsworth. | Photo by Jim Judkis John Frydrych, a consulting engineer and manager, earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering technology and his master's degree in engineering management from Point Park. Pictured is electrical engineering technology student Melissa Englert. Professor John Kudlac, director of the master of science in environmental studies program, with three students from the first class. | Photo by Christopheer Rolinson Biology grad Michelle Guaragno says Point Park has been the perfect place to launch her dreams of becoming a doctor. Diane Krill, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, works with a biotechnology student. Pictured is an MSES graduate student presenting her research.

 

Catalysts

Great discoveries aren’t made in the last row of a crowded lecture hall. The Department of Natural Sciences and Engineering Technology offers unique programs that prepare students for careers in high growth areas: energy, environment, infrastructure, health care and biotechnology, to name a few. 

Theory meets practice in all aspects of study in natural sciences and engineering technology programs.  You’ll thrive in small classes taught by full-time faculty and practical professionals in industry. You’ll benefit from student/professor research opportunities. And you’ll get hands-on experience in excellent facilities.

Our programs include both natural sciences and engineering technology areas of study, so whether you're interested in the science of living things or in making life better for the living, this is where you belong.

Engineering Technology

Undergraduate
Graduate

Natural Sciences

Undergraduate
Graduate

PROGRAM VIDEOS
  • Natural Sciences Success Stories
    Pictured is biology major Maria Fusco.

    Hear how alumni and students in the natural sciences programs are reaching their career goals.

    More

  • Engineering Technology Success Stories
    Pictured is Arthur Chileshe, who earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology in 2007 and a Master of Science in engineering management in 2010.

    Meet our engineering technology and engineering management alumni and students.

    More

  • Check out our facilities and equipment
    Pictured is a microscope in one of the NSET labs at Point Park.

    We offer a number of well-equipped labs and facilities for students who are studying a wide range of subjects.

    More

  • Message from the chair

    Professor Mark Farrell invites you to explore our natural sciences and engineering technology programs.

    More