犹他州立大学是美国提供新兴工程教育学科博士学位的三所机构之一。在这个学位上，重点放在工程设计的学与教上。工程设计是一个决策过程，使用基础科学，数学和工程科学的结果。该计划培养的博士生精通其他方面的工程设计技能，并研究如何最好地学习和教授这些技能。
In recent years, the field of engineering education has evolved into its own emerging discipline that currently exists in parallel with more traditional engineering disciplines, such as mechanical, civil, electrical, and biological engineering. Utah State University (USU) is one of the earliest higher education institutions in the United States that offers both Ph.D. and M.S. programs in engineering education. Both Ph.D. and M.S. programs will prepare students to be engineering instructors, engineering education researchers and specialists with solid knowledge and skills in designing and assessing engineering curriculum and engineering knowledge, implementing evidence-based instructional approaches in student-centered engineering learning environments, identifying and synthesizing relevant theories to frame the research problem, applying appropriate and creative research methods to studies in engineering education. In addition, the Ph.D. program will develop students' knowledge in engineering education foundations and the role of cognition in engineering education, and will train students to develop competitive grant proposals for improving engineering education.