Harvard Engineering School
1918 - 1951
In brief:
1906--The Graduate School of Applied Science was created from the graduate engineering program at the Lawrence Scientific School (now dissolved). The undergraduate program was split off.
1918--Harvard Engineering School was established. It was authorized to offer B.Sc., M.Sc. and a doctoral degree. Important labs were in the Cruft Laboratory.
1934--The Harvard Engineering School incorporated graduate level and professional programs. The Graduate School of Applied Science became known as the Graduate School of Engineering. The undergraduate program was based in the Department of Engineering Sciences.
In 1946-1949, the Graduate School of Engineering merged its faculty with the undergraduate program's faculty (the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics) to form the Division of Engineering Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
In 1951, the Division of Engineering Sciences merged further with the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics to form the Division of Applied Science. It is around this time that the name, Harvard Engineering School, was discontinued.
After various permutations of the name, in 1996, the name was changed to the Division of Engineering and Applied Science (DEAS).
In 2007, the DEAS was transformed into the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
1906--The Graduate School of Applied Science was created from the graduate engineering program at the Lawrence Scientific School (now dissolved). The undergraduate program was split off.
1918--Harvard Engineering School was established. It was authorized to offer B.Sc., M.Sc. and a doctoral degree. Important labs were in the Cruft Laboratory.
1934--The Harvard Engineering School incorporated graduate level and professional programs. The Graduate School of Applied Science became known as the Graduate School of Engineering. The undergraduate program was based in the Department of Engineering Sciences.
In 1946-1949, the Graduate School of Engineering merged its faculty with the undergraduate program's faculty (the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics) to form the Division of Engineering Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
In 1951, the Division of Engineering Sciences merged further with the Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics to form the Division of Applied Science. It is around this time that the name, Harvard Engineering School, was discontinued.
After various permutations of the name, in 1996, the name was changed to the Division of Engineering and Applied Science (DEAS).
In 2007, the DEAS was transformed into the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
A timeline with details about the Harvard Engineering School as well as other engineering departments is available at the website of the current School of Engineering and Applied Sciences http://www.seas.harvard.edu/our-school/facts-history/history/time-line (accessed 12/05/2014)