About If...

If… is about the potential of this remarkable university—about what WPI and our students and faculty can achieve if we, as a community, imagine a brighter future and commit to making it happen.

Supporting Students

Supporting scholarships at WPI is an investment in the potential of our students—those who will become leaders for a society in need of engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and problems solvers who care about our planet and the people who dwell upon it.

Building the Home of Discovery and Achievement

First-rate facilities provide the backdrop for breakthroughs in biotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, information security, business, and the humanities.

Enriching Faculty and Academic Programs

Our faculty conduct cutting-edge research, create programs to meet the challenges facing today’s society, and educate tomorrow’s leaders—who will supply tomorrow’s answers—no matter what new questions arise in our extraordinarily fast-paced world.

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Steve Rubin ’74 “WPI delivers so much value to its students—the people who are going to go out there and solve t...

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If…The Campaign to Advance WPI

A comprehensive, $200 million fundraising endeavor, if…The Campaign to Advance WPI is about the students we educate and the leaders they become when they graduate. It’s about theory and practice—symbolized by the towers of our two original buildings—and the powerful ideas created when great minds collaborate and new ideas are encouraged. Especially, the campaign is about ensuring that future generations of deserving students will be able to choose WPI and that we will have the facilities, programs, and people to guarantee them an exceptional experience—one that prepares them to thrive and contribute to our rapidly changing world.

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Celebrating Philanthropy

WPI Gave Flight to a Remarkable Life

Retired military pilot Henry Poplawski ’39, who will give the Institute a planned gift of $7.8 million for scholarships, says WPI got him on the right path

Henry R. Poplawski, a Worcester native who was forced to drop out of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) more than seven decades ago due to financial hardship, has committed $7.8 million through a planned gift for student scholarships at…

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Pratt & Whitney Teams Up with WPI Students to Make a Difference

Students come to WPI to learn how they can make an impact on the world through engineering and science. And once they start, they can’t stop. The WPI Chapter of Engineers Without Borders…

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Alumni-founded company supports eye-tracking research laboratory

What makes a great website or app, one that looks great and—more important—is easy to use? The User Experience and Decision Making (UXDM) Research Laboratory seeks answers to that very question.

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Upcoming Events

30
May

Alumni Weekend 2013

Join us to recapture some of your WPI days and learn about how this university is preparing leaders of the future. Online registration is now open.

08
Jun

TouchTomorrow

Join us at TouchTomorrow 2013 on Saturday June 8th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for an out-of-this world experience filled with interactive exhibits, learning, games, and fun.