Dean

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks a strategic and proven leader to serve as the next Dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology. Committed to inclusive excellence, UMBC is proud to be one of the nation's fastest-growing and most diverse public top-tier universities. The University’s vibrant campus is regarded as a new model for American higher education – a place where talented students, faculty, and staff thrive in a culture that embraces innovative ideas. 

Under the transformational leadership of President Valerie Sheares Ashby; the University delivers a distinctive undergraduate educational experience characterized by a strong liberal arts and sciences core and offers graduate programs in engineering, information technology, science, humanities, social sciences, public policy, and human services. UMBC has achieved a remarkable national and international reputation for innovation and student success, particularly in STEM. For over a decade, The Chronicle of Higher Education has recognized UMBC as a “great college to work for.”

The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) is a top-tier college of engineering and information sciences that is renowned for integrating undergraduate and graduate education, research and innovation, and service to address evolving global needs. The mission of the College is to educate future leaders and contribute to the professional workforce in engineering, computer science, and information systems; to excel in research and innovation that discovers new knowledge and enables new technologies and systems; and to embrace a culture of service to and engagement with external communities and professions. COEIT’s programs include a broad portfolio of engineering, computing, business, and management topics across four departments: Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, and Mechanical Engineering. 

The next Dean of COEIT will be an inspiring, collaborative, and entrepreneurial leader who is able to build upon the past successes of the College while charting a visionary course for the future. The successful Dean will bring a strategic approach to addressing a range of opportunities and challenges. This individual will be responsible for ensuring the vitality and long-term success of the College and engaging with the broader university community and beyond to advance an agenda of teaching, research, and service. The Dean works closely with department heads, faculty, and staff within the College and collaborates with fellow deans and other leaders throughout the institution. The Dean is the lead ambassador for engineering and information technology at the university and beyond and, as such, builds and leverages relationships with alumni, industry leaders, influential partners internally and externally, and stakeholders across the University, the region, and around the world. 

Confidential nominations, inquiries, and applications may be directed in confidence electronically below.

Keight Tucker Kennedy is leading this search with Alexandra Lolavar and Alexis Scott.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, values safety, cultural and ethnic diversity, social responsibility, lifelong learning, equity, and civic engagement. Consistent with these principles, the UMBC does not discriminate in offering equal access to its educational programs and activities or with respect to employment terms and conditions on the basis of a UMBC community member’s race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, ancestry, age, gender identity or expression, national origin, veterans status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or genetic information.