Dean - College of Engineering

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Administrator 🗓️ October 9th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

North Carolina State University is hiring a Dean - College of Engineering to lead one of the largest engineering colleges in the nation. The college serves more than 12,500 undergraduate and graduate students across 18 bachelor's, 23 master's, and 14 doctoral programs. The dean guides academic strategy, research growth, and partnerships with industry, government, and alumni.

Highlights

Provide visionary, strategic leadership for a large, complex academic and research organization.
Advance excellence in research, education, and innovation, including interdisciplinary scholarship and high-impact research initiatives.
Manage a complex organization with significant fiscal, personnel, and operational responsibilities.
Serve as a key member of the institutional leadership team, advocating for college priorities and building partnerships across units.
Build relationships with alumni, donors, and corporate partners to support fundraising and philanthropic engagement.
Recruit, develop, and retain outstanding faculty, staff, and students in a culture of collaboration and professional growth.
Develop partnerships with industry, government agencies, and national laboratories.
Lead a college with nearly $290 million in annual research expenditures and more than 20 federally funded research centers and institutes.
Bring a distinguished record of scholarship and academic leadership that merits appointment as a tenured full professor in the college.
Hold a relevant post-baccalaureate degree with 3+ years of related experience, or a relevant undergraduate degree with 5+ years.