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  • Meet the Provost
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  • 1855 Professorships
  • CAL-RCAH Integration Project
  • EDI Center
  • Green and White Initiatives
  • Honorifics
  • MiLEAP Learning Goals Project
  • Modernization of General Education

< Academic Resources

  • Civil Discourse FAQs for Faculty
  • Religious Observance Resources

< News and Updates

  • Messages from the Office
  • Stories that Define Us
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< Contact

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Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation

Imagine an innovative space at MSU where every student can tailor their academic journey and pursue their passions right from the start. Rather than being confined by traditional majors, students lead with their unique missions and creativity. MSU’s Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation will be a transformative center for teaching and research, forging new frontiers in emerging fields and preparing MSU students today for the careers of tomorrow.

The Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation will take a pioneering approach to delivering research and instruction across six colleges. The intentional blending of academic disciplines will prepare the next generation of Spartans to be the difference makers and innovators of tomorrow. The Leinweber Center will create value-added synergies on which students and researchers can capitalize, allowing them to reach new heights in their careers and bring markedly high impacts to the world.

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The space

Interdisciplinary approach

To deliver a hub for transformative learning and real-world impact, empowering students to confront and solve today’s and tomorrow’s grand challenges, the Leinweber Center will:

  • Be a collaborative and transdisciplinary environment.
  • Exemplify the future of higher education.
  • Foster innovation and cutting-edge exploration of entrepreneurial interests.
  • Provide unfettered access to comprehensive resources so students can develop and market their ideas from inception to implementation.

To embody the interdisciplinary initiative so critical for career success, the Leinweber Center will be led by these six colleges.

  • College of Engineering
  • College of Natural Science
  • Broad College of Business
  • College of Arts and Letters
  • College of Communication Arts and Sciences
  • College of Social Science

Developing the next generation of Spartans into the difference makers and innovators of tomorrow

Meeting Michigan’s Economic Priorities

85,000

sq. ft. for Materials Science Research

30,000

sq. ft. for Technology-rich Classrooms and Teaching Labs

10,000

sq. ft. for Artificial Intelligence and Computational Research

10,000

sq. ft. for student Entrepreneurship and Innovation


Advancing Economic Growth and Engineering Solutions

Creating pathways to innovation and impact

One out of every five students enrolled at a public 4-year college in Michigan chooses to come to MSU. Of MSU’s College of Engineering graduates, 59% choose to pursue careers in Michigan.

MSU students want to be well-equipped to rise to today and tomorrow’s grand challenges. The Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation will solidify MSU students' skills in both depth and breadth for the everchanging digital economy, ensuring they continue setting the bar for cutting-edge thinking well into the future.

By integrating topics in engineering, social sciences, communications, technology, arts and humanities, and entrepreneurship, the Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation will optimize MSU students’ ability to use their major to fulfill their mission for the betterment of the world and society.

Building Enduring Careers 

The Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation will be a convergence of education, research and career preparedness. It will serve as a dynamic nexus, setting the stage for countless career opportunities in fields such as engineering, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, data science, artificial intelligence and communications. The career pathways displayed in the video show the breadth of what can be made possible by this revolutionary and interdisciplinary environment.

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Focusing the Charge

The Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation, as a catalyst for innovation and impact, will be a magnet for the campus, providing opportunities for discovery and new ways of thinking.

The following thematic areas will be prominently represented:

  • Materials Science
  • Computational and Data Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Cybersecurity
  • User Experience
  • Esports and Game Design

Support and Involvement

Growing support 

Support from students, alumni, and external partners is essential to secure the necessary funding for MSU's Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation. This center will drive cross-college collaborations, foster innovations, and prepare students for future jobs that have yet to be created. Demonstrating widespread support is crucial to attract additional investments.

To support the Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation, please follow the link below.

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news and updates

Lamach gift launches MSU’s next frontier in innovation  

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IPF Current Projects: Engineering and Digital Innovation Center

Leinweber Foundation commits $50M to MSU to name the Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation


Leinweber Funding

Trustees green-light Engineering and Digital Innovation Center 

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