OpenFieldUW Tacoma · Tacoma, Washington, United States
The University of Washington Tacoma (UW Tacoma) is an urban-serving public university located in historic revitalized warehouse structures in downtown Tacoma, Washington. Renowned for computer science and cybersecurity at the School of Engineering & Technology, urban environmental science at the Center for Urban Waters, healthcare leadership, and social work, UW Tacoma drives South Sound economic transformation.
UW Tacoma spans five schools: the School of Engineering & Technology (SET), School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Milgard School of Business, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership, and the School of Social Work & Criminal Justice. The campus is home to the Center for Urban Waters on the Thea Foss Waterway.
Undergraduate admissions are test-optional and evaluate academic transcripts, GPA, and personal essays. Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, two to three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 92+ or IELTS 7.0+).
Advanced computer science master's focusing on cloud infrastructure scalability, distributed ledger systems, adversarial deep learning, natural language processing, and big data pipelines.
Operating at the LEED Platinum Center for Urban Waters, researching urban stormwater runoff toxicants (such as 6PPD-quinone lethal to coho salmon), microplastics pollution in Puget Sound, and wastewater mass spectrometry.
Interdisciplinary cohort master's partnering the School of Engineering & Technology with the Milgard School of Business, training cyber executives in cloud security compliance, incident response protocols, and corporate risk management.
Hardware-software integration master's covering real-time embedded systems, FPGA hardware acceleration, autonomous robotics sensing, and signal processing architectures.
CSWE-accredited clinical master's preparing licensed clinical social workers (LCSW) in urban mental health, child welfare advocacy, trauma intervention, and community empowerment.
Interdisciplinary urban planning curriculum exploring transit-oriented development, affordable housing equity, brownfield remediation, and climate-resilient city design.
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Center for Urban Waters & School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Dr. Kolodziej investigates water quality chemistry, leading the international breakthrough identifying 6PPD-quinone from tire wear particles as the toxic cause ...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Computer Science & Systems
School of Engineering & Technology
Dr. Bai specializes in wireless communications security, mobile computing protocols, cyber-physical smart grid defense, and artificial intelligence for biometri...
View researcher profile ↗Director & Professor of Environmental Science
Center for Urban Waters
Dr. Baker is the Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science, modeling the transport and fate of persistent organic pollutants (PCBs, PFAS) and atmospheric de...
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