The Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences hosts Design Day, where seniors in the Hajim School departments and programs, as well as students in data science and the Medical Technology and Innovation master's degree program, showcase their capstone projects in person. 

The program was created to provide students with an opportunity to plan and execute a design or research project. Proposed projects are open-ended, allowing students to exercise their creativity and make informed choices among different options. Students are assessed based on their approach and execution, not the project outcome per se, permitting them to work on difficult problems and search for innovative solutions.

Senior Design projects at the University of Rochester also provide companies with the opportunity to work with the next generation of engineers, scientists, and programmers. As part of these projects, our students create custom solutions to given problems while under the observation and guidance of a university faculty advisor.