BEGINNING OF THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION

In the middle of the 18th century the first engineering schools were founded in France.Military and polytechnic schools were established in France to teach engineering and these schools produced important people like Laplace, Lagrange, and Fourier.In America the first school, which offers engineering education, was the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.It opened in 1802. the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was the first school ,which cultivates civil engineers.It awarded first engineering degree in 1835.In Ottaman Empire the first school ,which cultivates engineers with a modern way, was founded in 18 November 1776.

References

http://www.kenthaber.com/Arsiv/Haberler/2005/Aralik/09/Haber_107011.aspx
http://www.seas.ucla.edu/hsseas/history/origin.html