One-time funding is not sufficient to keep up with changing technology and the ongoing needs of the updated, world-class engineering education that New Mexico State University offers. Engineering education is more expensive to deliver than most other disciplines because it requires modern laboratories and current technology. To ensure that the NMSU College of Engineering maintains the capacity to teach efficiently and effectively, an engineering technology fee will be assessed each semester to undergraduate engineering majors only. Graduate students are not subject to this fee.

The fee will be assessed according to enrollment status as follows:

• Full-time students (12 or more credit hours): $145 per semester
• Part-time students (9-11 credit hours): $109 per semester
• Part-time students (6-8 credit hours): $73 per semester
• Part-time students (1-5 credit hours): $36 per semester

This fee allows the College of Engineering to support and expand access to advanced technology, meet the needs of engineering education with less reliance on state funds, maintain high-quality instructional laboratories with up-to-date equipment, and increase the college's ability to leverage private support.

The fee is supported by both the Dean's Advisory Council and the Engineer's Council. In accordance with the College of Engineering's agreement with the Engineer's Council, the college will provide up-to-date documentation of the technology fee. This documentation includes correspondence between the College of Engineering, the Engineer's Council, and the university. Projected budget items and expenditures will also be updated and summarized annually.