Oakton hosting informantion session Nov. 7 on Engineering Pathways Program

Students hoping study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Engineering can earn guaranteed admission through the Engineering Pathways Program at Oakton Community College.

Oakton is offering a free information session on the program at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Room 200 of the Lee Center on the college's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road.

Visitors can learn more about the program, how to begin a career in engineering and meet current Oakton engineering students and faculty.

Starting at Oakton can save students more than $30,000 in tuition over two years while providing them access to advisers from both Oakton and University of Illinois, college officials say.

Additional information sessions are scheduled Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at the Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., and Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Oakton's Des Plaines campus.

Registration is required and may be completed at www.oakton.edu/pathways.