The Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center is home to:

The Institute for Design Engineering and Applications, another innovation that integrates design throughout every level of the engineering curriculum, from the project-based first term to senior capstone design courses to graduate level design experiences.

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, an environment where teaching, research, and new product development are integrated to design real-world solutions for intelligent information systems, learning environments, games and entertainment, design environments and e-commerce.

The Master of Management and Manufacturing Program, which integrates the Kellogg MBA curriculum with the engineering management program.

The Master of Product Development Program, which teaches the concepts and tools of product design and development.

The Infrastructure Technology Institute, a National University Transportation Center supported by the US Department of Transportation – Research and Innovative Technology Administration and Northwestern University that focuses on research, education, technology commercialization, and policy and management studies aimed at improving American infrastructure management.

The Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Program, a program that allows undergraduate students in engineering to alternate periods of academic study with periods of full-time paid work experience related to their academic and professional goals.

The Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Program, which integrates computer science with the life sciences for data mining of large-scale databases.