The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), which was established in 1861, is globally recognized as one of the top technological institutes. It was ranked as the #1 engineering school by US News and World Reports in 2011, continuing a trend of more than 20 years. MIT's School of Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering in various majors, including aeronautics and astronautics, chemical engineering, microbiology, biological engineering, computational and systems biology, polymer science and technology, and transportation.
Stanford University, located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, was founded in 1891. More than a century later, it's one of the top colleges not only in the country, but in the world. Stanford's School of Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate programs in aeronautics and astronautics, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, computational and mathematical engineering, management science, material sciences, and mechanical engineering.
The College of Engineering at UC Berkeley boasts students and researchers from all over the world, as well as an internationally recognized faculty. It offers courses in bioengineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering and computer sciences, materials science & engineering, industrial engineering and operations research, mechanical engineering, and nuclear engineering. Undergraduate programs allow students to major in engineering physics, environmental engineering science, engineering mathematics and statistics, and computational engineering science.
California Institute of Technology, which was established in Pasadena in 1891, has produced 31 Nobel Prize winners as of March 2011. Cal Tech has programs in undergraduate engineering, and graduate programs with specialization in aeronautics, aerospace engineering, applied physics and materials science, bioengineering, applied and computational mathematics, environmental science and engineering, and mechanical science and engineering.