The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is considered to be the best engineering school in the world by many, including the 2010 rating compiled by U.S.News & World Report. The university is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its School of Engineering accounts for 45 percent of all students at MIT, roughly 2,800 students.
Stanford University, established in 1885, is the best university for engineering and IT on the west coast and second best in the country according to a 2010 rating produced by U.S.News & World Report. The proximity to Silicon Valley, the global center for IT and engineering research, allows the school to provide meaningful internships to its students. The offered engineering programs include materials science, engineering and aeronautics and astronautics. Only 20 percent of students enrolled in engineering programs are women.
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom is Europe's best engineering school, according to U.S.News & World Report. The engineering department is the largest department in Cambridge, which makes it similar to MIT. The engineering department offers programs in electrical engineering, information engineering, fluid mechanics and turbomachinery, manufacturing and management, materials and design and civil and environmental engineering.
The University of Tokyo has the best engineering college in Asia, according to U.S.News & World Report. The university offers a number of degrees in engineering in such areas as chemical engineering, electronic engineering, mechano-informatics, electrical engineering, mathematical engineering and information physics, engineering synthesis, urban engineering, aeronautics and astronautics.