Engineering Doctoral Programs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the top engineering graduate program in the country, according to 2010 U.S. News and World Report rankings. The school offers 53 engineering doctoral programs in a hands-on environment. Each doctoral program is based around student research and projects, with a dissertation to complete the program. Doctoral programs at MIT include aeronautics and astronautics, biological, chemical, civic and environmental, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Each PhD program prepares students to be leaders in their respective fields, whether through teaching, research or innovation. MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just a few minutes by subway from Boston.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-253-3291
  engineering.mit.edu

Stanford University

• The Stanford University School of Engineering offers doctoral degrees in nine different departments. Stanford was one of the first programs to integrate architecture and design with engineering on the doctoral level. Students can earn doctorate degrees in classic fields like aeronautics and astronautics, electrical, chemical and mechanical, as well as degree programs in energy resources, science and society, engineering physics and interdisciplinary fields. The 240 engineering faculty members and various research labs and facilities make Stanford University the second-best engineering graduate program in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report in 2010.

  Stanford University
  380 Panama Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-725-1575
  engineering.stanford.edu

University of California--Berkeley

• The College of Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley is the third-ranked graduate engineering school in the country by U.S. News and World Report in 2010. The school offers doctoral degrees in all of its seven engineering departments. Some of these programs include nuclear engineering, civil engineering and bioengineering. Berkeley graduates have contributed to California's early work on bringing harvest water to Silicon Valley, and cornerstone structures like the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge.

  University of California--Berkeley
  320 McLaughlin Hall #1700
  University of California
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-5771
  coe.berkeley.edu