The Best Engineering Colleges & Universities

Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering

• The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The College of Engineering at Georgia Tech dates back to 1885 and has since added nine schools within the college. These schools include Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical and Biomolecular, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, Industrial and Systems, Materials Science, Mechanical and Polymer and Texture and Fiber engineering. Each school within the college offers bachelor's, master's and PhD programs. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Engineering's Industrial undergraduate and graduate programs first in the country.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  225 North Ave.
  Atlanta, Georgia? 30332
  404-894-2000?
  coe.gatech.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private institution located in Cambridge, across the Charles River basin from Boston with close proximity to Harvard University and Boston University. The School of Engineering was considered in 2009 by U.S. News and World Report to be the best engineering program in the country. The school was founded in 1861 and today educates 60% of MIT's undergraduates and 40% of MIT's graduate students, according to the School of Engineering's website. Undergraduate degrees range from Biological and Chemical engineering to Materials Science and Mechanical engineering. Graduate programs range from Aeronautics and Astronautics to System Design and Management.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-258-9344
  engineering.mit.edu

Stanford University School of Engineering

• Stanford University is a private school located in southern California in the town of Stanford. The School of Engineering at Stanford started in 1925. The school allows undergraduates at the university to apply to the program after university admission and encourages students to pursue diverse interests before applying to the engineering school. Majors range from Bioengineering and Aeronautics to Chemical and Mechanical engineering. According to U.S. News and World Report, the Stanford School of Engineering ranked second in the country in 2009.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2300
  soe.stanford.edu

University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering

• The University of California is a public university with a campus in Berkeley, a town convenient to Oakland and San Francisco. The College of Engineering was founded in 1868 and is now comprises seven departments, including Bioengineering and Nuclear Engineering. Undergraduates can combine the requirements of two engineering majors to form a joint major, as well as a double major. The college offers masters and PhD programs for graduate students. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked Berkeley second in the nation, tied with Stanford University, for engineering.

  University of California
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-323-2652
  coe.berkeley.edu