Top Engineering Schools in the U.S.A.

University of California-Berkeley

• The University of California-Berkeley was ranked third-best engineering school in the United States in 2009 by "U.S. News & World Report." UC-Berkeley is known for its pioneering research in various fields of engineering. Some of these areas include computer science, civil engineering, nuclear engineering and electrical engineering. UC-Berkeley sponsors more than 30 research centers or institutes including the Center for Optoelectronic Nanostructured Semiconductor Technologies and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.

  University of California-Berkeley
  College of Engineering
  320 McLaughlin Hall, No. 1700
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-7405
  coe.berkeley.edu

Stanford University

• Stanford University was ranked No. 2 by "U.S. News & World Report" in 2009 among the nation's engineering programs. Academic departments in the school of engineering include mechanical engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, materials science and bioengineering. The school also offers numerous interdisciplinary programs: Engineering physics, energy resources engineering, a joint-degree program in design offered in conjunction with the department of art, an architectural design program and the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering.

  Stanford University
  Terman Engineering Center, Room 214
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-3938
  soe.stanford.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The top-rated engineering program in the United States is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the 2009 rankings by "U.S. News & World Report." MIT is known for its world-class scholarship. Engineering is so integral to the curriculum at MIT that nearly 60 percent of its students are in the engineering department. Departments include nuclear science, aeronautics and astronautics, engineering systems, electrical engineering, computer science and biological engineering. MIT sponsors numerous research centers and institutes as well, such as the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems and the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.

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