Top Graduate Engineering Schools

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is considered the top graduate school of engineering in the United States, according to the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings. MIT offers a wide array of degree programs and gives students the opportunity to pursue research working alongside world-class scholars.

  Areas of research emphasis at MIT include aeronautics, biological engineering, chemical engineering, nuclear science and engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and materials science, among many others. The graduate program is divided up among nine different departments and sponsors 18 different research centers and institutes, including the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  School of Engineering
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-253-2917
  engineering.mit.edu

Stanford University

• Second only to MIT, Stanford University's School of Engineering ranked second among all graduate engineering schools on the U.S. News list for 2009. The school consists of nine academic divisions and comprises approximately 25 percent of the entire student body at the university.

  The school offers degrees in the areas of mechanical engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, materials science and engineering, bioengineering, management science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and environmental and civil engineering. Major fields of research conducted by faculty members are in the areas of bioengineering, educating leaders, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and information technology.

  Stanford University
  Terman Engineering Center
  Room 214
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-4291
  soe.stanford.edu

University of California--Berkeley

• Third among all graduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News, is that of the University of California at Berkeley (UC-Berkeley). The graduate school of engineering enrolls approximately 1,600 students each year and graduates some of the top students in the field.

  The UC-Berkeley engineering program consists of seven departments: nuclear engineering, bioengineering, mechanical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and industrial engineering and operations research.

  The department sponsors 38 different research centers that include the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute.

  University of California--Berkeley
  College of Engineering
  320 McLaughlin Hall # 1700
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-7405
  coe.berkeley.edu