The Top Engineering Universities in the Nation

California Institute of Technology

• This institute was ranked as the number one engineering and technology university in "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings." Located in Pasadena, the engineering division has 90 full-time faculty and over 1,000 students. Departments include Aerospace; Applied Physics and Materials Science; Bioengineering; Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; and Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Engineering has been taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since it was founded in 1861 in Cambridge. There are eight departments in the engineering division of MIT--Aeronautics and Astronautics; Biological Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Materials Science and Engineering; Nuclear Science and Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering. There are roughly 4,700 engineering students and 370 faculty members.

Stanford University

• Since Leland Stanford founded the university in 1891, engineering has been a fundamental part of Stanford's education. Stanford's engineering division has 240 faculty members and 4,000 students. It is made up of nine departments: Aeronautics and Astronautics; Bioengineering; Chemical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; Management Science and Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering.

Princeton University

• Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science consists of six departments: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Operations Research and Financial Engineering; and Computer Science. The school has 130 faculty members and 1,380 engineering students.

University of California Berkeley

• Engineering was one of the first colleges of the University of California Berkley when it was established in 1868. Today, the College of Engineering is made up of seven departments: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Nuclear Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; and Bioengineering. There are 216 full-time faculty and 4,345 students.