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Top 100 Engineering Universities in The World based on Academic Rankings of World Universities. Rankings includes Engineering and Computer Science.
Sometimes, rankings of Universities doesn’t make lot of sense due to the methodology based on Survey.
When rankings are based on facts and numbers, you can give more importance.
PS: Rankings give a way to compare schools, but what you get out of the school will based on your effort.
Top 100 Engineering Universities in The World
Here is the list of 25 top Engineering Universities in the World. As expected MIT and Stanford is leading the way.
| World | Institution | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Score | |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 100 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 93.2 |
| 3 | University of California, Berkeley | 87 |
| 4 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 81.7 |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | 81 |
| 6 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 80.1 |
| 7 | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor | 78.7 |
| 8 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 78.5 |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 77.8 |
| 10 | Purdue University – West Lafayette | 75.9 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University – University Park | 75.8 |
| 12 | University of California, San Diego | 75.6 |
| 13 | University of Toronto | 74.3 |
| 14 | University of Maryland, College Park | 73.9 |
| 15 | University of Cambridge | 73.8 |
| 16 | Northwestern University | 73.4 |
| 17 | University of Southern California | 73.3 |
| 18 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne | 72.8 |
| 19 | California Institute of Technology | 72.6 |
| 20 | Cornell University | 72.3 |
| 21 | Texas A&M University – College Station | 72.1 |
| 22 | The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 71.9 |
| 23 | Tohoku University | 69.4 |
| 24 | Princeton University | 69.2 |
| 25 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 69 |
>> Next Page Rank 25 to 50
Ranking of World Engineering Universities 25 to 50 in this page.
| Ranking | Institution | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | 69 |
| 26 | National Taiwan University | 68.7 |
| 27 | The Ohio State University – Columbus | 68.4 |
| 28 | University of California, Los Angeles | 68.2 |
| 29 | North Carolina State University – Raleigh | 68 |
| 30 | University of Washington | 67.8 |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin – Madison | 66.7 |
| 32 | City University of Hong Kong | 66.5 |
| 33 | University of Pennsylvania | 66.3 |
| 34 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 65.8 |
| 35 | Kyoto University | 65.7 |
| 36 | The University of Manchester | 65.6 |
| 37 | Harvard University | 65.3 |
| 38 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 65.2 |
| 39 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | 64.5 |
| 39 | Tsinghua University | 64.5 |
| 41 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | 64.4 |
| 42 | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | 64.1 |
| 43 | University of Waterloo | 63.5 |
| 44 | University of Oxford | 63.4 |
| 45 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | 63.1 |
| 46 | University of California, Irvine | 62.9 |
| 47 | National Cheng Kung University | 62.8 |
| 48 | University of Florida | 62.7 |
| 49 | Columbia University | 62.4 |
| 50 | National Chiao Tung University | 62.2 |
You can find several Non-US Universities in top 25 to 50.
HKUST Campus
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
A dynamic, international research university, in relentless pursuit of excellence, leading the advance of science and technology, and educating the new generation of front-runners for Asia and the world.
Since its official opening in October 1991, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has established itself as an intellectual powerhouse, energizing the community’s transformation into a knowledge-based society, and securing a place on the academic world map in record-breaking time
- Total Enrollment:8841
- International Students:2823 (32%)
- Undergraduate Enrollment:6010
- International Students:1171 (19%
- Graduate Enrollment:2831
- International Students:1652 (58%)
>> Next Page 50 to 100 Rankings
Top Engineering Universities Rankings 50 to 100.
| Ranking | Institution |
|---|---|
| 51-75 | Arizona State University – Tempe |
| 51-75 | Catholic University of Leuven |
| 51-75 | Duke University |
| 51-75 | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 51-75 | Fudan University |
| 51-75 | McGill University |
| 51-75 | Monash University |
| 51-75 | Nanyang Technological University |
| 51-75 | National Tsing Hua University |
| 51-75 | National University of Singapore |
| 51-75 | Osaka University |
| 51-75 | Pierre and Marie Curie University – Paris 6 |
| 51-75 | Polytechnic University of Turin |
| 51-75 | Rice University |
| 51-75 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 51-75 | Technical University Munich |
| 51-75 | Technical University of Denmark |
| 51-75 | University of California, Davis |
| 51-75 | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 51-75 | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 51-75 | University of Melbourne |
| 51-75 | University of New South Wales |
| 51-75 | University of Science and Technology of China |
| 51-75 | University of Sydney |
| 51-75 | Zhejiang University |
| 76-100 | Chalmers University of Technology |
| 76-100 | Delft University of Technology |
| 76-100 | Ghent University |
| 76-100 | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| 76-100 | Indian Institute of Science |
| 76-100 | Iowa State University |
| 76-100 | Kyushu University |
| 76-100 | Michigan State University |
| 76-100 | Royal Institute of Technology |
| 76-100 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – New Brunswick |
| 76-100 | Seoul National University |
| 76-100 | Tel Aviv University |
| 76-100 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 76-100 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 76-100 | The University of Queensland |
| 76-100 | The University of Sheffield |
| 76-100 | The University of Tokyo |
| 76-100 | University of Alberta |
| 76-100 | University of Bristol |
| 76-100 | University of Delaware |
| 76-100 | University of Southampton |
| 76-100 | University of Twente |
| 76-100 | University of Utah |
| 76-100 | University of Virginia |
| 76-100 | Yale University |
Ranking Methodology
The ranking list for ARWU – FIELD includes every institution that has any Nobel Laureates, Fields Medals, and Highly-Cited Researchers.
In addition, major universities of every country with significant amount of articles indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) are also included. In total, more than 1200 institutions have been actually ranked in each broad subject field.
Now, you have the rankings of top 100 world Engineering Universities. If you are studying in one of the above universities, make full use of the resources available to develop your skills to be an successful engineer in your career.
Recently, Time Higher Education published Times World Reputation Rankings 2013
As expected, U.S. Universities dominated the Rankings, followed by UK and Australia.
Here are some observations about the Rankings
- Number of Universities from U.S: 43
- Number of Universities from U.K : 7
- Number of Universities from Australia : 6
- 6 countries are represented in the top 25: the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Switzerland and Singapore
- University of Tokyo – Ranked 9th, is the highest ranking university outside of the UK or US
- 6 countries have one representative in the top 100: Brazil, Taiwan, Belgium, Israel, Russia and Turkey
- Japan, the Netherlands and Germany each have five top 100 institutions
- Total Countries Represented : 20
Next – 25 most Dangerous Universities in USA
I can give another comparison for schools rankings and its important to attend better and top ranked schools for your profile.
While in Under Grad, we had a our first semester course on C++ programming language. I believe that was in second year of engineering.
As per university syllabus, book we had to follow was a typical programming book. But, I decided to buy the book written by the founder of C++.
I had heard about C++, but don’t know anything more that. I’m new to object-oriented programming and I was expecting this book will teach basics of object-oriented programming and I can be better than others.
I started reading the book and I reached like 4th page on the first chapter. It had a line like this “As you already know, we do inheritance for so and so reason”.
Duh. I have no idea about inheritance in C++.
I skipped and went to a different chapter. First paragraph had something like this “according to the content you learned in chapter/section 10..”.
Again?
Another dead-end for me.
Then after reading few more chapters, its was all dead-end.
Book was written to a level of readers who are well-versed in C++.
I wrote this in response to comment posted by Sreekumar Menon at 5 Advantages of Studying in Top Ranked University
Beautifully explained. I have a couple of questions but before getting to that, a bit of nit picking: Traditionally, “Ivy League” refers to eight universities on the East Coast – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale; not exactly what you might call “lower ranked” schools. But, notwithstanding that clarification, Dr. Liang’s analysis stands.
My question is a slightly different one. I don’t know if Dr. Liang is familiar with the Indian engineering colleges. But if a student completes her undergraduate degree from a major Indian Engg. college – let’s say the Vellore Institute of technology, not quite the Indian Institutes of Technology (the IITs) but close – with a 3.7 GPA where would she stand among her classmates at a place like MIT or Ann Arbor? Would she be able to hold her own among her peers at top American universities? Are the scores in standardized tests like GRE a good indicator of her intellectual level and preparedness for graduate study compared to her American classmates?
Now, I told my story about learning C++
Now, let me compare my learning experience with C++ and relate them to your question about standard of students at top ranked schools.
Student from VIT (most likely) doing B.E. in Computer science would have learned C++ from the basic book.
Lets assume he got admit in MIT for Graduate program in CS.
Here is the difference – she will have class mates who have learned to program and write clean and better code.
Watch this video to and get amazed to see how a 17-year-old is writing clean and beautiful code.
Now, you get an idea about how students interact with professors and have a plan for future. This kid is already having plans to do PhD in Stanford.
Do you have a plan? Have you explored available career options?
Now, going back to my example, you get an idea about the quality of students that go to top ranked school.
Time for action -
Share your career plan in the comments below and let me know if I was able to explain the difference between the quality of students in top and average ranked schools.
Next – 5 Major Advantages of Studying in Top Ranked Universities
Every year Kiplinger Ranks Best Values in Public Colleges. Recently 10 Best Value Public Colleges 2013 rankings was published.
Guess who tops this year Best Value Public Colleges rankings? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have to fell proud about this right?
UNC is 15 minutes from my home and I visit UNC campus area frequently and I close friends who went to UNC.
UNC Business School – Campus
Lets look at some details about UNC.
For detailed department based scores go to – Average GRE Scores for UNC
FALL 2012 – First Year Admissions
- 29,497 applied
- 7,847 admitted (27% of those applying; 50% of NC applicants, 15% of others)
- 3,914 enrolled (50% of those admitted; 65% of NC admits, 25% of others)
FALL 2012 – Enrolled
- 1st in high-school class 7% (of those whose schools reported rank)
- 2nd in high-school class 13%
- Top 10% of high-school class 79%
- Average GPA 4.5 (of 91% whose schools reported 4.0 GPAs)
- High-school GPA of 4.0+ 91%
25th-75th percentiles
- SAT Critical Reading 590-700
- SAT Math 610-710
- SAT Writing 580-690
- ACT Composite 28-32
Demographics
- U.S. citizens 95.5%
- Permanent residents 2.5%
- Non-Resident aliens 2%
- Female 59%
- Male 41%
Average scores of admitted applicants – Grad School
| Test | Average Score |
|---|---|
| GPA | 3.54 or >3.0 |
| GRE-V | 582 or >50th percentile |
| GRE-Q | 682 or >50th percentile |
| TOEFL | >213 Computer, >550 Paper, >79 Internet |
Is there anyone who doesn’t like to coll at college rankings? I have collected Best College Rankings 2012 from several published sources in 2012.
At end of the article, I have written my view about college Rankings. After you go through all the Ranking pages, you can make sense of what I’m talking about.
So, lets get started with US News Rankings.
Best College Rankings 2012
- US News
- Forbes
- Kiplingers
- Times World University Rankings
- QS World Rankings
- Business School Rankings
US News Rankings
US News published rankings in several different categories. You have to go through the Rankings page to understand the effort required to publish so many different Best college rankings.
I went to all the category of Rankings published by US News ( I h ave premium account) to collect the following data.
National University Rankings
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- Yale University
- Columbia University
- University of Chicago
- University of Chicago
Harvard Student Commencement – 2011 Photo Credit
National Liberal Arts College Rankings
- Williams College
- Amherst College
- Swarthmore College
- Middlebury College
- Pomona College
- Bowdoin College
Regional University Rankings
North
- Villanova University
- Fairfield University
- Loyola University Maryland
South
- Rollins College
- Elon University
- Stetson University
Midwest
- Creighton University
- Butler University
- Drake University
West
- Trinity University
- Santa Clara University
- Loyola Marymount University
Regional College
Regional College North
- Cooper Union
- United States Coast Guard Academy
- United States Merchant Marine Academy
Regional College South
- High Point University
- John Brown University
- Meredith College
Regional College Midwest
- Taylor University
- Ohio Northern University
- Augustana College
Regional College West
- Carroll College
- California Maritime Academy
- Texas Lutheran University
Most Connected Colleges
- Bowdoin College
- University of La Verne
- Auburn University
- University of Miami
- Seton Hall University
Best Undergraduate Business Programs
- University of Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California–Berkeley
Accounting
- University of Texas–Austin
- University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
- Brigham Young University–Provo
Entrepreneurship
- Babson College
- Indiana University–Bloomington
- University of Pennsylvania
Finance
- University of Pennsylvania
- New York University
- University of California–Berkeley
Insurance
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Georgia
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supply Chain Management / Logistics
- Michigan State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Arizona State University
International Business
- University of South Carolina
- University of Pennsylvania
- New York University
Management
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of California–Berkeley
Management Information Systems
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Arizona
Marketing
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- University of California–Berkeley
- Carnegie Mellon University
Production / Operations Management
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Purdue University–West Lafayette
Quantitative Analysis
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Pennsylvania
Real Estate
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- University of California–Berkeley
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- California Institute of Technology
Top 100 – Highest Acceptance Rates
- Academy of Art University
- American Public University System
- Baker College of Flint
Top 100 – Lowest Acceptance Rates
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Juilliard School
- Harvard University
- Columbia University
- Stanford University
Best Value Schools National Universities
- Harvard University
- Yale University
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
US News – Other Rankings
- A+ Schools for B Students
- Best Value Schools
- Campus Ethnic Diversity
- Economic Diversity
- Economic Diversity Among the Top 25 Ranked Schools
- Freshman Retention Rate
- Highest 4-Year Graduation Rates
- Most Campus Commuters
- Most International Students
- Most Students Living in University Housing
- Most Students Over Age 25
- Most Students Receiving Merit Aid
- Most Students Studying Abroad
- Most Students in Fraternities
- Most Students in Sororities
- Most Transfer Students
- Top 100 – Highest Acceptance Rates
- Top 100 – Lowest Acceptance Rates
- Up-and-Coming Schools
- Average Amount of Need-Based Aid Awarded
- Highest 6-Year Graduation Rates
- Highest Proportion of Classes With Under 20 Students
- Least Debt, Class of 2011
- Lowest Acceptance Rate
- Most Debt, Class of 2011
We have seen several different types of college rankings, but there is a ranking for most sexually active college majors.
Well, it’s kind of ridiculous and pushing the limits right?
Who would come-up with such idea for a college major rankings?
Studentbeans.com, a UK based education portal recently contacted a survey among 4,656 students over 100 universities across the UK to find – most sexually active college majors.
Most sexually active college majors
| Rank | Major | Avg number of sexual partners in college |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Economics and related | 4.88 |
| 2 | Social work, community care and counselling | 4.7 |
| 3 | Marketing | 4.57 |
| 4 | Leisure, hospitality, tourism and retail | 4.56 |
| 5 | Agriculture and related | 4.44 |
| 6 | Electrical engineering and related | 4.35 |
Bottom 3 Majors Majors
| Rank | Major | Avg number of sexual partners in college |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Earth sciences | 2.68 |
| 42 | Theology and comparative religion | 2.13 |
| 43 | Environmental science | 1.71 |
When searched around to find more details about this rankings, I found a video from Huffington Post. They analyzed the rankings and made it interesting.
did you see they talked about Type A personality for Economics Major. If you remember, I spoke about Personality Type A, B and Academic Type A and B.
Now, comes the challenging part about posting this article.
I was in great dilemma, if I have to publish this article considering the students and parents in India.
If you are a parent, you are not going to feel good about this most sexually active college majors rankings. But, I’m posting this to show how different countries have different cultures.
Do you think I should have posted this article?
Update 1:
Gunnar Fox posted few comments for this article (you read them below). He’s talks about Sex in College for Asian students in his book University Success Plan ( download the book for free from Amazon for 3 days Dec 28, 29, and 30).
Business Insider published dangerous college rankings ( 25 most dangerous campuses ) in the USA based on crime rate statistics from FBI over the last three years.
NOTE: Some people have objected to our use of FBI data because (1) not all schools participate in the survey and (2) some schools are more aggressive than others in reporting crime in neighboring noncampus areas.
In response to criticism, we prepared an alternate list based on on-campus crimes tracked for the Clery Act. We are happy to report, however, that this alternate ranking produced remarkably similar results — suggesting that both lists are good at identifying dangerous colleges
Before we look at dangerous college rankings, here is note of caution and debate that started after the Rankings based on Crime rate in campus was published.
James E. Grant Jr., assistant vice chancellor for strategic communications of the University of California at Riverside (which made both lists), said he was bothered by an “intentionally inflammatory headline” that is now being “widely disseminated — right at the time families are deciding where to send their young scholars to college.” – InsideHigehrEd
I’m reporting the Rankings based on FBI Crime Rates stats from Business Insider.
Dangerous college rankings
- #25 Florida State University — Tallahassee
- #24 University of California — Riverside
- #23 Arkansas State University — Jonesboro
- #22 State University of New York College — Buffalo
- #21 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- #20 Western Illinois University
#19 California State University — Fresno
Link to List of Universities in USA by States
National Research Council rankings as per 2010. NRC rankings are publishes once per decade.
- Bookmark this page. Keep checking for links to other degree programs. It takes a while to compile data into table format and publish it.
Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil And Environmental Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science & Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial, Systems Engineering and OR
Physical and Mathematics Sciences
- Applied Mathematics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Chemistry
- Top 100 Universities in USA for Computer Science (Software Engineering)
- Earth Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Atmospheres, Oceans & Climate including MIT/WHOI Oceanography
- Statistics & probability
Business School
- Full Time MBA – BW
Biological and Health Sciences
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Structural Biology
- Biology/Integrated Biology/Integrated Biomedical Sciences
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Kinesiology
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience & Neurobiology
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology, Environmental Health
- Physiology
- Public Health
Humanities
- American Studies
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- English and American Literature
- French Language and Literature
- Germanic Studies
- Art History, Architecture and Archaeology
- Languages, Societies and Cultures
- Music
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Anthropology
- Communication
- Economics
- Geography
- Linguistics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration, Public Health
- Sociology
Agricultural Sciences
- Animal Sciences
- Entomology
- Food Science
- Forest Science
- Nutrition
- Plant Sciences
Tables in the ranking will show a range for each university for R-Rank and S-Rank.
- S Rank (for survey-based rankings) are based on how faculty weighted—or assigned importance to—20 characteristics that the study committee determined to be factors contributing to program quality. The weights of characteristics vary by field based on faculty survey responses in each of those fields. Programs in a field rank higher if they demonstrate strength in the characteristics carrying greater weights.
- R Rank (for regression-based rankings) depend on the weights calculated from faculty ratings of a sample of programs in their field. These ratings were related, through a multiple regression and principal components analysis, to the 20 characteristics that the committee had determined to be factors of program quality. The resulting weights were then applied to data corresponding to those characteristics for each of the programs in the field.
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Following major area are offered under Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Almost every student thinks that selecting universities based on Rankings is the only way to select Universities. But, same students have no clue on how University Rankings are calculated. First time a student searching for universities will do one of the following
- Electrical Engineering Universities Rankings
- GRE Scores for MIT and Stanford
- Top 100 Universities in USA
- Top 50 Universities for Computer Science with aid
