Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Top 10 Engineering Colleges

By The Engineer

Higher studies are becoming crucial and selecting where to study is perhaps one of the most important decisions you’ll ever take in your life. We bring to you the list of top 10 Engineering Colleges which will help you get an idea of what these universities have to offer.

10. Imperial College London
We start our Top 10 engineering colleges list with Imperial College London. The university falls under the category of public and has 13,500 students as full-time students. It has a student to faculty ratio of 12:1 with an admission rate of 15-20%. The university offers the following courses in Engineering:
Aeronautics
Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computing
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Earth Science and Engineering
Materials
Mechanical Engineering
It provides scholarships to its students and has contributed a lot towards research and is classified as a research university.

9. Georgia Institute of Technology
At number 9 we have Georgia Institute of Technology. Situated in Atlanta, Georgia, the university falls under the category of public university and has a student to faculty ratio of 19:1 with an admission rate of 58.7%. The university has 18,135 students as full-time students. It is also classified as a research university because of the extensive research being carried out. The SAT score requirements are as follows; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 580/680, Math 650/750 and Writing 580/670. Engineering courses being offered are as follows:
Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering- General
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Operations Research
Textile Sciences and Engineering
The university contributes quite a lot towards research and ranks in the top 10 engineering colleges with the highest research expenditures. Around 70% of the students are supported via various assistant-ships and fellowships.

8. ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Located in Zurich, Switzerland, our number 8 is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. The university’s professors and alumni have claimed a total of 21 Nobel prizes. The university falls under the category of public university and is bound to admit any Swiss citizen that applies to the university, but don’t worry as it also admits foreign students. Most of the undergraduate programs are in German and English. Some of the Engineering courses being offered are as follows:
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geomatic Engineering and Planning
Mechanical Engineering
Process Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemical and Bioengineering

7. University of California, Los Angeles
Our number 7 on the list is located in the city of the angels - Los Angeles. University of California, Los Angeles is a public university and has 38,500 students as full-time students with a student to faculty ratio of 16:1 and an admission rate of 21.8%. The university is classified as a research university.  SAT score requirements are as follows; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 560/680, Math 590/720 and Writing 580/700. Engineering courses being offered are:
Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering- General
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
The university awarded 52% of its students with financial aid during 2009-2010 with the average reward being $17,008. For the need based grants, 49% of students were entertained and the average reward was $13,302. The Electrical Engineering program admission is very competitive; recently admitted students had a median GPA of 3.8 out of 4.00.

6. Stanford University
The number six is Stanford University. Situated in California and falling under the category of private non-profitable university, it has 14,793 students as full-time students and has a student to faculty ratio of 10:1 with an admission rate (rather less) of 7.31 %. It is classified as a research university because of the high activity of research being carried out here. The SAT score requirements are as follows; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 670/760, Math 690/790 and Writing 680/780. Engineering courses being offered include:
Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Systems Engineering
International students enjoy 11 percent of undergraduate and 44 percent of graduate degrees awarded in Engineering.  For those of you who don’t have high scores, fear not, for most departments here don’t have the minimum GRE requirements. Admissions are based on a number of factors that include but are not limited to; statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, transcripts, and test scores.

5. University of Cambridge
And here we have the well known Cambridge University, enjoying the 5th spot in our list. The university falls under the category of public university and is also classified as a research university located in Cambridge, England. The university has over 18,000 students and 31 colleges to boast about. You would be surprised to know that Oxford and Cambridge, although following similar traditions and practices are at rivalry with each other ever since they were functional.  Some of the Engineering courses being offered are as follows:
Chemical Engineering
Computer Science
Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Since the university is old - well, actually very old - one will find a number of myths and legends related to it. The university has contributed a lot towards research and science. Alumni of this university have won a total of 61 Nobel prizes while affiliates of the university have won between 85 and 88 Nobel Prizes.

4. University of California, Berkeley
Next stop, we have the number four spot earned by the University of California, Berkeley. This university falls under the category of public and has 34,149 students as full-time students. The student to faculty ratio is 16:1 with an admission rate of 21.6%. It is classified as a research university because of the very high volume of research activity that is carried out within the premises. The SAT score requirements for this particular university are as follows; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 590/710, Math 640/750 and Writing 610/720.Engineering courses being offered are as follows:
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering Science
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Operations Research
Including 8 current faculty members, a total of 21 faculty members are Nobel laureates. During the decade of 2000-2009, highest number of graduate research fellowships was awarded to this university by National Science Foundation. The criterion to be admitted to the Electrical and Computer Science course is very high; last year’s successful students had GPAs above 3.7 and GRE quantitative scores above 90%.

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The number three in our list, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private non-profitable university. It has 10,360 full-time students with a student to faculty ratio of 8:1 and an admission rate of 10%. The university is classified as a research university. It is a bit considerate about the SAT scores unlike the next two universities and has the following requirements; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 670/760, Math 740/800 and Writing 670/770. They have a lot to offer in their Engineering courses:
Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Operations Research
Systems Engineering
The university can provide accommodation to one-third of its graduate students and grants admission purely on the ability of students to its various courses while mentoring and advising them. A study shows that about 200-400 companies are started each year by MIT alumni and faculty. Data from 2009 stated that 25,800 companies have been founded by its alumni, employing almost 3.3 million employees and contributing $2 trillion to the annual revenue. As is expected of such an institute, the admission is tough and there’s a lot of competition to deal with.

2.  Princeton University
The prestigious, quite well known, Princeton University enjoys the number two spot in this list. Located in the state of New Jersey and falling under the category of private non-profitable university, the university has a high number of full time students; 7,731 with relatively low admission rate of 8.8%. The University has a very good student to faculty ratio of 6:1. The admission bar is high, as the following SAT score requirements depict; Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 690/790, Math 710/790 and Writing 700/790. The engineering courses offered are as follows:
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering- General
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Operations Research
The university has a very low acceptance rate and the recently admitted students had to score over 550 on the GRE verbal section and over 700 on the GRE quantitative portion. Nonetheless, the university is an astounding one!

1.  California Institute of Technology
At the number 1 spot in this list, we have the prestigious California Institute of Technology. Situated in California and falling under the category of private non-profitable university, it has a student to faculty ratio of 3:1 and an admission rate of 12.5% with 2,175 full-time students. It falls under the classification of research universities. The university has set a high bar standard for admission with the criteria for SAT score, Section Score (25/75) percentile, Critical Reading 700/780, Math 770/800 and Writing 710/780. The Engineering courses being offered are as follows:
Aerospace- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical- Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
The campus is a city in itself spreading over 124 acre area in Pasadena, almost 11 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The university’s faculty and alumni are distinguished members of the science societies and of the engineering world. There have been 31 recipients of Nobel Prize within its alumni. The university is considerate towards students and more than 90% are offered scholarship based on merit.

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