Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering

College of Engineering
Type Public
Established 1885[1]
Dean Gary S. May[2]
Academic staff
 398[3]
Undergraduates 8,076[4]
Postgraduates 3,835[4]
Location Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Website www.coe.gatech.edu

The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology provides formal education and research in more than 10 fields of engineering, including aerospace, chemical, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial, mechanical, materials engineering, biomedical, and biomolecular engineering, plus polymer, textile, and fiber engineering. The College of Engineering is the oldest college of the Institute, existing from the inception of Georgia Tech.[1]

History

The history of the College of Engineering spans more than 125 years, since the founding of Georgia Tech.[1] Beginning with classes for mechanical engineering in 1888, the College of Engineering has evolved into separate Schools for more than 10 fields of engineering.[1]

Rankings

The College of Engineering is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as fourth within the United States. The 2008 rankings put the industrial engineering program as the best in the nation and the school of aerospace engineering as second.[5] The 2011 rankings put the biomedical engineering graduate program as second in the nation.[6]

Programs, departments and schools

Georgia Tech's School of Mechanical Engineering

Facilities

The offices of the College of Engineering are located on the third floor of Tech Tower.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "College of Engineering - History" (year-by-year description), College of Engineering, 2006, Georgia Institute of Technology, CoE.GaTech.edu webpage: GaTech-CoE-History.
  2. ↑ "Gary May Named Dean of the College of Engineering". gatech.edu.
  3. ↑ "College of Engineering Facts-at-a-glance: Faculty". gatech.edu.
  4. 1 2 Office of Institutional Research & Planning: Facts and Figures: Enrollment by College Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "U.S. News Releases 2009 Undergraduate Rankings". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  6. ↑ "U.S. News Releases 2011 Graduate Rankings". Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  7. ↑ "Home - Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering". www.chbe.gatech.edu.
  8. ↑ "School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology". www.ece.gatech.edu.

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