Georgia Institute of Technology 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 |
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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 current 2008 rankings put the industrial engineering program as the best in the nation and the school of aerospace engineering as second.[5] The current 2011 rankings put the biomedical engineering graduate program as second in the nation.[6]
Programs, departments and schools
- Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering[7]
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering[8]
- H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Facilities
The offices of the College of Engineering are located on the third floor of Tech Tower.
References
- 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.
- ↑ Gary May Named Dean of the College of Engineering
- ↑ College of Engineering Facts-at-a-glance: Faculty
- 1 2 Office of Institutional Research & Planning: Facts and Figures: Enrollment by College
- ↑ "U.S. News Releases 2009 Undergraduate Rankings". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- ↑ "U.S. News Releases 2011 Graduate Rankings". Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ↑ http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/
- ↑ http://www.ece.gatech.edu/
External links
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Coordinates: 33°46′20″N 84°23′41″W / 33.772356°N 84.394838°W