<p>Hello everyone ...... I'm Saif ..... I'm new on this website and i would like you to help me :</p>
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<li>What are the best 15 universities in civil engineering (academically) throughout the world ??? Plz Reply !</li>
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<p>I don’t know about the rest of the world, CE as a specialty, or # 11-15, but here is U.S. News’ Top 10 list of American universities for Engineering:</p>
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<li> Massachusetts Institute of Technology</li>
<li> Stanford University</li>
<li> University of California- Berkeley</li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology</li>
<li> University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign</li>
<li> Purdue University - West Lafayette</li>
<li> University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University</li>
<li> University of Southern California (Viterbi)</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology</li>
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<p>Here is another set of ratings specifically for civil engineering (from US News):
1 - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
2 - California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo
3 - United States Military Academy
4 - Cooper Union
5 - Bucknell University
6 - Harvey Mudd College
7 - Virginia Military Institute
8 - Manhattan College
9 - The Citadel
10 - Villanova University</p>
<p>I highly recommend Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology, it’s a small school so you get personal attention from professors and recruits are highly sought after in the US</p>
<p>GAdad, that’s the general graduate engineering rank.</p>
<p>Here is the current USNWR undergrad civil engineering rank:
Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate engineering specialties: Civil</p>
<p>1 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
2 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
4 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA
7 Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
7 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
10 Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX</p>
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<p>Thanks everyone for the replies …</p>
<p>Pierre 0913:: Are you sure about Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ??? I checked their website … their requirments are kind of low … which confused me , how can a highly - recommended college or university with strong academics have such low requirements???</p>
<p>Saifoo, Erin’s rankings (and consequently, Pierre’s remark) in post #3 are for undergraduate programs at Engineering schools whose highest degree is a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. UCBChemGrad’s rankings in post #5 are for undergraduate programs at Engineering schools whose highest degree is a Doctorate. The former are not quite as consistantly strong and definitely do not offer the depth and breadth of academic offerings whereas the latter are more consistantly excellent and offer a wealth of courses and research opportunities to undergrads. </p>
<p>This said, I am not sure I see your point about admissions criteria. A program’s quality is almost always predicated by the quality of its faculty and by the effectiveness and complexity of its curriculum. Among the smaller programs, Rose Hulman, Cal Poly, West Point, Cooper Union, Harvey Mudd and Bucknell are all excellent. All of the programs on UCBCehm’s post are also excellent.</p>
<p>IIT would definitely be up there somewhere.</p>
<p>saifooo3, Rose-Hulman is a very well known engineering school to engineers in the United States (not as much internationally though), it’s a very rigorous program, a lot of work is expected of you, the school is up there with the MIT’s, Stanford and UC-Berkeley’s</p>
<p>another college that I recommend is Harvey Mudd College for undergraduate study, it’s the rival school of Caltech in California and is probably the hardest engineering school to get an A at due to the tough work (about 48-64 hours of homework a week) and grade deflation, also the small size makes it easy to get involved in projects with professors</p>
<p>Does Rose Hulman have a good international reputation ?</p>
<p>I would not recommend Rose Hulman to international students. Roughly 10 international students enroll into Rose Hulman each year, so in a school with close to 2,000 students, only 50 are international. That’s 2%, which is pretty low considering its size. Most elite universities with strong international reputations have anywhere from 500-5,000 international students enrolled at any point in time. With so few international students and alums, it is unlikely that Rose Hulman will be able to further its reputation internationally.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is that Rose Hulman is 80% male. If it were located in a major city like Chicago or LA or NYC, that could be ok, but Rose Hulman is located in Terre Haute, a small rural town in Indiana. At least there is ISU also located in Terre Haute, so I suppose there are options, but it is something to consider.</p>
<p>good point Alexandre, what about Harvey Mudd College for an international student?</p>
<p>HMC is part of the Claremont colleges, so it is in a better position, but even then, internationally, HMC is not as well known as schools like Cal, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgia Tech, MIT, Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue, Rice, Stanford, UIUC, UT-Austin and Wisconsin-Madison…to name a few.</p>
<p>hmm well the question I have for the OP is: where are you planning to go after college? back to your native country? or are you staying in the US for the long-haul?</p>
<p>If you are going back overseas, I’d say don’t go to HMC or Rose-Hulman. But if you are planning on staying in the US, other than MIT, HMC, Rose-Hulman are excellent schools to look at.</p>
<p>UIUC is a monster at Civil engineering. Forget MIT.</p>
<p>Phead, MIT is MIT. It is THE #1 Engineering university on Earth! And its Civil Engineering program is always ranked among the top 3 or 4 in the nation.</p>
<p>Yes, I was waitlisted at MIT… I know :(</p>
<p>MIT seems to be a one-size-fits-all solution to any school related question regarding engineering.</p>
<p>1) not realistic to get in
2) there are schools out there that are as good or better than MIT in Civil. I’m surprised only Alexandre posted UIUC on this discussion apart from myself of course. :(</p>
<p>I would suggest public schools like UT, Texas A&M, Iowa State, MIT, IIT, UC-B, Georgia Tech, and Purdue. I wouldn’t study engineering at a private school…but that’s just me.</p>
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<p>You are aware that you posted two private schools there, right?</p>