<p>I wish to know how is the undergradate programme rated at UW-Madison.How is the Electrical Engineering.As per the US News Purdue's rankings in Engineering programmes is better than Wisconasin.</p>
<p>UW is very good and good enough to get a good job with most firms in the US. The difference between UW and Purdue is minor. UW grads won three Nobel prizes for EE work on transistors and solid state circuits.</p>
<p>As an ECE graduate and friend of Purdue engineering alums, I could testify that the difference between two programs, if any, is generally negligible. The edge may actually go to "Wisconsin" for its institutional national and international reputation. </p>
<p>If you are admitted to either program, go for it and you will do just fine; if you need to decide between two, you already know my (biased) answer.</p>
<p>UW seems to meet (and exceed) my son's criteria. He wants to major in EE. Barrons said in a different thread that there is no engineering honors. Since UW is so big, I think being part of a smaller group with a common interest like engineering would be beneficial for S. I can't figure out if there is such a thing for engineering at UW. Is there an engineering house? We just started researching UW. I searched this forum for electrical engineering and didn't find much. Thanks for any replies.</p>
<p>He might room in dorms the first year with any old freshman, but since the engineering college is its own entity more or less, I'd be willing to bet all his good friends would come from the engineering college.</p>
<p>All his classes, give or take a few, would be taken at the EC, since the day you start at UW you start as an engineer and take those classes.</p>
<p>dallas will know more, though.</p>
<p>momhippo, glad your S likes UW College of Engineering. </p>
<p>First, UW honors system is optional, open to all and not segragate. Engineering departments are rolling out their own "Honors in Research" programs which usually require some minumum semesters of undergrad research, a senior thesis and high GPA. See <a href="http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/classes/honors.html%5B/url%5D">http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/classes/honors.html</a>. </p>
<p>For EE, pg 30 of <a href="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/current/undergrad/ee/EEAdvisingBookJuly2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/current/undergrad/ee/EEAdvisingBookJuly2006.pdf</a>
For Computer Engineering, see pg 20 of <a href="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/current/undergrad/cmpe/CMPEAdvisingBookJuly2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/current/undergrad/cmpe/CMPEAdvisingBookJuly2006.pdf</a></p>
<p>In addition, your son can participate in the honors programs in College of Letter & Science if you intend to double major in an L&S area (e.g. CS). </p>
<p>As for finding like-minded friends, that's should be least of the worry. The team projects during 1st year are very involved and tend to bring people together very quickly. I will encourage your son to get involved in at least one of the 60+ engineering student orgs (<a href="http://slc.engr.wisc.edu/)%5B/url%5D">http://slc.engr.wisc.edu/)</a>. There are hundreds more outside engineering! Faculty-directed indepedent research and student orgs are what make UW a lot smaller.</p>
<p>fndrplayer8 and dallas808, </p>
<p>It's nice to get replies. I was hoping for an engineering house since that might be quieter. The EE link for Honors in Research was broken, but the pdf file contained info on it and the curriculum that was very helpful. Thanks for your time.</p>
<p>I'm not going to be in the engineering college next year unfortunately :(</p>
<p>I wanted to double major in EE and Business Administration, but the Business School won't let me double major in anything besides a Liberal Arts study.</p>
<p>So I might do Business Administration and Computer Science instead.</p>
<p>I would've really preferred to do EE though, since it's MUCH more comprehensive.</p>
<p>Some tidbits on engineering and business placement this year.</p>
<p>momhippo- I presume you have a HS junior. Definitely spend time perusing all sorts of UW website subheadings. The engineering campus is at the west end of campus, however most freshman classes required for it will be L&S sciences so being at that end of campus is not critical freshman year. When the time comes, let your son research the various dorms and choose the ones he likes best based on all sorts of factors (look at the CC postings for UW for a lot of info and the UW Res Halls website). My son is a freshman in physics and L&S Honors, integrating honors students with the rest of the campus is good. Don't worry about the size of the campus, he'll find friends in the dorm, classes and any interests he has. He may want one of the lakeshore dorms, closer to the engineering and agriculture buildings, and my favorite from eons ago. Enjoy the search.</p>