<p>Which one?
Got into both schools for engineering.
Location doesn’t matter.
Student body makeup doesn’t matter.
Which is the better school for engineering. Or, which would you go to?</p>
<p>I’d personally go to Davis if those were my two options, but that’s mainly because I like the campus atmosphere there better. They’re both closely ranked for engineering, and rankings don’t mean too much if they’re that close. I definitely recommend visiting both if you haven’t. It’s very hard to tell if you like a school or not if you don’t visit.</p>
<p>UC Davis is better. I heard that UCI isn’t that great for engineering.</p>
<p>There isnt much difference. For these 2 schools for engineering, I recommend you to choose the one that better fits your personality, your interests, and financial circumstances if any :)</p>
<p>I would recommend for you to just wait a little longer to see if you get CAL, LA. and if you are definitely going to stick with engineering, consider UCSD too. =]</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I’ll take it into consideration :D</p>
<p>USNWR ranks them about the same. I’ve heard better things about Irvine for engineering.</p>
<p>Actually, the 2010 USNWR undergraduate engineering rankings has Davis at #34 (tied with UC Santa Barbara) and Irvine at #45.</p>
<p>Actually, USNWR doesn’t rank undergrad programs, so I’m not sure what you’re referring to.</p>
<p>It does rank grad programs, on the other hand. In those rankings, Davis is 33 and Irvine is 35. SB is 18.</p>
<p>Davis for engineering</p>
<p>Actually, USNWR doesn’t rank undergrad programs, so I’m not sure what you’re referring to.</p>
<p>Actually, they do: [Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/engineering]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/engineering)</p>
<p>The full lists are available on CC.</p>
<p>Irvine for the fact its so close, to large engineering companies such as Boeing, intel, JPL and other ones. In engineering what your going to want is Internships, hands own practice. Davis is great for agriculture stuff since its close to farmlands. </p>
<p>Book stuff is alright, but for engineering experience is everything.</p>
<p>Academically, Davis is better. Both will have connections to industry, those connections can be treated as the same for both Irvine and Davis.</p>
<p>Its strange UCSB has managed to be ranked higher than Irvine. Irvine and Davis have historically been ranked higher in Civil and Mechanical engineering than UCSB.
[NRC</a> Rankings in Mechanical Eng](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area26.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Mechanical Eng)
[NRC</a> Rankings in Civil Eng](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area22.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Civil Eng)
Maybe that school is finally turning around from when I applied to college.</p>
<p>The Henry Samueli (Founder of Broadcom) school of engineering has a better reputation than Davis’ school of eng. Big companies like Raytheon, northrop grumman, boeing, broadcom,rockwell, JPL, IBM, Chevron hire mainly from UCi. On top of that UCI has a really good MAE program.They are even developing a satellite which will be launched pretty soon. This program along the ICS and Bio programs are targeted to become the top programs in the nation. UCD might look better in ranks, but once you are in the field, then you realize that things are different. Plus UCI is in the OC.</p>
<p>^Oh so those companies don’t really hire people from other universities? I have trouble believing that.</p>
<p>I agree with KingsElite, I doubt those companies will only hire from UCI. They probably do not “hire mainly” from UCI. I’m sure they must hire some people from there, but mainly from there? Probably not… since they probably prefer people from CAL, CALTech, and Stanford. (I know I would at least.) As for reputation, I think thats more of a personal preference based thing. </p>
<p>I’m sure anyone worth being an engineer will do great wherever they attend.</p>
<p>Not all, but at least the ones at the university research park do.</p>
<p>[Broadcom.com</a> - University of California Irvine](<a href=“http://www.broadcom.com/careers/ur/uci.php]Broadcom.com”>http://www.broadcom.com/careers/ur/uci.php)</p>
<p>Well if you want to work at Broadcom then there’s your answer.</p>
<p>[Broadcom.com</a> - University of California Los Angeles](<a href=“http://www.broadcom.com/careers/ur/ucla.php]Broadcom.com”>http://www.broadcom.com/careers/ur/ucla.php)</p>
<p>According to the link provided:
UC Irvine FAQs</p>
<p>" How do UC Irvine alumni compare to your other employees?</p>
<p>… UC Irvine ranks number two in terms of number of university alumni employed by Broadcom."</p>
<p>"Why does Broadcom choose to recruit engineering and computer science graduates from UC Irvine?</p>
<p>… Broadcom’s proximity to the University is also an advantage for our internship and full-time programs, since there are fewer relocation issues. " </p>
<p>According to the UCLA link:
UCLA FAQs</p>
<p>" How do UCLA alumni compare to your other employees?</p>
<p>… UCLA ranks number one in terms of number of university alumni employed by Broadcom."</p>
<p>While UCI maybe a preference to Broadcom, what if someone from UCLA with equal qualifications was to show-up for the same interview? They’d probably hire the person from UCLA instead. It sounds like their preference for Irvine is only due to it’s close proximity to the campus.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s just because of proximity, it is the sum many different things, such as quality, previous employees, and the fact that the benefactor, the owner of Broadcom, donated to both schools.</p>