<p>Is so, what are the rankings?</p>
<p>the university of chicago does not have an engineering school</p>
<p>Wait, so you only want to know the rankings IF there's NO engineering program at the school? Your sentence confuses m- Oh ****, rickroll'd! <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0%5B/url%5D">http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0</a></p>
<p>oh noooo... not rickrolling! :O</p>
<p>there's no engineering program...but i've heard recently that there's been a huge push to get engineering in the math department because some students are frustrated with theoretical math...and maybe an engineering program will be started in the nearby future</p>
<p>I received an MBA from UC after earning engineering degrees at two other schools. I cannot imagine UC ever establishing an engineering program -- and certainly not in the "nearby future." An engineering program would be completely out-of-whack with the cherished liberal arts core curriculum that makes The College such a unique experience. Also, it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to start an engineering program from scratch. (Just look at Olin!)</p>
<p>There's no reason for students to be "frustrated with theoretical math" (except for one or two very basic theory/proof classes that every math major at any college anywhere would probably have to take). At UC they can focus on applied math if they want to and earn a "BS in Applied Math." In fact, UC’s math department is more widely known for its applied math and financial math (another specialty) programs than for pure (theoretical) math.</p>
<p>the version of the rumor that I heard was that <em>if</em> the U of C were to start an engineering program, it would be along the lines molecular engineering... so, still more or less "theoretical"</p>
<p>...and even if the major is introduced, it won't be for a few more years.</p>
<p>There actually is some real talk about developing a molecular engineering program at Chicago to tie in with research being done at the Medical School. I think that that really will happen in the near future, but other types of engineering programs are most unlikely.</p>
<p>"molecular engineering" has only a word in its name in common with other more traditional kinds of engineering.</p>
<p>It is as engineering related as "social engineering" is.</p>
<p>This disturbs me. </p>
<p>"In fact, UC’s math department is more widely known for its applied math and financial math (another specialty) programs than for pure (theoretical) math."</p>
<p>This is precisely the opposite of everything I've heard -- well, not exactly. Chicago is VERY well respected for pure mathematics, but that its math department frowns on applied math. </p>
<p>I don't know, but I really like its lack of an engineering program.</p>
<p>Agreed with everything arkleseizure said. Chicago is known for pure mathematics, not for applied mathematics.</p>
<p>Chicago is known mostly for pure math, but it is a world leader in financial mathematics alongside Princeton, Berkeley, Oxford and the Courant Institute, which is a very prestigious and high paying field. </p>
<p>The molecular engineering program is going to come to fruition, but it will be just another Biological Sciences Division initiative and not the basis for a de novo engineering school. As JHU has demonstrated, applied biology programs can very well pay for themselves in terms of research royalties. Further, a lot of the PhD students, which will be the only students in the program, will be able rely on funding from the federal government to cover their research costs.</p>
<p>My highschool uses the UChicago math textbooks (except not in AP Calc). :) So obviously the math department is pretty good. I don't know anything other than that.</p>
<p>I was at (President) Zimmer's speech in which he talked about engineering at UChicago, and he basically said that the chemists are grumbling about not having engineers around due to the nature of most cutting-edge science today. He made some vague remarks about how he would attempt to remedy the situation. This hardly means that UChicago is going to have an engineering department in the near future.</p>