<p>I'm currently looking at many school's engineering programs and I'm thinking about applying to this school, but I was wondering how competitive this program is. I'm thinking about majoring in biomedical or chemical engineering, and though my GPA and SAT scores meet the average standards, the engineering program might have a higher standard.</p>
<p>How good is Minnesota's engineering?</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure about their Biomed. but the Chem. Eng. is ranked usually top 3/5 in the nation. Therefore it’s definitely a great program.</p>
<p>Engineering at UMN is top-notch. The Institute of Technology (the college that is home to the engineering majors at the U of M) is arguably the hardest to get into, and as jotajota said, Chem Engineering is one of the top 5 in the nation, and sometimes ranked number 1. </p>
<p>The U of M has a number highly ranked programs, including business, medical fields, biology, political science, etc… but the engineering there is maybe even the best of those. If you want chem or biomedical engineering, you can’t go wrong with Minnesota!</p>
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IMO, ChemE is great.
But…other Engr majors are not so outstanding…
And IT is not really a famous college of Engineering.
Come here for the ChemE program is a good choice.</p>
<p>Like the other posters have said, the U’s chemE program is fantastic. Almost always top 5 in the country (4th this last year, behind only MIT, Cal-Berkeley, and UW-Madison). </p>
<p>Other than that, it’s engineering program is solid, but not spectacular. I believe the engineering department as a whole is usually ranked around 25th in the country.</p>
<p>Chem Engg is world class, other engg departments are pretty good and represent outstanding overall value for those paying in-state tuition . If you will be paying OOS tuition and if you put a lot of emphasis on rankings, IMHO perhaps University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan Ann Arbor and even University of Wisconsin Madison might be better options in general (their Chem Engg is comparable too).</p>
<p>UIUC and UMich are much more expensive than the U.</p>
<p>U of M’s engineering programs are top notch no doubt, but that’s not going to do you much good at the undergrad level. If you graduate from a grad engineering program at the U of M, no one’s going to doubt your credential. But, if you do undergrad there, trying to compete with undergrads at MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, Cornell, etc. for elite jobs would be a waste of time.</p>