<p>I want to do ChemE and money is not an issue. What are your opinions of their programs? What benefits and disadvantages? Which would you choose and why?</p>
<p>I visited both and USC definitely has a much nicer campus. Both schools have pretty equivalent academics, you should just base it off which seems like the best fit for you.</p>
<p>I have been to both and prefer the UM environment on and off campus.</p>
<p>I also have been to both and I much prefer Michigan to USC.</p>
<p>FWIW (and some people would say it’s not worth much) one rating system has UMich’s Chem E ranked in the top 20 and USC not ranked.</p>
<p>UMich has one of the top engineering schools in the nation (I believe it’s ranked #6) so from an academic standpoint, it would be a very good choice for you. However, USC is also an amazing school so I think it has to come down to what’s right for you. For example, do you prefer public or private? Cold or warm weather? A college town or a big city? I can tell you that when I applied to college, USC was one of my top choices because it is a relatively big & diverse private school, the campus is gorgeous, academics are pretty amazing, and it’s in Cali (which I can only imagine offers more job prospects than Michigan). However, both are great schools and you can’t go wrong with either:)</p>
<p>You can only imagine incorrectly. I’d bet recruiting at UM from firms across the US and internationally is much stronger.</p>
<p>GoldOwl makes some good points. A couple of small corrections if I may.</p>
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<li><p>Michigan may be public, but it does not look it. The student body is far more geographically diverse than that at most public universities and has more in common demographically with private universities than with public universities. Also, the university has resources that rival even the wealthier private university.</p></li>
<li><p>Although California is larger than Michigan, I am not sure the LA area provides much more in way of professional placement. Not that it matters since Michigan is a large university with extremely strong Engineering and Business programs, attracting a very large number of recruiters on campus.</p></li>
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<p>Overall, however, I agree that USC is also excellent, and I recommend choosing based on personal preference.</p>
<p>U of M has top-notch engineering facilities & is an overall fantastic university. The city of Ann Arbor is a great college town, placement is very high for engineering students, and school spirit is really strong. You couldn’t go wrong.</p>
<p>Both are great universities. Go with where you want to live and work after college.</p>
<p>If anything on the west -> USC for sure. Lots of good companies recruit from there.
If anything in midwest and east, go with Michigan.</p>
<p>Michigan engineering is on a separate campus…bus ride away</p>
<p>UCSF, the defacto medical school of UCB, requires a car or subway ride, with a transfer. ;-)</p>
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Internationally based companies don’t typically have on-campus recruiting schedules at American universities LOL!</p>
<p>@goldenboy8784, that’s just blatantly false. </p>
<p>I would agree with what several other posters have said, UM is likely to have a greater recruiting opportunities.</p>
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It shows you know nothing about engineering or global companies.</p>
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True if you only want an entry-level process engineering job. Not true at all if you are interested in more lucrative engineering opportunities. Michigan has stronger industrial connections and a much stronger (undergrad and grad) alumni network in engineering.</p>
<p>UCBChemEGrad, international engineering firms with U.S. offices will recruit locally for American talent but they’re not going to have resume drops for engineering positions in Singapore or Malaysia or something. They would recruit locally for talent there.</p>
<p>The engineering landscape is pretty flat with regards to prestige anyway. Besides Stanford and MIT, won’t make a huge difference if you’re an engineer at Arizona State or UMich. Its a very in-demand field.</p>
<p>“Internationally based companies don’t typically have on-campus recruiting schedules at American universities LOL!”</p>
<p>Sure they do goldenboy, only they usually recruit at US universities for jobs in the US. Even then, some internationally based companies recruit on-campus at American universities for jobs back in their country of origin. Below is a list of companies that recruit on campus at Michigan, to name a few:</p>
<p>Barclays (United Kingdom)
BASF (Germany)
BMW (Germany)
British Petroleum (United Kingdom)
Deutsche Bank (Germany)
Ericsson (Sweden)
Honda (Japan)
HSBC Bank (United Kingdom)
L’Oreal (France)
Mercedez-Benz (Germany)
Mitsubishi (Japan)
Samsung (Korea)
Schlumberger (France)
Schneider Electric (France)
Shell (Netherlands)
TATA (India)
Toyota (Japan)
UBS (Switzerland)
Unilever (United Kingdom)</p>
<p>It should be noted that Michigan is not unique in this regard. I am sure USC also attracts many international firms.</p>
<p>“Michigan engineering is on a separate campus…bus ride away”</p>
<p>Although that statement is correct, it should be noted that it is a University bus, that it is free, that is very frequent (leaves every 5 minutes) and that it is very close (10-15 minutes). It is obviously not ideal, but it is certainly easily manageable.</p>