<p>The lead story in the latest issue of Small Times, a magazine covering nanotechnology, reviews college undergraduate and graduate programs, facilities and commercialization in micro- and nanotechnology. The magazine conducted a survey among universities, asking them to name the top universities in various categories relating to micro- and nanotechnology including research, facilities, courses and programs.</p>
<p>The following are the universities whose names were mentioned as being among the top five in one or more categories. This was not a scientifically conducted survey, but inasmuch as it was based on peer reviews, should serve as a guide to which universities are currently considered to be the top tier of micro- and nanotechnology. This list is not given in any specific order, so there is no "number 1". You should consider all of these to be in the top tier at present, some for different reasons than others. </p>
<p>Note that in this field things can change rapidly. By the time you are ready for graduate school this list might (or might not) look quite different.</p>
<p>In no particular order:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
MIT
Michigan
Stanford
Georgia Tech
SUNY-Stony Brook
SUNY-Albany
Cornell
Lehigh
Northwestern
CalTech
Harvard
Maryland
Texas (Austin)
Minnesota
UC San Diego
North Carolina State
University of Cincinnati
Purdue
Carnegie-Mellon
Rice
RPI
Iowa State</p>
<p>Specifically for undergraduate education, at the moment (but expect others to rapidly add courses) the following have at least several courses in these fields:</p>
<p>Maryland, Cincinnati, Purdue, SUNY-Stony Brook, Texas (Austin), MIT, and UC San Diego.</p>