<p>How good is Rice engineering compared to that of GaTech, Berkeley, UCSD, Duke, UIUC, and UCLA...particularly in biomed engineering and civil engineering. It seems as though Rice gets good scores for overall school, yet very few of their engineering majors are in top 10 rankings.</p>
<p>Also, please only consider undergraduate education.</p>
<p>When you say they aren't in the top 10, you're talking about rankings of their graduate programs, yes? While Rice is a research university, it's small and it's mainly focused on undergrads--that's why those graduate rankings which you refer to are not in the top 10.</p>
<p>Also, I think the common perception is that Rice's strongest offerings in "regular" academic fields (not including music and architecture) are in the fields of engineering and science.</p>
<p>yea...ok. I've been reading some posts and they say for undergrad, not to pay so much attention to the specific programs than as to the overall rank. However, might that suggestion be refering to less specialized majors than the various engineering subsets?</p>
<p>I'd be happy to hear some more comments on both of my questions, and this post is also to act as a bump :)</p>
<p>So your'e saying "Yes, Rice does have strong engineering"?</p>
<p>Yes. I hesitate to say too much, because I'm definitely not qualified to comment on those two engineering specialties at so many schools, but I think Rice has as good a reputation for undergraduate engineering as any of the schools you've listed.</p>
<p>thanks...i wont hang on to your every word, but thanks for the insight</p>
<p>bump bump bump bump</p>
<p>Two sons and one son-in-law graduated recently from GaTech, Duke and Rice, 2 biomedical (Rice and Duke) and 1 mechanical (GT). For quality of undergraduate instruction, general academic environment, and opportunities for undergraduate research, I would put Rice at the head of the class.</p>
<p>wow cool...that post was awesome lol...a humdinger</p>
<p>My s turned down Ga Tech to attend Rice, where he is a rising senior (Mech. Engineering major). He has gotten a great education, wonderful, highly paid internships and is already being interviewed for fulltime jobs after graduation. You will love Rice.</p>
<p>Another asset that Rice has with respect to biomedical engineering is its close proximity to the Texas Medical Center (right across the street), which encompasses 13 hospitals and 2 medical schools. The research opportunities for undergrads at Rice are incredible, and Rice currently has a Collaborative Research Center under construction that will house labs and office space for Rice's BME department and Texas Medical Center initiatives. <a href="http://collaborativeresearchcenter.org/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://collaborativeresearchcenter.org/index.html</a> It's definitely an exciting place to study BME.</p>