<p>What are US's top 10 engineering school (in order please)? I am planning to major in engineering (astrophysics or nuclear physics, possibly) university. Also, is Oxford strong in engineering? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>I think Cambridge beats Oxford in Engineering.</p>
<p>US News 2006 rankings:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University, University of California - Berkeley
4. California Institute of Technology, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
6. Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
8. Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Purdue University</p>
<p>Actually Flavian, I would say Cambridge and Oxford are about on a par for Engineering. Some tables have Oxford higher for engineering, some Cambridge.</p>
<p>If prestige is to be an added consideration, Oxford wins.</p>
<p>Cornell is strong in enineering and astrophysics. Cornell runs the Aricebo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. However, I don't think Cornell offers a major called astrophysics. It has astronimy but not astrophysics.</p>
<p>The following have majors called astrophysics:
Berkeley
Yale
Northwestern
Harvard
Williams
U of Michigan
Princeton
Columbia
Swarthmore
Rice</p>
<p>Northwestern also has a major called nuclear physics.</p>
<p>It may be possible to study astrophysics or nuclear physics at a university that does not have a major by that name through the physics department or astronomy department.</p>
<p>RE: Astronomy vs Astrophysics</p>
<p>They are the SAME thing!! Some schools call it astronomy, some call it astrophysics... there is a VERY MINOR distinction between what people call themselves: "astronomer" generally refers to people who used telescopes to carry out observations, whereas "astrophysicist" generally refers to people who used theory/physics to explain what astronomers see.</p>
<p>But regarding what the department/major/degree is called, it is all the EXACT same thing. </p>
<p>Another point: at many schools, astro is NOT a separate program, but a subfield of physics...</p>