What is each Big Ten university known for?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I would argue that Purdue should also be mentioned along with Illinois and Wisconsin for engineering prestige</p>

<p>and in engineering Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Northwestern (as well as Michigan) aren’t far from each other so there is no clear “leader”</p>

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<p>Michigan’s a great school and one of the nation’s top universities; I don’t know why it gets the CC bashing that it does.</p>

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<p>Michigan’s a fantastic school and I don’t get the bashing either. I’m just stating that Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, and Northwestern are are at the top (just below Berkeley, Stanford and MIT) for engineering</p>

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<p>Fair enough. I’m not an engineer so I don’t go all engineering-centric in ratings :-)</p>

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<p>If we want to rate best Big Ten engineering, the list would go like this:</p>

<ol>
<li>Illinois</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
</ol>

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<p>I don’t understand why Penn State doesn’t get any engineering love (or any love in general, for that matter).</p>

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<p>I think it’s because most people forget that Penn State is a part of the Big Ten.</p>

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<p>How is Northwestern a more prestigious engineering school than UW Madison? National Academy of Engineering Members? Rankings? Research $?</p>

<p>I’d move NW to 5.</p>

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<p>You’ll have to ask Sam Lee :-). Quick, someone PM him!</p>

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<p>The difference between #1 and #7 Engineering program in the Big 10 is pretty small. 3 are ranked in the top 10 and the other 4 are ranked between #11 and #20. I think UIUC and Michigan are the top 2, closely followed by Purdue. NU and Wisconsin are right behind Purdue and PSU and Minnesota are almost as good as NU and Wisconsin.</p>

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<p>“Can you rank the Big 10 for the following :-”</p>

<p>Sure, I will give it a shot</p>

<p>“1)Undergrad in Mechanical Eng”</p>

<p>Michigan and UIUC are about the same, very closely followed by Purdue.</p>

<p>“2)Internships”
Any of the top Engineering programs in the Big 10 will be strong here. </p>

<p>“3)National and International prestige”</p>

<p>Michigan and NU nationally, and Wisconsin joins those two internationally.</p>

<p>“4)Amount of generous scholarships given to international students”</p>

<p>The Big 10 is not known for its generosity toward international students.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot people </p>

<p>I am not that great of a student . I am looking at selectivity as well . so can you people rank on that as well ? </p>

<p>If u people are interested in helping me out :-</p>

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<p>Hold on there! Michigan State certainly does have a fine Ag school, one of the best in the nation. But then so do Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, and Penn State. In fact, the only Big Ten schools that don’t have top-ranked Ag schools are schools that don’t have Ag schools at all: Michigan (it’s at Michigan State), Indiana (it’s at Purdue), Northwestern, and Iowa (it’s at Iowa State).</p>

<p>As for nuclear engineering, others may have a better sense of the lay of the land, but Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State, and Penn State all have nuclear engineering programs and as these are all excellent engineering schools overall, I suspect they’re no slouches at nuclear engineering, either.</p>

<p>I’ll give you packaging, though. MSU has long been a standout in packaging.</p>

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<p>You left out Wisconsin. Michigan and Wisconsin have two of the best nuclear engineering programs in the country. And you are right about the Big Ten having some of the best programs in this field.</p>

<p>Btw, I don’t remember if MSU even offers nuclear engineering.</p>

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<p>Yes indeed on UW.</p>

<p>[UW-Madison</a> to play key role in nuclear energy’s comeback (June 11, 2009)](<a href=“http://www.news.wisc.edu/16811]UW-Madison”>UW-Madison to play key role in nuclear energy’s comeback)</p>

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<p>Minnesota is great for chemical engineering</p>

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<p>About FRIB</p>

<p>The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will be a new National User Facility for nuclear science, funded by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Physics (NP) and operated by Michigan State University (MSU). FRIB will cost approximately $600 million to establish and take about a decade for MSU to design and build.</p>

<p>The new facility will provide intense beams of rare isotopes (that is, short-lived nuclei not normally found on Earth). FRIB will provide scientists critical information about the properties of these rare isotopes in order to better understand the origin of the elements and the evolution of the cosmos. </p>

<p>In a November 2002 article, Science magazine neatly summed up the overarching question that motivates most rare isotope research this way: “We are all made of starstuff,” wrote journalist Charles Seife. “The big bang created hydrogen, helium, and a little bit of lithium and other light atoms. But everything else–the carbon, oxygen, and other elements that make up animals, plants, and Earth itself–was made by stars. The problem is that physicists aren’t quite sure how stars did it.” </p>

<p>The plan to establish FRIB has been the subject of numerous studies and assessments within DOE and by independent parties such as the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Science. They have concluded that such a U.S. facility is a vital part of the U.S. nuclear science portfolio needed to complement existing and planned international efforts, will provide capabilities unmatched elsewhere, and should be a high priority for the United States.</p>

<p>*Facility Design: <a href=“http://www.frib.msu.edu/files/images/FRIB_layout.preview.jpg[/url]”>http://www.frib.msu.edu/files/images/FRIB_layout.preview.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Source: [FRIB:</a> About FRIB](<a href=“http://frib.msu.edu/about]FRIB:”>FRIB | Facility for Rare Isotope Beams | Michigan State University)</p>

<p>--------------------------------- #1 in Nuclear Physics!!! Go State!!! lol</p>

<p>FRIB Project Receives CD-1 Approval
9/8/10</p>

<p>Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer, DOE Office of Science Deputy Director for Science Programs, approved Critical Decision 1 (CD-1) for FRIB this morning following a meeting of the DOE-SC Energy Systems Acquisition Advisory Board. The approval of CD-1 establishes the preferred alternative (see figure) and cost/schedule range for the project. </p>

<p>With CD-1 received, the FRIB Project can enter the second budget period of the Cooperative Agreement on Oct. 1 and proceed with Preliminary Design in FY2011/2012 at an anticipated cost of $55 million.</p>

<p>Source: [FRIB:</a> FRIB Project Receives CD-1 Approval](<a href=“http://frib.msu.edu/news/2010/frib-project-receives-cd-1-approval]FRIB:”>http://frib.msu.edu/news/2010/frib-project-receives-cd-1-approval)</p>

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<p>Big state schools, mediocre academics (Michigan/NW exception), good athletics, cold weather climates, and middle american mentalities.</p>

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<p>informative, there are no “mediocre” universities in the Big 10. They are all ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation. Other than Michigan and Northwestern, one can easily include UIUC and Wisconsin among the best universities in the nation.</p>

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<p>I think what informative meant was that since the public schools where he/she is from are mediocre, he/she assumes that most B10 schools are mediocre as well.</p>