Get an Engineering Education Overseas
If you’re interested in pursuing an engineering degree, there are universities all over the world — from Atlanta to Shanghai — that offer a variety of engineering programs and produce top-notch research in engineering fields.
These are the top 10 Best Global Universities for Engineering, ranked by U.S. News based on academic research performance in the subject area.
10. Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta
Best Global Universities overall rank: 66
Fun fact: In a recent year, more than 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology‘s College of Engineering, according to the university’s website.
9. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Location: Shanghai
Best Global Universities overall rank: 138 (tie)
Fun fact: Shanghai Jiao Tong University runs a joint institute in Shanghai with the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor that offers engineering programs, with courses taught in English, per the SJTU website.
8. Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 3
Fun fact: Five of Stanford University‘s first 15 professors specialized in engineering, according to the school’s website. And a total of 141 of the university’s first 559 students studied engineering.
7. Harbin Institute of Technology
Location: Harbin, China
Best Global Universities overall rank: 303 (tie)
Fun fact: The Harbin Institute of Technology has around 20 academic divisions, including schools of civil engineering, energy science and engineering, and municipal and environmental engineering, according to the university’s website.
6. Nanyang Technological University
Location: Singapore
Best Global Universities overall rank: 74
Fun fact: In 2016-2017, around 10,500 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students were enrolled at Nanyang Technological University‘s College of Engineering, according to the university’s website.
5. Zhejiang University
Location: Hangzhou, China
Best Global Universities overall rank: 138 (tie)
Fun fact: Zhejiang University has several engineering-focused national research centers, including centers for optical instrumentation and electrohydraulic technology, according to the school’s website.
4. National University of Singapore
Location: Singapore
Best Global Universities overall rank: 50 (tie)
Fun fact: For students interested in both engineering and business, the National University of Singapore offers undergraduate double degree programs in engineering and business administration as well as engineering and economics, per the school’s website.
3. University of California–Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 4
Fun fact: The average starting salary of University of California–Berkeley engineering undergraduates who graduated in 2014 was $82,000, per data posted on the university’s website.
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 2
Fun fact: The School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the largest of the institution’s five schools. In 2016-2017, approximately half of the university’s total student body was studying at the school of engineering, according to the MIT website.
1. Tsinghua University
Location: Beijing
Best Global Universities overall rank: 57 (tie)
Fun fact: Academic divisions at Tsinghua University focused on engineering education include schools of aerospace engineering, civil engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and more, per the university’s website.
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