UT Austin Engineering Rankings

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is one of the best ranked institutions for engineering programs in the US.

International Rankings:

- 70th in the world in the 2008 world university ranking published by the Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds.
- 39th globally in the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China).
- 10th in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2009.
- 27th in the Newsweek ranking of top 100 global universities.

Engineering Ranking Achievements:

- In the US News & World Report 2009 graduate school rankings, it is ranked 11th overall for its graduate engineering programs, tied with University of California, San Diego. It is also rated highly for the following specialties:

• 1st in petroleum
  
• 4th in civil
  
• 4th in environmental/environmental health
  
• 8th in aerospace
  
• 8th in chemical
  
• 9th in computer engineering
  
• 10th in mechanical

- In the 2009 US News Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Undergraduate engineering specialties rankings, it is ranked highly in the following disciplines:

• 4th in Civil
  
• 7th in Chemical
  
• 7th in Environmental/Environmental Health
  
• 8th in Computer Engineering
  
• 10th in Mechanical
  
• 19th in Biological Engineering

- 6th globally in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences, according to the 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Broad Subject Fields.

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