Iowa State University (ISU) is a top ranking public land-grant and space-grant research university located in the state of Iowa, United States.
ISU consists of the following colleges: Agriculture and Life Sciences; Business; Design; Engineering; Human Sciences; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Veterinary Medicine.
Notable ISU alumni include: Lauro Cavazos (former U.S. Secretary of Education), Luis Ernesto Derbez (former Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Economics), Charles Boynton Knapp (former president, University of Georgia), Lee Teng-hui (former President of Republic of China, Taiwan), Sally Pederson (former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa), etc.
University Rankings:
- Iowa State University is ranked 94th among Tier 1 National Universities (USNWR 2011).
- Rated 39th (up from 40th in previous year) among best national public universities, and 88th (up from 89th) in the "Best National Universities" category (US News & World Report 2010). And, for the eighth straight year, the magazine has included Iowa State's learning communities among its "Programs to Look For".
- 56th globally in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (Jan 2010).
- Iowa State University is ranked 222nd in the world for Engineering & IT (QS World University Rankings™ 2009).
- Placed among the world's top 200 institutions (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009).
- Iowa State University is tied for 23rd with Arizona State University, Tempe among public universities' engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate, and 38th overall for its engineering program (U.S. News 2009 "America's Best Colleges" annual rankings).
- Iowa State University is placed among the world's top 300 universities in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings (Ranked 276th in 2007, 289th in 2008).
- 36th in the US News ranking of Best Graduate Chemistry Programs (2008).
- 81st in the NRC Rankings in Pharmacology Doctoral Programs (2007).
- The economic department is ranked 1st among the top 25 ag economics programs in the world (econphd.net, 2005).
- According to the Academy of Management Journal , Iowa State's marketing department is ranked 4th nationally for programs without a Ph.D. program.
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In UK there are some newspaper rankings published every year by The Times Online, The Daily Telegraph, The BBC's Student Guide, The Complete Guide and The Guardian. In Australia the Good Universities Guide rating is a very useful handbook for anyone choosing a tertiary institution.
For more information please see University Ranking by Country.
For more information please see University Ranking by Country.
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