UC Berkeley College of Engineering ranked 3rd nationwide

The latest U.S. News and World Report survey ranked the UC Berkeley College of Engineering third nationwide out of more than 200 graduate engineering schools March 17.

All of the specialty schools within the College of Engineering, including the department of bioengineering, the department of civil and environmental engineering and the department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, were also ranked within the top five in their respective fields.

“It’s a testament to the excellence of our faculty, students and staff,” said Mark Stacey, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department. “That culture of connecting the world-leading research to the classroom is what sets us apart.”

According to the U.S. News and World Report website, school rankings factor in data from four categories: quality assessment, student selectivity, faculty resources and research.

Sanjay Kumar, a campus professor and the computer science vs computer engineering department chair, said the campus’s rankings indicate that its peers think highly of the work the campus is doing.