George R. Brown School of Engineering
Students
- 751 undergraduates (Fall 2005)
- 500 graduate students (Fall 2005)
- Small classes averaging 20 students
- 60 percent of students participate in research
- In fall 2004, 55 percent of entering freshmen engineers were in the top 5 percent of their high school graduating classes
- About 30 percent of engineering students are women
Faculty
- 103 faculty members (Fall 2005)
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Materials Science
- Master of Arts
- Master of Science
- Master of Chemical Engineering
- Master of Civil Engineering
- Master of Computer Science
- Master of Electrical Engineering
- Master of Mechanical Engineering
- Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Departments
- Bioengineering
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Computer Science
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Statistics
Graduate programs
- Biosciences and Biotechnology
- Environmental Issues
- Information Technology
- Nanotechnology
Interdisciplinary graduate programs
- Applied Physics
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Environmental Analysis and Decision Making
- Nanoscale Physics
- Subsurface Geoscience
- Cooperative programs in computational biology and an MD/PhD program with Baylor College of Medicine
Honors and Distinctions
- Top 20, Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs among schools whose highest degree is a doctorate, U.S. News & World Report, 2007
- Seventh in the nation, Top 20 Graduate Engineering Programs, Princeton Review, 2007
- Top 10, Best Overall Undergraduate Engineering Program of Private Universities, U.S. News & World Report, 2005
- Top 10, Best Overall Undergraduate Bioengineering Program of Private Universities, U.S. News & World Report, 2005
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