{"611250":{"#nid":"611250","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech ECE Has Strongest Showing Ever in U.S. News \u0026 World Report Undergraduate Program Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering maintained its fourth place position in the rankings for a third consecutive year, and computer engineering moved up a position to fifth place \u0026ndash; its highest placement ever. In terms of rankings among public universities only, our electrical engineering and\u0026nbsp;computer engineering programs both placed second among their respective disciplines.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering tied for\u0026nbsp;fourth with Caltech, and for the first time ever, all of the programs offered by the College placed among the top 5 of their respective disciplines. Among public universities, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s engineering program ranks second behind the University of California, Berkeley. To learn more, please read the news releases on\u0026nbsp;the College of Engineering website at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/all-programs-crack-top-5-us-news-undergrad-rankings\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/all-programs-crack-top-5-us-news-undergrad-rankings\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Magnus Egerstedt, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for ECE, these latest rankings show that hard work and dedication to excellence by the Georgia Tech ECE community are being noticed and appreciated by its peers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I find the innovation and ingenuity from our faculty, staff, and students to be incredibly inspiring and invigorating,\u0026rdquo; said Egerstedt. \u0026ldquo;All of these factors make ECE an excellent option for prospective undergraduate students who are looking for a challenging and rewarding educational experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I truly appreciate the dedicated efforts of our faculty, staff, and students that have helped us to achieve the highest rankings that we have had for our undergraduate programs to date\u0026hellip;and we\u0026rsquo;re not done yet!\u0026rdquo; Egerstedt continued. \u0026ldquo;Thank you, everyone!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report Rankings\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. News rankings of the undergraduate engineering programs accredited by ABET are based solely on the judgments of deans and senior faculty at peer institutions. For more information, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/undergraduate-engineering-programs-methodology\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/undergraduate-engineering-programs-methodology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u0026nbsp;Electrical engineering maintained its fourth place position in the rankings for a third consecutive year, and computer engineering moved up a position to fifth place \u0026ndash; its highest placement ever.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the\u00a0U.S. News \u0026 World Report\u00a0Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2018-09-10 18:09:10","changed_gmt":"2018-09-10 18:09:10","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"278091":{"id":"278091","type":"image","title":"TechTower","body":null,"created":"1449244151","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:11","changed":"1475894968","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:28","alt":"TechTower","file":{"fid":"198834","name":"techtower-670x250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75544,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg?itok=oO_sacg7"}}},"media_ids":["278091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering "},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/all-programs-crack-top-5-us-news-undergrad-rankings","title":"College of Engineering rankings news release"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/engineering","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report 2019 Undergraduate Engineering Program Rankings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1259","name":"electrical engineering"},{"id":"5527","name":"computer engineering"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"id":"11528","name":"Magnus Egerstedt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}