Cornell University College of Engineering
The College of Engineering is a division of Cornell University that was founded in 1870 as the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts. It is one of four private undergraduate colleges at Cornell that are not statutory colleges.
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It currently grants bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in a variety of engineering and applied science fields, and is the third largest undergraduate college at Cornell by student enrollment. The college offers over 450 engineering courses, and has an annual research budget exceeding US$112 million.[1]
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Cornell's College of Engineering is currently ranked 12th nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[6] making it ranked 1st among engineering schools/programs in the Ivy League. The engineering physics program at Cornell was ranked as being No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report in 2008. Cornell's operations research and industrial engineering program ranked fourth in nation, along with the master's program in financial engineering.[7] Cornell's computer science program ranks among the top five in the world, and it ranks fourth in the quality of graduate education.[8]
The college is a leader in nanotechnology. In a survey done by a nanotechnology magazine Cornell University was ranked as being the best at nanotechnology commercialization, 2nd best in terms of nanotechnology facilities, the 4th best at nanotechnology research and the 10th best at nanotechnology industrial outreach.[9]
With about 3,000 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate students, the college is the third-largest undergraduate college at Cornell by student enrollment.[1] It is divided into twelve departments and schools:[10]
The Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (then known as the Sibley College of the Mechanic Arts, and located in East Sibley Hall) awarded its first four-year Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree in 1874.[11] The school celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2024.[11][2]
Philips Hall
Upson Hall
Duffield Hall
Carpenter Hall
Franklin W. Olin Jr. Hall
Bill & Melinda Gates Hall
Weill Hall
Physical Sciences building
