About the College of EngineeringVirginia Tech is the home of the Commonwealth’s leading College of Engineering. The college, its faculty and its administration are known in Virginia and throughout the nation for outstanding programs in engineering education, research, and public service.
"America's Best Colleges 2012" survey released by U.S. News & World Report in September 2011 ranked the Virginia Tech College of Engineering's undergraduate program 15th in the nation among all accredited engineering schools that offer doctorates, and seventh among those at public universities. The Virginia Tech engineering college shares the 15th spot with Johns Hopkins own engineering program. The individual college rankings are based on assessments by deans and senior faculty at peer institutions.
The magazine's "America's Best Graduate Schools 2012" survey, released in April 2011, ranked the College's graduate program 25th among all the nation's engineering schools and 13th among engineering schools at public universities. it is the highest ranked engineering school in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
“The Wall Street Journal” in fall 2010 released a survey ranking Virginia Tech as 13th in the nation for top colleges favored by employers looking for workers. The survey quizzed 479 of the nation’s largest public and private companies, nonprofits and government agencies for their top pick universities that produce undergraduates best prepared and most able to succeed on the job.
The College of Engineering offers bachelor of science degrees in the following areas: Aerospace Engineering, Biological Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Engineering and Management, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Ocean Engineering. The Computer Science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700. All other College of Engineering undergraduate programs in engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700 (410) 347-7700. Additionally, the college of engineering offers graduate degrees related to each of these areas and in the interdisciplinary program of Systems Engineering.
To contact the College of Engineering, call 540-231-6641.
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