Rankings
Berkeley Engineering is consistently ranked among the top engineering schools by many measures, including U.S. News & World Report, which ranks it as third nationally and seventh globally. Many individual disciplines also maintain top rankings among all engineering programs.
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chemical engineering* | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Electrical engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Engineering science, engineering physics | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 |
| Environmental engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Materials engineering | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
USN&WR last ranked undergraduate nuclear engineering programs in 2004
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Chemical engineering* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer science | N/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Environmental engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Materials engineering | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Nuclear engineering | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Source: U.S. News & World Report. Graduate rankings are formulated in early spring for the current year; undergraduate numbers are published in the fall for the coming year. The publication’s inaugural best global universities rankings were released in October 2014. For university-wide ranking data, see How Berkeley Ranks from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
*Offered through the College of Chemistry