News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2004 Contact: Robin Micket (860) 548-7894 Rensselaer’s Graduate School of Engineering Ranked Among the Nation’s Best by U.S. News & World Report HARTFORD, CONN – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s graduate engineering program is ranked among the best in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report guide to "America’s Best Graduate Schools." The guide, published in the April 12, 2004 issue of the magazine, ranked Rensselaer’s Graduate School of Engineering 33rd in the nation for the second year in a row. This ranking places Rensselaer’s engineering programs among the top 10% of the approximately 343 engineering schools in the United States, certified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). In addition to the overall rankings, the Report also ranks individual graduate programs. Rensselaer’s graduate engineering programs ranked in the top 25 include the Electrical Engineering program ranked at 19 and the Mechanical Engineering program ranked at 20. "This is an exciting time to be in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer as we invest in outstanding new faculty, world-class research facilities and innovative academic programs, and strive to support the Institute goal of being a ‘top-tier, world-class technological research university with global reach and global impact’," said William A. "Bud" Baeslack III, Ph.D., Dean, School of Engineering. Rensselaer at Hartford offers an engineering curriculum to accommodate the evolving needs of the engineer. The curriculum helps students establish and build on a solid theoretical base while allowing them to practice their skills. This blend of academic rigor and industrial experience creates a unique learning environment for engineering students at Rensselaer at Hartford. Degree programs are offered in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer and Systems Engineering, and Engineering Science together with graduate certificate programs in High Temperature Materials, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Systems Modeling and Analysis. # # # BACK to News and Events