Princeton University is one of the eight leading universities of the Ivy League in the USA. It was ranked Number One among national universities by U.S. News & World Report from 2001 to 2008.
Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science has 6 academic departments:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Operations Research and Financial Engineering
According to the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (produced by Academic Analytics), Princeton is ranked:
- 1st for aeronautical and aerospace engineering.
- 2nd for electrical engineering.
- 5th for materials science.
- 8th for mechanical engineering.
The university is ranked 18th overall in the 2010 Graduate Engineering Ranking by USNWR. It is ranked 15th for Engineering & IT by THES-QS World University Rankings 2008. IEEE Spectrum ranked Princeton 3rd in the assessment of “the world’s most valuable patent portfolios”.