Best Political Science Doctoral Program

Yale was ranked in the Top 3 for its political science doctoral programs. The department offers graduate students the opportunity to work with and learn from leading scholars working in nearly every area of the political science discipline. Most of the Ph.D. graduates pursue careers in research and teaching; or pursue careers in government, international organizations, business, and other callings outside the academic world (http://www.yale.edu/polisci).

U.S. News and World Report has consistently rated the University of Michigan as one of the top political science programs in the nation. The doctoral program was rated in the Top 4 nationally in the NCR study. The graduate program in Political Science at the University of Michigan is primarily a Ph.D. program intended to develop scholars who manifest a high level of excellence in teaching and research as professional social scientists (http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/grad/index.html).

Ranking of Best Political Science Doctoral Programs (US):

1. Harvard

2. UC Berkeley

3. Yale

4. Uni of Michigan–Ann Arbor

5. Stanford

6. Uni of Chicago

7. Princeton

8. UCLA

9. UC San Diego

10. Wisconsin

Source: National Council Research Report 1995

Top New Universities in UK

List of some of the New Universities:

• University of Abertay Dundee
  
• University of the Arts London
  
• Bath Spa University
  
• University of Bedfordshire
  
• Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
  
• University of Bolton
  
• Buckinghamshire New University
  
• Canterbury Christ Church University
  
• University of Chester
  
• University of Chichester
  
• University of Cumbria
  
• University of Derby
  
• Edge Hill University
  
• University of Gloucestershire
  
• Glyndŵr University
  
• Liverpool Hope University
  
• Newman University College
  
• University of Wales, Newport
  
• University of Northampton
  
• Queen Margaret University
  
• Robert Gordon University
  
• Roehampton University
  
• Southampton Solent University
  
• Swansea Metropolitan University
  
• University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
  
• University of the West of Scotland
  
• University of Winchester
  
• University of Worcester
  
• York St John University

Top Universities & Colleges in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has some of the top leading universities in the UK:

Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
- 11 subject areas ranked within the top 10 in the UK and 24 in the top 20.
- a member of the Russell Group of the UK's twenty leading research intensive universities.
- 88th out of the top 150 universities in Europe in the Times Higher-QS World University rankings 2007.
- 36th nationally in the Sunday Times University Ranking 2007.
- 21st nationally in the RAE Ranking by Research Power.

Open University
- voted top university in England and Wales for student satisfaction.
- ranked in the top five of UK universities for the quality of teaching.

University of Ulster
- Ulster is a plate glass university, rated 51st in the UK, according to the Independent Complete University Guide 2009.
- 75th out of 117 UK institutions in the Guardian University Guide 2010.
- 9th in the UK for nursing programmes (Times Good University Guide 2010).
- 22nd for Hospitality; Leisure; Sport; Recreation and Tourism Programs, 29th for Art and Design, and 30th for Drama, Dance and Cinematics (The Times 2009).
- 44th for Computer Sciences and IT (Guardian 2009).
- 38th in the 2008 RAE Ranking by Research Power.
- Biomedical Sciences department was awarded a 5* ratings in the RAE 2001.

List of universitis & colleges in Northern Ireland:

• Open University in Ireland
  
• Queen's University Belfast
  
• University of Ulster
  
• Belfast Metropolitan College
  
• Northern Regional College
  
• North West Regional College
  
• Southern Regional College
  
• South Eastern Regional College
  
• South West College

Top 10 Engineering Programs

According to the US News & World Report rankings of best engineering programs, the Top 10 Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the nation (Best Colleges 2009) are as follows:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Stanford University
2 University of California--Berkeley
4 California Institute of Technology
4 Georgia Institute of Technology
4 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
8 Cornell University
9 Carnegie Mellon University
9 Purdue University--West Lafayette

MIT, Stanford and UC Berkeley are consistently ranked among the Top 3 positions, they remained in the Top 3 nationally as in 2008 rankings. Cornell University dropped a place form 7th to 8th.

In the ranking of Top Graduate Engineering programs (2010), MIT is also rated No. 1 in the country, ahead of Stanford (2nd) and UC Berkeley (3rd).

A total of eight schools is ranked in the Top 10 list for both their undergarduate and graduate engineering programs: MIT, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, and Michigan.