{"438981":{"#nid":"438981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Ranks Seventh Globally for Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology ranks as the seventh best engineering university in the world, according to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.shanghairanking.com\/FieldENG2015.html\u0022\u003E2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;The annual rankings have been compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2003. The data used in calculating the rankings is primarily focused on the quality of research, quality of faculty, and academic performance in several broad academic subject matter areas.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s #7 ranking places the Institute within the top 5 percent of global institutions in the field of engineering. Georgia Tech\u2019s computer science program ranked 22nd globally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChemistry ranked 28th\u0026nbsp;in the world and mathematics came in 38th. Georgia Tech\u2019s overall science programs were ranked in the top 50 in the world, at 46. Georgia Tech\u2019s business and economics program placed within the top 75 worldwide. Both social sciences and physics ranked within the top 50 percent of all universities evaluated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has ranked within the top 10 of ARWU\u2019s global engineering programs since 2007.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn describing the Institute, the ARWU says, \u201cAs a leading technological university, Georgia Tech has more than 100 centers focused on interdisciplinary research that consistently contribute vital research and innovation to American government, industry, and business.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComplete information on the rankings and their methodology can be found on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.shanghairanking.com\/index.html\u0022\u003EShanghai Jiao Tong website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"2015 ARWU rankings rate Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering, computer science, and science programs among the best in the world."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2015 ARWU rankings rate Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering, computer science, and science programs among the best in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2015 ARWU rankings rate Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering, computer science, and science programs among the best in the world."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2015-08-22 12:57:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:26","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"365331":{"id":"365331","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower, Atlanta skyline","body":null,"created":"1449245805","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:45","changed":"1475895103","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:43","alt":"Tech Tower, Atlanta skyline","file":{"fid":"201674","name":"13c10000-p14-016_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c10000-p14-016_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c10000-p14-016_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":747578,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13c10000-p14-016_0_0.jpg?itok=Py8mWWQo"}}},"media_ids":["365331"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"138831","name":"academic ranking of world universities"},{"id":"138851","name":"best engineering universities"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"289","name":"Global"},{"id":"1877","name":"Higher Education"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"167629","name":"sciences"},{"id":"170771","name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University"},{"id":"138841","name":"world leader"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Norris\u003Cbr \/\u003ESocial Media | Institute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}