{"604041":{"#nid":"604041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech ECE Has Strongest Showing Ever in U.S. News \u0026 World Report Graduate Program Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the 2019 \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E graduate engineering program rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer engineering advanced one spot to fourth place \u0026ndash; its highest ranking ever \u0026ndash; and electrical engineering moved up a spot to fifth. The electrical engineering program had last achieved a fifth place ranking in 2014 and had placed sixth during the last several years and for much of the last decade. In terms of rankings among public universities, both the electrical engineering and computer engineering programs placed third, the same positions as last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Raheem A. Beyah, the Interim Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Motorola Foundation Professor, these latest rankings show that many years of hard work by the Georgia Tech ECE community and its commitment to excellence are being noticed and appreciated by its peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The innovation and ingenuity \u0026ndash; coupled with great passion and care \u0026ndash; that I see from our faculty, staff, and students on a daily basis are inspiring and invigorating,\u0026rdquo; said Beyah. \u0026ldquo;All of these traits make ECE an excellent option for prospective graduate students who are looking for a challenging and rewarding educational experience. I sincerely appreciate the dedicated efforts of our faculty, staff, and students that have helped us to achieve the highest rankings that we have had for our graduate programs to date. Thank you to everyone!\u2028\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering placed eighth in the overall rankings and third\u0026nbsp;among all public engineering institutions. All of the graduate programs in the College ranked in the top 10 of their respective areas, making Georgia Tech the only institution in the nation to garner top 10 rankings for all of its engineering graduate programs for seven consecutive years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E Rankings\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERankings for the engineering colleges (or engineering schools as they may be known at some other universities) that provided data were calculated based on a weighted average of 10 indicators, while specific specialty rankings are based on peer assessments. To see more information on how the rankings are determined, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-graduate-schools\/articles\/engineering-schools-methodology\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-graduate-schools\/articles\/engineering-schools-methodology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u2028\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the 2019 U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report graduate engineering program rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) has achieved its highest placements ever in the 2019 U.S. News \u0026 World Report graduate engineering program rankings."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2018-03-20 15:19:26","changed_gmt":"2018-03-20 15:23:30","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"603995":{"id":"603995","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Climbs in Graduate School Rankings","body":null,"created":"1521485381","gmt_created":"2018-03-19 18:49:41","changed":"1521485394","gmt_changed":"2018-03-19 18:49:54","alt":"Tech tower","file":{"fid":"230213","name":"TechTower_aerial.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TechTower_aerial_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TechTower_aerial_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1092989,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/TechTower_aerial_0.jpg?itok=--mfI-IM"}},"278091":{"id":"278091","type":"image","title":"TechTower","body":null,"created":"1449244151","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:11","changed":"1475894968","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:28","alt":"TechTower","file":{"fid":"198834","name":"techtower-670x250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75544,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techtower-670x250_0.jpg?itok=eAwcqrV9"}}},"media_ids":["603995","278091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/coe-graduate-programs-ranked-8th-us-news-world-report-rankings","title":"College of Engineering rankings news release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/20\/college-engineering-top-10-us-news-graduate-program-rankings","title":"Georgia Tech rankings news release"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-engineering-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report 2019 Graduate Engineering Program Rankings "}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"5527","name":"computer engineering"},{"id":"1259","name":"electrical engineering"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"id":"366","name":"Graduate"},{"id":"177494","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report graduate program rankings"},{"id":"177495","name":"Raheem A. 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