{"81831":{"#nid":"81831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s Graduate Programs Continue National Prominence In U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe most widely read college rankings for graduate programs were released today, and Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation.  Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate Engineering curriculum maintained its powerful national stature, once again ranked among the top five in the nation by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. Seven of the 11 programs within Tech\u0027s College of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by Industrial and Systems Engineering (ranked number one for the 14th year in a row) and Biomedical Engineering, which experienced a dramatic jump from 6th in 2003 to 2nd this year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the highly competitive schools of business, Tech\u0027s College of Management climbed nine spots from last year to be ranked 42nd nationally, tied with the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong public policy programs, Tech\u0027s information and technology management program ranked eighth.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Consistency is what you look for in these types of things and consistency is what you find for Georgia Tech,\u0022 said Tech president Wayne Clough.  \u0022Our consistently high rankings in Engineering indicate that we have been able to sustain a very high level of quality for a long time.  It is especially gratifying to see our very young program in Biomedical Engineering receive such recognition. We have made intentional and substantial investments in both talent and facilities for Biomedical Engineering, and those investments are clearly paying off.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m also very pleased to see our management program rebound from the affects of the economic slump that has hit the technology sector so hard,\u0022 Clough added. \u0022The College has truly positioned itself as a leader in entrepreneurship and the management of technology for the 21st century.  And our increased focus on impacting public policy is paying dividends as well,\u0022 he said.  \u0022As the world becomes increasingly complex and technology so pervasive, these types of programs will become increasingly significant.  I\u0027m glad to see that we\u0027re very well positioned here.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s College of Engineering retained its position in the elite top five, behind only MIT, Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, and Illinois. The seven engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (4th), biomedical (2nd), civil (5th), electrical (7th), environmental (8th), industrial and systems (1st) and mechanical (7th). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m very proud of the work done by our faculty, graduate students and staff to achieve these rankings,\u0022 Clough said. \u0022We\u0027re consistently competing well against some of the finest universities in the world. Rankings are not why we are here, but the trends reflected in these rankings are notable.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s been a great week so far,\u0022 said President Clough.  \u0022We\u0027re in the top five in Engineering, top eight in Public Policy, top 50 in Business, and in the Final Four in basketball.  Now we\u0027ve got a little work left to do on the court this weekend!\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Industrial Engineering  #1; Biomedical Engineering #2"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81841":{"id":"81841","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81841"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJim Fetig\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Vice President\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jfetig3\u0022\u003EContact Jim Fetig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0852\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["james.fetig@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}