“Iowa State University College of Engineering”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Iowa State University College of Engineering is one of eight colleges of Iowa State University of Science and Technology in Ames, Iowa.

The University was founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College with classes in agriculture and mechanical arts, now called engineering.^[1]^[2] In 1898, the school was renamed as "Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—Science with Practice", with divisions in agriculture, veterinary science, engineering, and science and philosophy. Iowa State took on its current name in 1959 and the College of Engineering was formally established at that time.

The College of Engineering at Iowa State hosts the largest engineering career fairs in the country in which more than 440 companies participate in each fair.^[2] The college has a high placement rate of 98%.^[2]

Iowa State receives nearly 510 million dollars in research grants every year.{{From whom?|date=November 2018}}

Ranking

The College of Engineering has consistently been ranked among the top engineering schools and is the 7th largest engineering school in the United States.^[2] According to US News the undergraduate engineering program is ranked 37th (tied) in the country in 2016 overall and 21 (tied) among public Institutions nationally.^[3] The 2019 graduate program is ranked 41th (tied) overall and 20th (tied) among the public universities in US News.^[4] Business Insider ranked Iowa State as one of the top engineering schools in the country for landing key jobs in Silicon Valley.^[5] Top value for engineering ranked Iowa State at 23 in their ranking which focuses on quality of education for the price paid.^[6] The Wall Street Journal ranked Iowa State engineering the 14th best engineering program according to employers in the entire nation.^[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.engineering.iastate.edu/the-college/history/|publisher=Iowa State University College of Engineering|accessdate=30 May 2016}}
2. ^¹²³{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineering.iastate.edu/the-college/college-facts/|title=Iowa State University College of Engineering College Facts|website=www.engineering.iastate.edu|access-date=2016-05-29}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www1.villanova.edu/content/dam/villanova/engineering/documents/USNews08.pdf|title=Undergraduate Ranking, Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=US News|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings|title=Graduate School: Best Engineering Schools|last=|first=|date=2018|website=US News|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-11-26}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-engineering-schools-2014-4|title=The 50 Best Engineering Schools|last=Dickey|first=Megan Rose|date=2014-05-06|website=Business Insider|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2016-05-29}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-value-engineering-programs/|title=Top 50 Best Value Engineering Programs of 2015 {{!}} Value Colleges|website=www.valuecolleges.com|access-date=2016-05-29}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703376504575491704156387646|title=Rankings by Major|date=2010-09-14|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-05-29}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.engineering.iastate.edu/the-college/college-facts/rankings/|title=Rankings • College of Engineering • Iowa State University|website=www.engineering.iastate.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-13}}