Rankings

The Look College is one of the largest engineering schools in the country, ranking third in undergraduate enrollment and eighth in graduate enrollment by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in its 2012 survey. The Look College also ranked eighth in the number bachelor's degrees awarded, 12^th in master's degrees awarded and ninth in doctoral degrees awarded. And our college consistently ranks among the nation's top public undergraduate and graduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Students

The Dwight Look College of Engineering is the largest college on the Texas A&M campus with more than 11,000 engineering students enrolled in our 12 departments. Texas A&M is ranked 10^th nationally in the number of National Merit Scholars, and more than 60 percent of the university's National Merit Scholars are engineering students.

Our students can enhance the value of their degrees through various certificate programs, undergraduate research opportunities and by participating in various design competitions, such as the steel bridge contest and the SAE hybrid car contest. Our students can also choose from more than 40 different engineering student organizations and earn valuable job experience through co-ops and internships.

Our engineering graduates are among the most highly recruited in the country. They typically receive two or more job offers with higher-than-average salaries at graduation. In fact, The Wall Street Journal  ranked Texas A&M second in a 2010 survey in which large U.S. companies, nonprofits and government agencies rated schools on the basis of whose graduates were best prepared and most able to succeed. And our graduate students are highly sought after by industry, national laboratories, and academia.

Faculty

Several of our engineering faculty members are National Academy of Engineering members, and many are fellows of their respective professional societies. They are also editors of their respective flagship journals and are recognized at national and international levels for their contributions.

We have also invested in our up-and-coming young faculty. Since 2003, 67 have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. This award supports junior faculty by simulating the discovery process in which the excitement of research is enhanced by inspired teaching and enthusiastic learning. And since 2003, four junior faculty members have received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Research

Our researchers have established preeminence in the areas of energy, homeland and national security, engineering the ultra-small and space exploration. Underlying technologies that propelled the college to the forefront of the above research areas include mathematical modeling and simulation, optimization, mechanics, sensors, structures, robotics, autonomous vehicles, communications and networks, process engineering, materials, and computational sciences.

Having established national and international reputations in these areas, our researchers have expanded into the areas of sustainable advanced energy systems; national security; health care; infrastructure and transportation; and informatics and knowledge economy.

The quality of our research activities is highlighted by the direct impact of our research on technology; volume of peer reviewed research funding from highly competitive sources; volume of publications in high impact refereed journals; number of patents; volume of widely used textbooks; and national rankings of our programs.