WHY CHOOSE GEORGIA TECH?

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As a working professional investing time and money in your education, you should be confident that you are earning a high quality degree that will pay dividends now and in the future.  Your investment in a Georgia Tech degree is a sound one. 
Georgia Tech’s quality is recognized here and around the world:

  • No. 7 public university in the nation, according to the 2009 rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
    • No. 4 graduate engineering college
    • No. 4 undergraduate engineering college
    • No. 1 industrial engineering program
    • 6 undergraduate engineering programs ranked in the top 5
    • 9 graduate engineering programs ranked in the top 10
  • No. 8 in the world for engineering and information technology, according to the 2008Times Higher Education Supplement – QS from the United Kingdom.
  • No. 8 in the world in engineering/technology and computer sciences, according to 2008Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

What is behind the rankings? 

    • An innovative intellectual environment with more than 900 full-time instructional faculty and more than 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students. 
    • A broad portfolio of research - expenditures are among the top 5 in universities without a medical school, with research funding topping $525 million in 2008.
    • A network of over 100,000 alumni around the globe that will serve you well throughout your career. 

    Quality matters - we invite you to become part of the Georgia Tech learning community.

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    “This degree offers an opportunity for companies to improve their competitiveness by enhancing the skills of their engineers in a systems approach.”

    –Nelson Baker, Vice Provost of Georgia Tech’s Office of Distance Learning and Professional Education