#88 Georgia Institute of Technology (GT)

Basic Infomation:

World Position: No. 88

Nature of University: Public

Research Findings: Very High

Number of students: 24,422

Number of Teachers: 1,267

Number of international students: 5,675

Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) founded in 1885, is located in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia. It is the world’s top research university, a member of the Association of American Universities, and a public institution. One of the Ivy League, the sister school of Emory University, the world's top university. Georgia Institute of Technology has two overseas campuses in Metz, France and Shenzhen, China.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are collectively known as the three major polytechnics in the United States, and is one of the best polytechnic colleges in the southern United States. In the world university rankings of science and engineering (engineering and technology), THE list is 9th in the world in 2020 and 12th in the world in 2021; QS is 13th in the world in 2021.

GT ranked the top 30 globally for 5 consecutive years in the 2011 THE World University Rankings in the ten years of 2011, and ranked 5th in the world under the 2017 Computer Science Classification; 2021 THE World University Rankings 38th in the world[13]; US News Best University in the United States Ranked 38th in 2022. In 2021, its undergraduate engineering school ranks 4th in the United States and 5th in the United States for computer science; civil engineering, industrial engineering (for 25 consecutive years), network security and other majors rank first in the United States; biomedicine, aerospace, Nearly 20 majors including chemistry, software, mechanical engineering, discrete mathematics, and business analysis are among the top 3 in the United States.

The Georgia Institute of Technology’s alumni, faculty, and researchers include dozens of academicians, many Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize winners and other international award winners, such as the famous "PCR" father and Nobel Prize winner Mullis; Nobel Prize in Physics, gravitational wave discovery team members, etc. Well-known alumni also include: former US President Jimmy Carter, former Apple CEO Gil Amelio, Coca-Cola Chairman John F. Brock, Ctrip founder and chairman Liang Jianzhang and other political and business people. The school participated in hosting the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Undergraduate:

Georgia Institute of Technology offers a good mix of bachelor’s of science degrees, including:

Business administration 

International affairs and modern languages

Health, medicine and society 

Neuroscience

Aerospace engineering 

Applied language and intercultural studies

Postgraduate:

At postgraduate level, Georgia Institute of Technology offers a range of taught and research science and technology master’s degrees and PhDs, including: 

Analytics 

Cybersecurity 

Urban design 

Nuclear engineering 

Chemistry 

Bioinformatics