Engineering School Overview
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Engineering School Overview
The application fee is $56 for U.S. residents and $56 for international students. Its tuition is full-time: $11,839 per year (in-state); full-time: $25,166 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $743 per credit (in-state); and part-time: $1,575 per credit (out-of-state). The 2012 Ph.D. student-faculty ratio is 4.6:1. The College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin--Madison has 225 full-time faculty on staff.
The University of Wisconsin—Madison College of Engineering is particularly highly ranked for its nuclear engineering program, and it offers scores of other degree areas to graduate students. There are master’s and Ph.D. programs, as well as interdisciplinary degree programs in areas like geological engineering and limnology and marine science. There are five areas of professional master’s degrees, including an M.Eng. in Technical Japanese and an M.Eng. in Engine Systems. Distance education students can choose from six online master’s degree programs.
Graduate students can help finance their education by applying for fellowships, such as the Graduate Engineering Research Scholars program, as well as program, research, and teaching assistantships to finance their graduate education. The school is heavily involved in research, with about 45 research centers and institutes and 15 research consortia that bring college faculty and students together with industry and governmental leaders. There are also nearly 60 student organizations exclusive to the College of Engineering. Graduate students can live in the university-owned Eagle Heights living area or can find their own housing in Madison, Wis.
Notable alumni include Charles Gunderson, former corporate director at Chrysler Corp., and Nitish Thakor, a professor of biomedical engineering, among other disciplines, at the highly ranked Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Admissions
| Application deadline (U.S. residents) | N/A |
| Application fee (U.S. residents) | $56 |
| Application deadline (international students) | N/A |
| Application fee (international students) | $56 |
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Academics
| Full-time faculty | 225 |
| Ph.D. student/faculty ratio | 4.6:1 |
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Student Body
| Enrollment (full-time) | 1,546 |
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Full-time: $11,839 per year (in-state) |
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| Required fees | $1,111 per year |
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* Engineering School Overview details based on 2012 data
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