Stanford Engineering
Karl Deisseroth & President Bush

Karl Deisseroth, an assistant professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the School of Medicine, received a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from President Bush on July 26, 2006. The award is the highest in the nation for a young scientist or engineer.

Diversity at all levels
Among U.S. students, 32 percent of graduate students and 55 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in Autumn 2008 are members of ethnic minority groups (either African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, or Native American). Foreign students accounted for 12 percent of undergraduate and 44 percent of graduate enrollment.

Facts and Figures: Stanford Engineering by the Numbers

The School of Engineering is home to nine departments, 241 faculty, and about 4,000 students. About a quarter of all Stanford University students are enrolled in the school. We operate 65 departmental laboratories, centers, and affiliates programs, many of which are multidisciplinary, bringing in academic areas including medicine, business, linguistics, and physics.

Faculty 2007-2008
Professors 132
Associate Professors 37
Assistant Professors 53
Research or Teaching faculty (non-tenure line) 19
Total 241
Emeritus Faculty View Emeriti»
Total 105
Faculty distinctions (includes Emeriti) View Distinctions»
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 33
National Academy of Engineering 79
National Academy of Sciences 15
National Institute of Medicine 4
National Medal of Science 8
National Medal of Technology 4
Nobel Prize 1
Kyoto Prize 2
Turing Award 3
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Awardees 41
NSF Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 11
Royal Society of London 3
Academie des Sciences (Paris) 1
Norwegian Academy of Sciences 1
Charles Stark Draper Prize (NAE) 1
Academy Award (Hollywood) 3
Marconi Prize 1
Medal with Purple Ribbon (Japan) 1
Faculty Honors and Awards - 2008-2009 View Awards»
Degrees granted 2008-2009
Bachelor's degrees 359
Masters degrees 932
PhD/Eng degrees 248
Undergraduate enrollment 2008-2009*
Students 696
Women 208
Minorities (among U.S. students) 341
Foreign 80
Full time graduate enrollment 2008-2009
Students 3,298
Women 765
Minorities (among U.S. students) 605
Foreign 1,446

*Declared majors only. A similar number of younger students (underclassmen) have indicated an intention to study engineering.

finances

Stanford Engineering depends on a broad mix of funding to support the academic and research initiatives in the school. Its total budget for FY2007-2008 was $245,780,096. Its total research volume for the same year was $122,718,687. See the latest Annual Report for more detailed information.

national rankings

The National Research Council's last study of American doctoral programs ranked Stanford number one in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering; number three in Aeronautics and Astronautics and Civil Engineering; and in the top seven for Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering.

The annual US News & World Report graduate school rankings rate three Stanford Engineering departments/programs as tied for number one: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and the environmental engineering program within the civil and environmental engineering department. Six of the school's departments and programs rank within the top six: Mechanical Engineering (No. 2), Aeronautics and Astronautics (No. 3), Civil Engineering (No. 3), Chemical Engineering (No. 5), Management Science and Engineering (No. 5), and Materials Science and Engineering (No. 6). The Department of Bioengineering, which enrolled its first students in September 2004, ranks highly as well (No. 10). Stanford Engineering as a school is ranked No. 2 in the country. More »