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 »