The history of the College of Engineering spans more than 120 years, since the founding of Georgia Tech. Beginning with classes for mechanical engineering in 1888, the College of Engineering has evolved into separate Schools for more than 10 fields of engineering.
Rankings
The College of Engineering is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as fourth within the United States. The current 2008 rankings put the industrial engineering program as the best in the nation and the school of aerospace engineering as second.