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For Immediate Release
April 2, 1996
GEORGIA TECH MAINTAINS TOP RANK IN RESEARCH R&D, NSF STATISTICS SHOW
Georgia Tech continues to rank among the nation's top universities in the volume of research it conducts, statistics compiled by the National Science Foundation show.
For fiscal 1994 -- the latest year for which comparison statistics are available -- Georgia Tech ranked fourth among all U.S. colleges and universities in the dollar volume of research conducted in two key categories: engineering, and computer science. While the federal government provides the largest portion of its research support, Georgia Tech ranked sixth among all U.S. colleges and universities in the amount of industry- sponsored research received.
Within specific engineering disciplines, Georgia Tech ranked second nationally in the amount of electrical engineering research, fourth in aerospace engineering, sixth in mechanical engineering, ninth in metallurgical and materials engineering and 14th in civil engineering. Among the physical sciences, Georgia Tech ranked 14th in the amount of physics research.
Overall, Georgia Tech ranked 29th nationally in total research and development expenditures with $193 million in 1994, up slightly more than 10 percent from the $175 million reported in fiscal 1993. The growth moved Georgia Tech up two notches, from 31st place in 1993.
"In an era of uncertainty for research and development funding, Georgia Tech continues to gain market share," said Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech's vice-provost for research and dean of Graduate Studies. "This says a lot about the quality of our work, faculty, researchers and students. We are very pleased with our continued historic strengths in engineering, but also with the rapid improvements we are making in the sciences."
Pointing to Georgia Tech's expanding relationships with industry, he added: "We are indebted to our industry partners who are critical to our success, and plan to increase our interaction and research activities with industry."
Because they are collected in a consistent manner, the National Science Foundation statistics are considered the most reliable indicator of research volume at U.S. colleges and universities.
Below are charts providing additional detail on these rankings. Links shown are to the National Science Foundation text data tables. Tables are also available in spreadsheet format.
| 1994 | 1993 | |
| 1) Johns Hopkins University | $784.0 M | $745.5 M |
| 2) University of Michigan | $430.8 M | $425.9 M |
| 3) U of Wisconsin, Madison | $392.7 M | $372.4 M |
| 4) Mass Inst of Technology | $363.9 M | $365.6 M |
| 5) Texas A&M University | $355.7 M | $322.7 M |
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| 29) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $193.6 M | $175.9 M |
| 1994 | 1993 | |
| 1) Johns Hopkins University | $210.5 M | $203.0 M |
| 2) Mass Inst of Technology | $153.5 M | $155.2 M |
| 3) Penn State University | $129.3 M | $118.5 M |
| 4) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $125.0 M | $115.5 M |
| 5) U of Texas, Austin | $106.7 M | $99.2 M |
| 6) Stanford University | $92.9 M | $90.8 M |
| 7) University of Michigan | $88.8 M | $74.7 M |
| 8) Texas A&M University | $82.6 M | $77.4 M |
| 9) U of California, Berkeley | $61.7 M | $62.0 M |
| 10) NC State U, Raleigh | $58.9 M | $48.2 M |
| 1994 | 1993 | |
| 1) Johns Hopkins University | $82.0 M | $73.0 M |
| 2) Carnegie Mellon University | $58.8 M | $53.8 M |
| 3) U of Southern California | $33.4 M | $35.0 M |
| 4) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $20.9 M | $20.8 M |
| 5) Cornell University | $20.1 M | $28.3 M |
| 6) University of Michigan | $16.6 M | $19.7 M |
| 7) University of Minnesota | $15.7 M | $11.3 M |
| 8) U of Tennessee System | $15.3 M | $8.4 M |
| 9) U of Maryland, Coll Park | $14.0 M | $9.4 M |
| 10) U of Texas, Austin | $14.0 M | $14.3 M |
| 1994 | 1993 | |
| 1) Mass Inst of Technology | $55.5 M | $58.1 M |
| 2) Penn State University | $45.4 M | $41.7 M |
| 3) University of Washington | $33.2 M | $30.8 M |
| 4) Duke University | $30.2 M | $34.6 M |
| 5) Texas A&M University | $28.6 M | $27.2 M |
| 6) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $27.8 M | $28.9 M |
| 7) University of Michigan | $26.7 M | $26.7 M |
| 8) University of Minnesota | $23.7 M | $21.5 M |
| 9) NC State University, Raleigh | $22.1 M | $22.2 M |
| 10) Purdue University | $21.6 M | $13.2 M |
| 1994 | |
| 1) Mass Inst of Technology | $22.4 M |
| 2) Johns Hopkins University | $20.7 M |
| 3) New Mexico State University | $19.4 M |
| 4) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $15.2 M |
| 5) University of Dayton | $13.3 M |
| 6) Princeton University | $8.1 M |
| 1994 | |
| 1) Johns Hopkins University | $62.4 M |
| 2) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $57.2 M |
| 3) Mass Inst of Technology | $54.2 M |
| 4) University of Michigan | $35.7 M |
| 5) Stanford University | $29.7 M |
| 6) U of California, Berkeley | $28.9 M |
| 1994 | |
| 1) University of Rochester | $47.2 M |
| 2) Johns Hopkins University | $43.1 M |
| 3) University of Texas, Austin | $19.5 M |
| 4) University of Michigan | $15.3 M |
| 5) Mass Inst of Technology | $14.7 M |
| 6) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $14.2 M |
| 1994 | |
| 1) University of IL, Urbana | $17.9 M |
| 2) Penn State University | $17.2 M |
| 3) NC State U, Raleigh | $16.5 M |
| 4) University of Connecticut | $16.0 M |
| 5) U of CA, Santa Barbara | $10.2 M |
| 6) Mass Inst of Technology | $10.0 M |
| 7) University of Dayton | $9.4 M |
| 8) Rutgers, State U of NJ | $9.1 M |
| 9) GA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $8.6 M |
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