本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Since 1967, Jack Gourman, Ph.D., has made an intensive effort to determine what constitutes academic excellence in American universities. The results of his research, published in the Gourman Report, has become a qualitative guide used extensively by professional education counselors and university administrators in the United States.
Now in its 10th edition (1998), the Gourman Report, Undergraduate Programs, examines leading American institutions in 140 individual programs. Canadian universities and Canadian engineering programs are also evaluated. Numerical scores assigned to each university and program are derived from a comprehensive assessment of each program’s strengths and shortcomings.
The Gourman Report is not a popularity contest or an opinion poll. It is an objective evaluation of complex information drawn from the public record, private research foundations, and the universities themselves.
The Gourman Criteria
The Gourman Report uses an 18-point criteria in the evaluation of institutions and programs. Statistical data is collected and reduced to a concise 3-digit score for determining overall rank. Information is gathered from public records, the evaluated institutions, and agencies that make accurate projections of the relative success of graduates. The Gourman criteria includes these elements:
* Institutional auspices, control and organization
* Number of education programs and degrees conferred
* Experience level (age) of an institution
* Faculty quality, experience, intellectual pursuits and research productivity
* Quality of students' scholastic works and records of graduates in postgraduate studies and in their field of practice.
* Admission requirements and basis
* Number of students enrolled
* Curriculum content
* Quality of instruction and teaching loads
* Quality of administration
* Quality and access to career placement services and counseling
* Quality of physical plant (buildings, surroundings)
* Finance, budgets, investments, expenditures and funding
* Quality of library (size, material relevance and access)
* Computing facilities and resources
* Funding for research equipment and infrastructure
* Number of teaching and research opportunities
* Atheletic-academic balance
SOURCE: The Gourman Report, Undergraduate Programs, 10th Edition 1998, Dr. Jack Gourman, Princeton Review Publishing, NY, USA, ISBN 0-679-77780-6, Random House, Inc., www.randomhouse.com
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IN ONE COMBINED LIST: Top Electrical Engineering Programs (Canada & U.S.)
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The Overall Rankings
Institution Score Institution Score
1 McGill University 4.64
2 University of Toronto 4.61
3 University of British Columbia 4.22
4 McMaster University 3.89
5 University of Alberta 3.63
6 York University 3.61
7 Carleton University 3.58
8 Simon Fraser University 3.55
9 University of Manitoba 3.50
10 University of Ottawa 3.45
11 University of Calgary 3.39
12 Universite de Montreal 3.38
13 University of New Brunswick 3.37
14 Universite Laval 3.36
15 University of Windsor 3.34
16 University of Western Ontario 3.32
17 University of Winnipeg 3.
18 Memorial University of Newfoundland 3.30
19 Universite de Sherbrooke 3.29 20 University of Saskatchewan 3.28
21 Queen's University (Kingston) 3.27
22 University of Waterloo 3.26
23 University of Victoria 3.25
24 Dalhousie University 3.24
25 Concordia University 3.23
26 University of Guelph 3.20
27 University of Regina 3.18
28 Lakehead University 3.16
29 Laurentian University 3.15
30 Universite de Moncton 3.14
31 Brandon University 3.13
32 Bishop's University 3.12
33 Royal Military College of Canada 3.11
34 Trent University 3.10
35 Wilfrid Laurier University 3.09
36 Acadia University 3.08
37 Brock University 3.07
38 Technical University of Nova Scotia 3.06
39 Mount Allison University 3.05
40 Mount Saint Vincent University 3.04
41 University of Lethbridge 3.03
42 University of Prince Edward Island 3.02
43 Universite du Quebec (Montreal) 3.01
44 Athabasca University 2.99
45 Saint Mary's University 2.97
46 St. Thomas University 2.95
47 Universite du Quebec (Trois-Riveres) 2.92
48 Ryerson Polytechnic University 2.90
49 Universite du Quebec (Chicoutimi) 2.85
50 University of St. Michael's College 2.84
51 Trinity Western University 2.82
52 Universite du Quebec (Hull) 2.80
53 Universite du Quebec (Rimouski) 2.77
54 Nova Scotia Agricultural College 2.73
55 University College of Cape Breton 2.70
56 Universite du Quebec (Abitibi-Temiscaminque) 2.69
57 St. Francis Xavier University 2.65
58 Universite Sainte-Anne 2.60
59 University of King's College 2.53
60 Saint Paul University 2.47
SOURCE: Compiled from The Gourman Report, Undergraduate Programs, 10th Edition 1998, Dr. Jack Gourman, Princeton Review Publishing, NY, USA, ISBN 0-679-77780-6
For a listing of the top undergraduate electrical engineering programs in Canada and the United States, check out: North American Top Electrical Engineering Programs.
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