English Name: | California Institute of Technology |
Region: | Northern America |
Country/Region: | USA |
Found Year: | 1891 |
Address: | 1200 East California Boulevard |
Website: | http://www.caltech.edu/ |
Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA and owns and operates large-scale research facilities and a global network of astronomical observatories.
The Institute has one of the nation's lowest student-to-faculty ratios, with 300 professorial faculty members offering a rigorous curriculum and access to hands-on research to approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 1,250 graduate students. Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.
Total Enrollment:2130
International Students:532(25%)
Undergraduate Enrollment:951
International Students:111(12%)
Graduate Enrollment:1179
International Students:421(36%)
Undergraduate Programs
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Applied Physics
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biology
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Physics
Computational and Neural Systems
Computer Science
Economics
Electrical Engineering
English
Environmental Science
Geobiology
Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics
History
History and Philosophy of Science
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Organic Chemistry
Philosophy
Physics
Planetary Science
Political Science
Graduate Programs
Aeronautics
Aerospace Engineering
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Applied Mechanics
Applied Physics
Astrophysics
Behavioral and Social Neuroscience
Biochemistry and molecular biophysics
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Bioengineering Website
Biology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computation and neural systems
Computation and Neural Systems
Computer Science
Control and Dynamical Systems
Electrical Engineering
Environmental Science & Engineering (ESE)
Environmental Science and Engineering
Geobiology, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, and Planetary Science
Materials Science
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Social Science
ARWU | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Institutional Ranking |
3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Broad Subject Fields | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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SCI | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
ENG | 18 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 42 |
LIFE | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 35 | 33 | 40 |
MED | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
SOC | / | / | 52-75 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Subject Fields | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Mathematics | 37 | 39 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 37 | 39 |
Physics | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Chemistry | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Computer Science | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
Economics/Business | 44 | 51-77 | 51-75 | 47 | 46 | / | 46 |