Awards & Accolades
A sampling of prestigious awards and accolades recognizing WPI as well as our outstanding faculty and students is listed below.
71st in U.S. News and World Report
Ranked 71st out of 260 national universities in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2009 issue. In addition, WPI is ranked 51st among "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs," and 50th in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" list. WPI is recognized in the "Programs to Look For" section in three areas: Internship, Senior Capstone, and Study Abroad.
MBA Program Among Nation's Top 15
WPI's MBA program is among the top 15 in The Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools" in the finance category. Read more...
High Marks for Job Placement
Forbes.com lists WPI as No. 9 in the nation in its "Top Colleges for Getting Rich" survey. Read more...
The Boston Globe recognized WPI for having the 3rd highest average starting salaries in New England and the 12th highest of all universities in the nation.
A Great College to Work For
WPI was named to the Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For" survey for excellence in the Tenure Clarity and Process category. Read more...
Professor Receives National Recognition
Jeanine D. Plummer, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the university's Environmental Engineering Program, was named Professor of the Year for Massachusetts by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. She is the third WPI professor since 2002 to be so recognized. Read more...
Newest Residence Hall Certified Green
East Hall, WPI's environmentally conscious residence hall, was awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, marking the second green building on campus. Read more...
Fulbright Scholars
Fourteen WPI faculty members are Fulbright Scholars in diverse disciplines, including humanities and arts, mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, mathematical sciences, biomedical engineering, and biology and biotechnology. Full list...
In addition, Virginia Ward '08 was the first WPI student to be named a Fulbright Scholar. Read more...
National Academy of Engineering
Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the university's Metal Processing Institute, was elected in 2009 to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Read more...
Goldwater Scholars
In 2007-08, Shawn Carey '09, Daniel Smaltz '09, and Doug Tischer '09 were awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Since 2002, 13 WPI students have been selected for this honor. The scholarship is awarded to about 300 college sophoRead mores and juniors nationwide. Full list...
Nation's Top Electrical and Computer Engineering Student
A WPI alumnus, Charles Gammal III '08, was selected as the sole 2008 Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student in the country. Read more...
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
"We warmly commend the Institute for... its innovative and effective approach to technological education that integrates theory and practice and that is ably supported by a highly qualified, fully committed faculty.... Worcester Polytechnic Institute is 'one of the nation's truly fine technological universities'." - NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation letter (05/06/02)
