April 7, 2026 UW-Madison engineering graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News Written By: Staff Departments: Biomedical Engineering | Chemical & Biological Engineering | Civil & Environmental Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Industrial & Systems Engineering | Materials Science & Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics Categories: Faculty | Graduate | Students University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The UW-Madison College of Engineering is ranked 13th among public universities. This year, several individual disciplines within the College of Engineering were ranked. The rankings among U.S. public universities include: Biomedical: 7 Chemical: 5Civil: 11Computer: 8Electrical: 9Industrial: 5Materials: 8Mechanical: 8Nuclear: 2 U.S. News does not rank all programs each year.