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30 tenure-track (including 6 women), 7 teaching, and 10 courtesy faculty members
9 members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
3 members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
4 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
4 members National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
11 faculty with university-level teaching awards
⅓ faculty have joint appointments with another department, creating a highly interdisciplinary faculty and research program
8 editors-in-chief of international research journals
13 associate editors of at least one research journal
⅓ faculty among the top 1% and ¾ faculty among the top 10% most cited researchers (Clarivate Analytics 2016-2020)
22 faculty members are fellows of at least one professional society
15 awardees of young investigator awards (NSF Career, ONR, Whitaker Foundation)

Northwestern University is ranked #9 in National Universities by U.S. News and World Report
About 300 undergraduate students in mechanical engineering (27% female and 27% Hispanic or Black)
Class size is typically between 10 and 60 students
Nearly all undergraduates finish in four years or fewer
Cooperative education program available
Study abroad and foreign externships available
BS/MS program available
ME undergraduate concentrations in nine areas
Certificate programs in business basics and engineering design
Undergraduate research opportunities with world-class faculty
ME students lead eight different student organizations, including ASME, SAE Formula Car, Mini-Baja, Solar Car, Pi Tau Sigma, NUSTARS, Design for America, NU Robotics, etc.

ME graduate program ranked #13 by U.S. News (2021), #10 in World and #6 in U.S. by Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
About 170 graduate students (120 PhD and 50 MS (32% female, 9% URM, 40% US citizens, from 22 different countries))
~⅓ of recent PhD grads continue in academia (postdocs and faculty), ~⅓ in industry engineering positions, and ~⅓ in other positions (e.g., consulting or government labs)
Highly interdisciplinary graduate research with world-class faculty
Can complete an MS degree in 9 (non-thesis) -18 (thesis) months
Typically four or five years to complete a PhD (beyond BS)
Fully-funded tuition, stipend, and health insurance for PhD students, supported in the forms of fellowships, research assistantships and teaching assistantships.
NU provides 12 weeks paid parental leave as well as childcare grants and fee assistance to eligible graduate students