College
Rankings
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US News & World Report graduate
school rankings place the CMPS departments
of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics
at the top of east coast public universities. |
- Computer
Science 13th
Artificial Intelligence 9th
Program Language 15th
Systems 16th
- Geochemistry 10th
- Mathematics 20th
Analysis 18th
Applied Mathematics 12th
Geometry 15th
- Physics 15th
Atomic/Molecular/Optical 10th
Condensed Matter 12th
Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity 12th
Nuclear 12th
Plasma 5th
Quantum 10th
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 From
Research Doctorate Programs in the
United
States, a 1995 report of the National Research
Council:
The University of Maryland, College
Park is in the top 20 institutions
nationwide in Mathematics, Computer
Science, Physics, Astronomy, and Oceanography. |
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 Black
Enterprise magazine, in their Special
Report: Top 50 Colleges for African
Americans, ranks the University of
Maryland 20th nationwide with the best
environments for black collegians.
The University of Maryland was honored
in early 2000 by the Quality Education
for Minorities Network as a national
leader in awarding doctoral degrees
in mathematics, computer science, the
physical sciences and engineering.
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 Faculty
Awards
The 1997 book, The Rise of American Research
Universities: Elites and Challengers in the Postwar
Era, placed Maryland 18th nationally in faculty
research productivity.
From Building Cornerstone
Programs of Excellence, a new report from
the University of Maryland Graduate Program
Review Committee:
"The College of
Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
is the premier college in the university,
based on the excellence of its graduate programs,
including three programs (Computer Science,
Mathematics and Physics) ranked among the
top 10 public universities nationwide."
Faculty
Awards
Statistics |
All of the departments
and programs in the College of Computer, Mathematical
and Physical Sciences have been recognized for their
excellence in many national rankings. Here is some
of the latest evidence.
- Astronomy
- The Department
was ranked 19th by the National Research Council
in 1994, the last available NRC survey.
- Atmospheric & Oceanic
Science
- The Department was ranked 5th in Ph.D.
granting institutions in the US by the Gorman
Report
- The Institute for Scientific Information
(ISI) ranked the Department 20th in citations
for papers on Air pollution and air quality
and 17th in citations for papers on Tropical
Storms. These are rankings of all institutions
world-wide.
- Chemical
Physics
- The Program was ranked third among
degree granting programs in Chemical Physics
based on the average number of citations per
publication. The period covered was 1999 to
2003. The ranking was done by the Research
Services Group of Thomson Scientific.
- Computer
Science
- The US News & World
Report 2006 ranked the Department 13th, and
6th among public universities; and the following
specific research areas were ranked:
- Artificial intelligence—9th
- Computer systems—16th
- Programming languages—15th
- Theory
of computing—22nd
- Geology
- The Department is ranked 8th among all
US universities in geosciences, 11th in
the world
- Geochemistry is ranked 10th
nationally, 3rd among public universities.
- Mathematics
- The US News & World
Report 2006 ranked the Department 20th among
all US universities
- Applied Mathematics—12th
- Geometry—15th
- Analysis—18th
- Physics
- The US News & World
Report 2006 ranked the Department 15th, and
4th among public universities; and the following
specific research areas were ranked:
- Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics
(AMO)—10th
- Condensed Matter—12th
- Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity—12th
- Elementary
Particles/Fields/String Theory—Tie
for 18th
- Nuclear—12th
- Plasma—5th
- Quantum—10th
- In the 2003 USN&WR
rankings, Chaos & non-Linear Dynamics was
ranked first in the nation and the Department
was ranked 13th. In the 2005 USN&WR rankings,
the Department was 18th in the nation.
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