<p>UChicago has no engineering school. They are theoretical. That is, at schools like NUS, they teach you how to do things. They teach you things that you can directly apply to your job once you get out of school and into jobs. These are practical skills. Chicago teaches theoretical skills. In a nutshell, instead of teaching you how to do things, they teach you why things work. Its teaching you how to think, not how to do. But hopefully learning how to think translates to easily adapting once you get into the job market.</p>