<p>The other interesting aspect is that California (the state) dominates the engineering rankings</p>
<p>[Top</a> Universities for Engineering & Technology 2010-2011](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/engineering-and-it.html]Top”>Subject Ranking 2010-11: Engineering & Technology | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>
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Top 50 Engineering & Technology universities</p>
<p>23rd September 2010</p>
<p>The engineering and technology table is dominated not just by a single country, the US, but by a single state in that country — California.</p>
<p>Three of the top five in the table are from the Golden State, home to the global centre for high-technology business, Silicon Valley. The California Institute of Technology is in first place; Stanford University is third; and the University of California, Berkeley is fifth.</p>
<p>In total, seven Californian institutions make the top 50.*</p>