專業(yè)解析
計(jì)算機(jī)工程主要研究計(jì)算機(jī)處理器、多處理器通訊設(shè)計(jì)、網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)計(jì)和存儲(chǔ)器體系，著重于硬件設(shè)計(jì)以及與軟件和操作系統(tǒng)的交互的性能。如：多處理器光學(xué)互接網(wǎng)絡(luò)通訊技術(shù)、實(shí)時(shí)嵌入式系統(tǒng)（多媒體數(shù)據(jù)流處理）、分布式數(shù)據(jù)與大規(guī)模存儲(chǔ)系統(tǒng)，從而提高計(jì)算機(jī)可靠性與工作效率。
計(jì)算機(jī)工程以電子計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)的應(yīng)用層面為主，而較少應(yīng)用自然學(xué)科中的數(shù)學(xué)、統(tǒng)計(jì)以及物理理論。絕大多數(shù)的美國(guó)學(xué)校的EE和計(jì)算機(jī)工程是合并在一起的，從專業(yè)學(xué)習(xí)上看，雖然研究生最后獲得學(xué)位有EE和CE之分，但是有許多研究方向的跨學(xué)科性是非常強(qiáng)的，無(wú)法簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)是屬于計(jì)算機(jī)還是屬于電子的范疇。與CS有一些差別的是，計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)是偏向于理論，而計(jì)算機(jī)工程是偏向于硬件的，所以后者對(duì)申請(qǐng)者的研究背景或?qū)嵺`經(jīng)驗(yàn)更注重，而CS有的學(xué)校并不易定要求申請(qǐng)者有實(shí)驗(yàn)室研究經(jīng)歷。
申請(qǐng)計(jì)算機(jī)工程對(duì)申請(qǐng)者的其它硬件條件并沒有很嚴(yán)格的要求，而且非計(jì)算機(jī)背景的學(xué)生，只要有相關(guān)的專業(yè)背景和研究經(jīng)歷也可以申請(qǐng)，比如一些工業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)、機(jī)械設(shè)計(jì)、通信工程等專業(yè)的學(xué)生。但是申請(qǐng)者還是盡量要達(dá)到GPA3.3、IBT90、GRE1300，且作文分在4分以上。如果是一些牛校出生的學(xué)校，在計(jì)算機(jī)工程這樣競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的專業(yè)上確實(shí)很有優(yōu)勢(shì)，如：清華、北大、西安交大、上海交大、浙大等等學(xué)校。每年都有一大批錄取的名額都會(huì)給這些學(xué)校的學(xué)生，因?yàn)閷W(xué)校的牌子響，況且計(jì)算機(jī)專業(yè)本身并不容易有很豐富的研究經(jīng)歷，尤其是對(duì)于本科生而言。所以最能形成對(duì)比的就是所屬的學(xué)校。
專業(yè)排名
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1. Stanford University (CA)
1. University of California–Berkeley
4. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
7. California Institute of Technology
9. University of Texas–Austin
9. Cornell University (NY)
11. Princeton University (NJ)
12. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
12. University of Southern California (Viterbi)
12. University of Wisconsin–Madison
15. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)
15. University of Washington
17. University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)
18. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)
19. Pennsylvania State University–University Park
20. Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)
20. Harvard University (MA)
20. Ohio State University
20. Rice University (Brown) (TX)
20. Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)
20. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
20. University of Pennsylvania
20. Virginia Tech
28. Duke University (NC)
28. Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)
28. North Carolina State University
28. Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)
28. University of California–Irvine (Samueli)
33. Arizona State University (Fulton)
33. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
33. University of California–Santa Barbara
33. University of Colorado–Boulder
33. University of Virginia
33. Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)
39. Brown University (RI)
39. Iowa State University
39. University of California–Davis
39. Yale University
43. Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)
43. University of Arizona
43. University of Florida
43. University of Massachusetts–Amherst
43. University of Notre Dame (IN)
48. Boston University
48. Michigan State University
48. SUNY–Stony Brook
48. University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)
48. Vanderbilt University (TN)
53. Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)
53. Northeastern University (MA)
53. Polytechnic University (NY)
53. University of Rochester (NY)
53. University of Utah
58. Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)
58. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
58. Clemson University (SC)
58. Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)
58. University at Buffalo–SUNY
58. University of California–Riverside (Bourns)
58. University of Iowa
65. Drexel University (PA)
65. Oregon State University
65. Syracuse University (NY)
65. Texas Tech University
65. University of California–Santa Cruz (Baskin)
65. University of Illinois–Chicago
65. University of Tennessee–Knoxville
72. Stevens Institute of Technology
72. Tufts University
72. University of New Mexico
72. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)