For any course that we undertake for a graduate program, the first exercise done is selecting the best university for it.

According to a subject wise ranking of the best universities done by QS World University Rankings, 2012, in technology and engineering, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tops the list in electrical engineering with an overall score of 95.6 percent.

MIT, which is one of the renowned universities around the world, takes the top place for offering quality education since its inception. This program covers mathematical computer theories, circuit designs, electronics, control and communication theories, artificial intelligence and robotics.

The university scored full marks in academic reputation, 94.6 percent in employer reputation and 90.7 in citations.

Stanford University takes the second spot with an overall score of 94.1 percent. The university offers integrated electronics systems, photonics/EM/quantum, hardware/software systems/information systems, bio-EE and energy environment.

This university tops the list for citation with 96.5 percent, which is higher than MIT. In academic and employer reputation, Stanford scored 95.8 and 89.4 percent respectively.

Popularly known as Cal, University of California, Berkeley, with 90 percent takes the third place. Electrical Engineering in this university course features physics, chemistry and economics.

The oldest educational institution in the country, Harvard University ranks seventh in world University rankings and is the fourth best university in the country.

The university which celebrated its 375th anniversary in 2011, obtained only 86.8 percent, a fact which clashes with its reputation. The program covers fundamental science and mathematics.

University of California,LA, a relatively smaller college when compared to its peers, stood fifth in the country and scored 86.3 percent, which is 0.5 percent lesser than Harvard.

Other popular institutions for electrical engineering include University of Illinois (83.2 percent), Princeton University (83.1 percent), Carnegie Mellon University (82.9 percent), Georgia Institute of Technology (82.8 percent) and California Institute of Technology (82.1 percent).