▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁( the ▁only ▁national ▁university ▁ranking ▁approved ▁by ▁MO E ), ▁US ST ' s ▁Opt ical ▁engineering ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 0 th , ▁Power ▁engineering ▁and ▁Engineering ▁therm oph ys ics ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 3 th , ▁Bi omed ical ▁engineering ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 6 th , ▁Food ▁Science ▁and ▁Engineering ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 2 5 th ▁and ▁management ▁science ▁and ▁Engineering ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 2 8 th ▁nation ally . ▁In ▁CD R , ▁US ST ' s ▁Human ities ▁and ▁Social ▁Science ▁discipl ines ▁were ▁also ▁highly ▁ranked , ▁for ▁instance , ▁Communic ation ▁Studies ▁were ▁ranked ▁ 2 3 rd , ▁Public ▁Management ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 2 9 th , ▁Foreign ▁L anguages ▁and ▁Liter atures ▁( including ▁Foreign ▁L ingu istics ) ▁were ▁ranked ▁ 4 0 th , ▁App lied ▁Econom ics ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 4 5 th ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁Global ▁Part ners hips ▁US ST ▁has ▁established ▁inter - univers ity ▁relationships ▁with ▁over ▁ 1 1 0 ▁univers ities ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁countries , ▁including ▁Australia , ▁Germany , ▁America , ▁Canada , ▁Japan , ▁Switzerland , ▁Russia ▁and ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁It ▁has ▁established ▁international ▁exchange ▁programs ▁with ▁many ▁foreign ▁univers ities ▁including ▁New ▁York ▁Sy rac use ▁University ▁( America ), ▁Queens ▁College , ▁City ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁( America ), ▁M IT ▁Slo an ▁School ▁of ▁Management ▁( America ), ▁N ort he astern ▁University ▁(