University of Brawijaya ranked 51st in Asia and 400th Worldwide, thus made University of Brawijaya as one of few Indonesian universities which indexed by QS World University Rankings.

Based on The Decree of Minister of Higher Education & Science No. 167 of 1963 on October 23, 1963 The Faculty of Engineering at the Brawijaya University (FTUB) was established in 1963. The faculty that located in the north side of the campus is the sixth faculty of Brawijaya University with the area of 24,091 m² and building area of 21,019.20 m².

At the moment FTUB has 9 Department with 268 lecturers and 126 staff that consist of Civil Servant and non-Civil Servants. (update October 2020)

The faculty which is located in the city of Malang with great view and cool weather facilitated with Classrooms, Student Council Building, Laboratory, and Library in each department, Mosque Al-Hadiid, Cafeteria, Sports Facilities, Parking Lot, and Internet access which are evenly distributed throughout the campus area made FTUB one of the best choice to develop themselves.

With such facilities and great lecturers FTUB has emerged as a prominent institution with a handful of achievements, not only the institution but also its staff and students. FTUB also become an active participant in several contest like LKIP, PKM, Indonesian Robot Contest, Gokart, etc.. Moreover, Faculty of Engineering also active in conduct guest lectures, trainings and seminars to further develop students to become graduates who have entrepreneurial spirit and professionalism in his field.

According to the Brawijaya University Strategic Plan of 2010-2014, the preparation of the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 FTUB begins with self-evaluation to look at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats which are then used in preparing the strategic issues. The self-evaluation components to follow component of accreditation made by BAN-PT are: (1) vision, mission, goals and objectives, and achievement strategies (2) governance, leadership, management systems, and quality assurance, (3) students and graduates, (4) human resources, (5) curriculum, learning, and academic atmosphere, (6) financing, facilities and infrastructure, as well as information systems, and (7) research and service/community service, and cooperation.