The top 50 dream companies for engineering students around the world

A study from Universum, a global research and advisory firm, found that business students from all around the globe named Google as "the world's most attractive employer."

Not so surprisingly, those studying engineering and IT also found the search behemoth to be the most desirable company, thanks to Google's appealing perks, great pay, and an exceptional workplace culture.

Universum surveyed about 100,000 engineering and IT undergrads in 12 countries and asked them to choose the companies and organizations they'd most like to work for. It then put together a ranking of the most desirable employers in the world.

Google, which specializes in online advertising technologies, cloud computing, software, and, of course, search, landed the top spot.

Microsoft, Apple, BMW, and IBM rounded out the top five dream employers of engineering and IT undergrads.

Here are the top 50: