The top 50 dream companies for engineering students around the world

50. Airbus Group

This aerospace and defense corporation is based in Leiden, Netherlands.

49. Novartis

Novartis International is number one in sales among the worldwide pharmaceutical industry.

48. PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

PwC is the largest professional services firm in the world, operating a network of firms in 157 countries.

47. Volvo Cars

Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, this luxury vehicle manufacturer was established in 1927.

46. Schneider Electric

Schneider is a French corporation that focuses on energy management and electricity distribution.

45. PepsiCo

44. Adidas Group

Based in Germany, Adidas is the second-largest sportswear manufacturer in the world.

43. Bayer

This pharmaceutical company was founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863.

42. Schlumberger

With 95,000 employees working in more than 85 countries, Schlumberger is the world's largest oilfield services company.

41. BP

This "supermajor" oil and gas company is based in London.

40. Lenovo

This Chinese technology company was the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales in 2015.

39. HP

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an information technology enterprise company based in Palo Alto, California.

38. Pfizer

This pharmaceutical corporation produces a wide range of medicines and vaccines and was founded in 1849.

37. Nissan

This Japanese company is the 6th largest automaker in the world.

36. BASF

The largest chemical producer in the world, BASF is based in Germany.

35. Bosch

This multinational engineering and electronics company was the world's largest supplier of automotive components in 2011.

34. Accenture

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland since 2009, Accenture is the world's largest consulting firm by revenue.

33. Unilever

32. Deloitte

This New York City-based "Big Four" accounting firm is also the world's second-largest professional services network.

31. Dell

30. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

BCG, a management consulting firm, operates in 48 different countries.

29. 3M

The 3M Company is a multinational, Minnesota-based corporation specializing in products like adhesives and laminates.

29. J.P. Morgan

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the sixth-largest bank in the world, by total assets.

27. Oracle

This American corporation specializes in creating database software.

26. IKEA

This ready-to-assemble furniture giant became the world's largest furniture retailer in 2008.

25. Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems specializes in networking equipment and is the largest networking company in the world.

24. Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation is based in Japan and employed 344,109 people as of 2015.

23. Nestlé

Owning 447 factories in 194 countries, Nestlé is a food and beverage company based in Switzerland.

22. ExxonMobil

The largest of the world's oil and gas "supermajors," ExxonMobil is based in Irving, Texas and is the biggest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.

21. Goldman Sachs

20. Volkswagen Group

This German automative manufacturing company employed 610,076 people as of 2015.

19. Daimler/Mercedes-Benz

18. The Coca-Cola Co.

The flagship Coca-Cola product of this Atlanta-based beverage corporation was first invented in 1886.

17. McKinsey & Company

This worldwide management consulting form specializes in both qualitative and quantitative analysis.

16. L'Oréal Group

This French cosmetics company employed 78,600 people as of 2104.

15. General Motors

Hailing from Detroit, General Motors designs and builds vehicles and owns 396 facilities on six continents.

14. Shell

Royal Dutch Shell is considered one of the six oil and gas "supermajors."

13. Ford Motor Company

This automaker is headquartered in Michigan and is controlled by the Ford family, which has minority ownership.

12. Johnson & Johnson

This medical devices and consumer goods manufacturer was first founded in 1886 and now includes around 250 subsidiary companies.

11. Procter & Gamble (P&G)

P&G is a consumer goods company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 110,000 employees as of 2015.

10. Sony

This multinational conglomerate sells consumer and professional electronics and is based in Tokyo.

9. Samsung

This electronics conglomerate is based in South Korea.

8. Siemens

Headquartered in Munich, Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe.

7. Intel

6. GE

General Electric, a multinational conglomerate specializing in appliances, energy management, and other services, has over 300,000 employees around the world.

5. IBM

International Business Machines Corporation is based in Armonk, New York, and was founded in 1911.

4. BMW Group

Luxury vehicle company Bayerisch Motoren Werke is based in Munich and was founded in 1916.

3. Apple

This Cupertino, California-based multinational technology company is famous for its consumer electronics.

2. Microsoft

Microsoft is based in Redmond, Washington and primarily develops and sells computer software and personal computers.

1. Google

This technology company specializes in Internet-related products and is renowned for its core search engine.