Best Universities for Architecture in the World

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Architecture. A graph of 3.46M citations received by 280K academic papers made by 1,232 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Carnegie Mellon University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Architecture

#1 in North America

#1 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $33,499

2. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Architecture

#2 in North America

#2 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $21,669
Enrollment: 45,307

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States | Massachusetts

For Architecture

#3 in North America

#3 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 36
Net Price: $20,232

4. Stanford University

United States | California

For Architecture

#4 in North America

#4 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,279

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Architecture

#5 in North America

#5 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 73%

6. Tsinghua University

China | Beijing

For Architecture

#1 in Asia

#1 in China

Enrollment: 48,739
Founded: 1911

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Architecture

#6 in North America

#6 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 74%

8. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Architecture

#1 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

9. University of California - Irvine

United States | California

For Architecture

#7 in North America

#7 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $17,411
Enrollment: 35,937

10. University of Southern California

United States | California

For Architecture

#8 in North America

#8 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $36,808

11. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Architecture

#2 in Europe

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

12. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Architecture

#3 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 12,576

13. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Architecture

#9 in North America

#9 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

14. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Architecture

#4 in Europe

#1 in Spain

Enrollment: 29,812

15. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Architecture

#5 in Europe

#1 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

16. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Architecture

#10 in North America

#1 in Canada

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

17. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#6 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

18. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#7 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

19. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Architecture

#8 in Europe

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

20. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Architecture

#11 in North America

#10 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $14,731
Enrollment: 52,319

21. University of California-San Diego

United States | California

For Architecture

#12 in North America

#11 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $20,782
Enrollment: 42,006

22. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Architecture

#13 in North America

#12 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,698

23. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Architecture

#9 in Europe

#2 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

24. Pennsylvania State University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Architecture

#14 in North America

#13 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

25. University of California - Los Angeles

United States | California

For Architecture

#15 in North America

#14 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $21,766
Enrollment: 46,430

26. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#10 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

27. National University of Defense Technology

China | Changsha

For Architecture

#2 in Asia

#2 in China

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1953

28. University of New South Wales

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#1 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

29. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#11 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

30. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Architecture

#16 in North America

#15 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

31. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Architecture

#17 in North America

#16 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

32. University of Waterloo

Canada | Ontario

For Architecture

#18 in North America

#2 in Canada

Enrollment: 35,900
Founded: 1957

33. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Architecture

#12 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

34. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

China | Beijing

For Architecture

#3 in Asia

#3 in China

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1955

35. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Architecture

#13 in Europe

#2 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

36. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Architecture

#14 in Europe

#3 in Italy

Founded: 1859

37. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Architecture

#19 in North America

#17 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 58%

38. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#15 in Europe

#5 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1824

39. Technical University of Madrid

For Architecture

#16 in Europe

#2 in Spain

Founded: 1971

40. Nanyang Technological University

Singapore | Singapore City

For Architecture

#4 in Asia

#1 in Singapore

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1955

41. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Architecture

#17 in Europe

#2 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

42. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Architecture

#20 in North America

#18 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,060

43. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architecture

#18 in Europe

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

44. Columbia University

United States | New York State

For Architecture

#21 in North America

#19 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

45. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Architecture

#5 in Asia

#4 in China

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

46. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Architecture

#19 in Europe

#1 in Sweden

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

47. University of Melbourne

Australia | Melbourne

For Architecture

#2 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1853

48. National University of Singapore

Singapore | Singapore City

For Architecture

#6 in Asia

#2 in Singapore

Enrollment: 30,098
Founded: 1905

49. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Architecture

#20 in Europe

#3 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

50. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Architecture

#22 in North America

#20 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $12,381
Enrollment: 80,065

51. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Architecture

#23 in North America

#21 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 63%

52. University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Architecture

#7 in Asia

#5 in China

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 21,652
Founded: 1911

53. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Architecture

#24 in North America

#3 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

54. Peking University

China | Beijing

For Architecture

#8 in Asia

#6 in China

Enrollment: 44,730
Founded: 1898

55. Beihang University

China | Beijing

For Architecture

#9 in Asia

#7 in China

Founded: 1952

56. Zhejiang University

China | Hangzhou

For Architecture

#10 in Asia

#8 in China

Enrollment: 60,739
Founded: 1897

57. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Architecture

#25 in North America

#22 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

58. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

United States | Massachusetts

For Architecture

#26 in North America

#23 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 91%

59. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Architecture

#21 in Europe

#3 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

60. University of Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#3 in Australia

Enrollment: 63,602
Founded: 1850

61. Sapienza University of Rome

For Architecture

#22 in Europe

#4 in Italy

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

62. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Architecture

#23 in Europe

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

63. Wuhan University

For Architecture

#11 in Asia

#9 in China

Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1893

64. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architecture

#24 in Europe

#6 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

65. University of Tokyo

For Architecture

#12 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

66. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Architecture

#25 in Europe

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

67. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Architecture

#27 in North America

#24 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 71%

68. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Architecture

#26 in Europe

#4 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

69. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Architecture

#27 in Europe

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

70. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Architecture

#13 in Asia

#10 in China

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1938

71. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Architecture

#14 in Asia

#11 in China

Enrollment: 71,970
Founded: 1953

72. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Architecture

#1 in Latin America

#1 in Brazil

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 97,964
Founded: 1827

73. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Architecture

#28 in North America

#25 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

74. Queensland University of Technology

Australia | Brisbane

For Architecture

#4 in Australia

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1989

75. George Mason University

United States | Virginia

For Architecture

#29 in North America

#26 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 80%

76. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Architecture

#30 in North America

#27 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

77. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Architecture

#28 in Europe

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

78. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architecture

#29 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

79. New York University

United States | New York State

For Architecture

#31 in North America

#28 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,499

80. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Architecture

#30 in Europe

#1 in France

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

81. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Architecture

#32 in North America

#29 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

82. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Architecture

#15 in Asia

#12 in China

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

83. University of Technology Sydney

Australia | Sydney

For Architecture

#5 in Australia

Founded: 1965

84. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Architecture

#33 in North America

#30 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 80%

85. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Architecture

#34 in North America

#31 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

86. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Architecture

#31 in Europe

#1 in Greece

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

87. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#32 in Europe

#7 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

88. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Architecture

#35 in North America

#4 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

89. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Architecture

#36 in North America

#32 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,123

90. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Architecture

#33 in Europe

#5 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

91. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Architecture

#37 in North America

#33 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 68%

92. National Taiwan University

Taiwan | Taipei

For Architecture

#16 in Asia

#1 in Taiwan

Enrollment: 31,799
Founded: 1945

93. University of Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Architecture

#38 in North America

#34 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $36,991

94. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Architecture

#34 in Europe

#1 in Norway

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

95. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#35 in Europe

#8 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1905

96. South China University of Technology

China | Guangzhou

For Architecture

#17 in Asia

#13 in China

Enrollment: 42,720
Founded: 1952

97. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Architecture

#39 in North America

#35 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 59%

98. University of Auckland

New Zealand | Auckland

For Architecture

#1 in New Zealand

Founded: 1883

99. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Architecture

#36 in Europe

#4 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

100. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Architecture

#37 in Europe

#5 in Italy

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481