Europe's best Polymer science and Plastics engineering universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Polymer science and Plastics engineering. A graph of 1.65M citations received by 61.1K academic papers made by 350 universities in Europe 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.

1. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Germany

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 19,387
Founded: 1817

2. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Germany

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

4. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Founded: 1900

7. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Founded: 1904

8. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Denmark

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

9. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

10. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Sweden

#30 in the World

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

11. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in France

#35 in the World

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

12. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

13. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Germany

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

14. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Belgium

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

15. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

16. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Germany

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

17. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Belgium

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

18. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

19. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Belgium

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

20. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

21. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Germany

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

22. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#60 in the World

Founded: 1905

23. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Russia

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

24. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1892

25. University of the Basque Country

Spain | Bilbao

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Spain

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,000

26. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Portugal

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

27. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Italy

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

28. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in Germany

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

29. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in Germany

#77 in the World

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

30. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in France

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

31. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in Germany

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

32. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in Germany

#85 in the World

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

33. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Italy

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 47,736
Founded: 1343

34. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in France

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 427
Founded: 1957

35. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

Founded: 1948

36. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#10 in Germany

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

37. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#11 in Germany

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

38. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Sweden

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

39. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

40. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Hungary

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

41. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#12 in Germany

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

42. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

43. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

44. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in France

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

45. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

46. University of Strasbourg

France | Grand Est

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in France

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

47. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

48. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

49. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

50. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

51. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#13 in Germany

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

52. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#14 in Germany

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

53. University of Mons

Belgium | Mons

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Belgium

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 2009

54. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in France

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 60,404
Founded: 2012

55. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Founded: 1964

56. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#15 in Germany

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

57. Lodz University of Technology

Poland | Lodz

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Poland

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 12,376
Founded: 1945

58. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Belgium

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

59. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#148 in the World

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

60. School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of the City of Paris

France | Ile-de-France

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in France

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1882

61. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

62. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

63. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Italy

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

64. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1451

65. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in France

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

66. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#16 in Germany

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

67. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

68. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Italy

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

69. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Sweden

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

70. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Portugal

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1973

71. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Denmark

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

72. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Finland

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

73. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#192 in the World

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

74. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#194 in the World

Founded: 1923

75. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Italy

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

76. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

77. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in Italy

#199 in the World

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

78. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Denmark

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

79. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1829

80. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

81. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

82. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Greece

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

83. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Finland

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

84. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#17 in Germany

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

85. Aston University

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Founded: 1895

86. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Greece

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

87. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

88. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Austria

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

89. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Austria

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

90. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Greece

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

91. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

92. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in France

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 6,067
Founded: 1957

93. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Poland

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

94. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#18 in Germany

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

95. University of Fribourg

Switzerland | Fribourg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

96. University of Bradford

United Kingdom | England

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#26 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

97. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#19 in Germany

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

98. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#27 in the United Kingdom

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

99. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in Italy

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

100. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#10 in France

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

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