Best Universities for Polymer science and Plastics engineering in Europe

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Polymer science and Plastics engineering. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 343 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. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

2. University of Manchester

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#18 in the World
Founded
1824

3. University of Cambridge

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

4. University of Leeds

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#23 in the World
Founded
1904

5. University of Freiburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Germany
#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
24,391
Founded
1457

6. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Germany
#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Sweden
#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

8. Imperial College London

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

9. University of Bayreuth

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Germany
#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
13,300
Founded
1972

10. University of Birmingham

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#37 in the World
Founded
1900

11. University of Bristol

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

12. Ghent University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Belgium
#47 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

13. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

14. University of Liege

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Belgium
#52 in the World
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

15. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Germany
#56 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
18,219
Founded
1558

16. Catholic University of Leuven

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Belgium
#59 in the World
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

17. University of Sheffield

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

18. University of the Basque Country

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Spain
#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,000

19. Technical University of Munich

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Germany
#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

20. University of Twente

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

21. University of Groningen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

22. Moscow State University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Russia
#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

23. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in Germany
#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

24. University of Reading

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
1892

25. Technical University of Berlin

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in Germany
#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

26. National Graduate School of Chemistry, Montpellier

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in France
#81 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1957

27. University of Oxford

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

28. Lund University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Sweden
#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

29. RWTH Aachen University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in Germany
#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

30. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in Germany
#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

31. University of Marburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#10 in Germany
#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,758
Founded
1527

32. University of Hamburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#11 in Germany
#93 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

33. University of Pisa

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Italy
#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

34. University of Nottingham

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

35. Federico II University of Naples

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Italy
#101 in the World
Enrollment
78,324
Founded
1224

36. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Hungary
#103 in the World
Enrollment
20,152
Founded
1782

37. University of Liverpool

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

38. Delft University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

39. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in France
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,037
Founded
1150

40. Technical University of Denmark

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Denmark
#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

41. University of Warwick

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

42. Wageningen University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#123 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

43. University of Bologna

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Italy
#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

44. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#12 in Germany
#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
20,390
Founded
1817

45. Chalmers University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Sweden
#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

46. University of Sussex

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#134 in the World
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

47. Durham University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

48. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#144 in the World
Enrollment
12,576

49. Loughborough University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

50. University of Helsinki

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Finland
#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

51. Lodz University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Poland
#149 in the World
Enrollment
12,376
Founded
1945

52. University of Minho

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Portugal
#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1973

53. Utrecht University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

54. University of Surrey

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1966

55. Cranfield University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

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

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in France
#159 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1882

57. National Technical University of Athens

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Greece
#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

58. Dresden University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#13 in Germany
#161 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

59. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Greece
#166 in the World
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

60. Polytechnic University of Turin

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Italy
#167 in the World
Founded
1859

61. University of Ulm

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#14 in Germany
#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
10,747
Founded
1967

62. Free University of Berlin

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#15 in Germany
#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

63. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Greece
#172 in the World
Enrollment
70,461
Founded
1837

64. University of Stuttgart

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#16 in Germany
#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

65. University of Mons

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Belgium
#179 in the World
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
2009

66. Braunschweig University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#17 in Germany
#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
20,037
Founded
1745

67. University of Strathclyde

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
1964

68. University of Aveiro

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Portugal
#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
13,000
Founded
1973

69. University of Strasbourg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in France
#188 in the World
Enrollment
50,822
Founded
1621

70. Sapienza University of Rome

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Italy
#189 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

71. Catholic University of Louvain

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in Belgium
#191 in the World
Enrollment
35,000
Founded
1425

72. University College London

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#196 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

73. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in Italy
#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

74. Technical University of Catalonia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Spain
#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
29,812

75. University of Southampton

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

76. National Institute for Applied Sciences, Lyon

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#5 in France
#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
5,383
Founded
1957

77. Vienna University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Austria
#214 in the World
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

78. University of Montpellier

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#6 in France
#217 in the World
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1289

79. University of Milan

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in Italy
#218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

80. Linkoping University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#4 in Sweden
#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

81. Graz University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Austria
#220 in the World
Enrollment
16,436
Founded
1874

82. Queen Mary University of London

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1989

83. Upper Alsace University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#7 in France
#223 in the World
Enrollment
10,555
Founded
1975

84. University of Salerno

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in Italy
#224 in the World
Enrollment
33,332
Founded
1944

85. University of Glasgow

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#230 in the World
Founded
1451

86. Paris-Sud University

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#8 in France
#233 in the World
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

87. University of Edinburgh

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

88. University of Konstanz

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#18 in Germany
#238 in the World
Enrollment
10,964
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1966

89. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in France
#240 in the World
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

90. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#3 in Spain
#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

91. University of Gottingen

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#19 in Germany
#244 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

92. University of Basel

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#248 in the World
Enrollment
12,811

93. University of Padua

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#9 in Italy
#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

94. University of Wurzburg

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#20 in Germany
#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
28,878
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

95. University of York

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

96. Warsaw University of Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#2 in Poland
#257 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
27,072
Founded
1826

97. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#1 in Norway
#258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

98. University of Potsdam

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#21 in Germany
#260 in the World
Enrollment
20,878
Founded
1991

99. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#10 in France
#263 in the World
Enrollment
28,333
Founded
1965

100. King's College London

For Polymer science and Plastics engineering

#266 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829