Best Universities for Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 6,555 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.

1. Stanford University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

4. Harvard University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

5. University of Tokyo

For Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

7. Tsinghua University

For Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

9. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

11. University of Toronto

For Engineering

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

12. University of Washington - Seattle

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

13. University of Texas at Austin

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

14. Pennsylvania State University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

15. University of California - Los Angeles

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

16. Cornell University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

17. Kyoto University

For Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

18. Imperial College London

For Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

22. Zhejiang University

For Engineering

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

23. Osaka University

For Engineering

#6 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

24. Tohoku University

For Engineering

#7 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

25. University of California-San Diego

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

27. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Engineering

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

29. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

30. Ohio State University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

31. University of Maryland - College Park

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

32. Princeton University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

33. California Institute of Technology

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

34. Carnegie Mellon University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

35. University of Pennsylvania

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

36. Columbia University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

37. Delft University of Technology

For Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

38. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#10 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

39. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

41. Purdue University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

43. University of British Columbia

For Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

44. University of Southern California

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

45. University of Florida

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

46. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

47. Northwestern University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

48. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#11 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

49. Johns Hopkins University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

51. Yale University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

53. University of California - Davis

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

54. Seoul National University

For Engineering

#14 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

55. Catholic University of Leuven

For Engineering

#8 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

57. Peking University

For Engineering

#15 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

58. McGill University

For Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

59. University of Arizona

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

60. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

61. University of New South Wales

For Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

62. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Engineering

#16 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

63. University of Alberta

For Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

64. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

65. Technical University of Munich

For Engineering

#10 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

66. University of Sydney

For Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

67. University of Waterloo

For Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

68. Iowa State University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

69. KAIST

For Engineering

#17 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

70. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

71. Tianjin University

For Engineering

#18 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

73. University of Queensland

For Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

74. University of Melbourne

For Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

75. University of Colorado Boulder

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

76. Michigan State University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

77. Kyushu University

For Engineering

#19 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

78. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

79. Boston University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

80. Nanjing University

For Engineering

#20 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
87%
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

81. South China University of Technology

For Engineering

#21 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

82. University of Pittsburgh

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

83. Nagoya University

For Engineering

#22 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
16,376
Founded
1939

84. National Taiwan University

For Engineering

#23 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

85. University of Southampton

For Engineering

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

86. University of Utah

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

87. University of Chicago

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

88. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#13 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

89. Jilin University

For Engineering

#24 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

90. Duke University

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

91. Lund University

For Engineering

#14 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

92. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#25 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

94. Fudan University

For Engineering

#27 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

95. University of Sao Paulo

For Engineering

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

97. University of California - Irvine

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

98. Wuhan University

For Engineering

#29 in Asia
#16 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

99. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Engineering

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

100. RWTH Aachen University

For Engineering

#15 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870