Best Universities for Acoustical Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Acoustical Engineering. A graph of 32.1M citations received by 1.43M academic papers made by 1,187 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. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#25 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

7. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

9. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in France

#54 in the World

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

10. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#59 in the World

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

11. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

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

13. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Germany

#82 in the World

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

14. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Acoustical Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

15. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Italy

#87 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

16. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

17. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1905

18. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Germany

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

19. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#107 in the World

Founded: 1923

20. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Acoustical Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Founded: 1451

21. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#118 in the World

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

22. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#120 in the World

Founded: 1948

23. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

24. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#124 in the World

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

25. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Founded: 1900

26. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#128 in the World

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

27. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Germany

#131 in the World

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

28. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

29. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Founded: 1904

30. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

31. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Germany

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

32. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#141 in the World

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

33. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Spain

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

34. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Italy

#143 in the World

Founded: 1859

35. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Italy

#144 in the World

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

36. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in Germany

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

37. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

38. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

39. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Italy

#152 in the World

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

40. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Russia

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

41. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

42. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#156 in the World

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

43. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#158 in the World

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

44. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in Germany

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

45. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#161 in the World

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

46. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

47. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in Germany

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

48. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

49. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Acoustical Engineering

#8 in Germany

#170 in the World

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

50. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Acoustical Engineering

#9 in Germany

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

51. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in France

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

52. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Finland

#183 in the World

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

53. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Norway

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

54. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in Italy

#188 in the World

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

55. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Austria

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

56. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in France

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

57. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Acoustical Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 33,474
Founded: 1575

58. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Founded: 1829

59. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

60. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

61. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Acoustical Engineering

#10 in Germany

#207 in the World

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

62. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in Italy

#208 in the World

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

63. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Acoustical Engineering

#11 in Germany

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

64. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Acoustical Engineering

#12 in Germany

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

65. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Acoustical Engineering

#13 in Germany

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

66. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Acoustical Engineering

#14 in Germany

#220 in the World

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

67. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

68. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Spain

#226 in the World

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

69. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Acoustical Engineering

#7 in Italy

#230 in the World

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

70. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Acoustical Engineering

#15 in Germany

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

71. Normal Superior School

France | Ile-de-France

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in France

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,536
Founded: 1794

72. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Austria

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

73. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Acoustical Engineering

#16 in Germany

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

74. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Acoustical Engineering

#8 in Italy

#248 in the World

Founded: 1321

75. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in France

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

76. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

77. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#251 in the World

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

78. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Acoustical Engineering

#17 in Germany

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

79. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Acoustical Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

Founded: 1964

80. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Acoustical Engineering

#18 in Germany

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

81. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Acoustical Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#255 in the World

Founded: 1919

82. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Acoustical Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Founded: 1997

83. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

84. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Spain

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

85. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Acoustical Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

86. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

87. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

88. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Acoustical Engineering

#2 in Norway

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

89. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#270 in the World

Founded: 1963

90. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Acoustical Engineering

#9 in the Netherlands

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

91. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Acoustical Engineering

#10 in the Netherlands

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

92. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Acoustical Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

93. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Acoustical Engineering

#19 in Germany

#281 in the World

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

94. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

95. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Acoustical Engineering

#20 in Germany

#289 in the World

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

96. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Acoustical Engineering

#21 in Germany

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Founded: 1388

97. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

98. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Acoustical Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

99. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Acoustical Engineering

#5 in Switzerland

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

100. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Acoustical Engineering

#6 in France

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

Engineering subfields in Europe

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

Architectural Engineering564

Architecture522

Automation and Control engineering547

Automotive Engineering665

Aviation362

Biochemical Engineering460

Biomedical Engineering565

Biotechnology768

Chemical Engineering1043

Civil Engineering973

Computer Engineering592

Computer Networking1124

Construction Management448

Electrical Engineering1217

Electronic Engineering879

Engineering Management482

Environmental Engineering733

Firefighting and Fire Science296

Geotechnical Engineering853

Human-Computer Interaction858

Industrial Engineering390

Landscape Architecture408

Marine Engineering344

Materials Science1349

Mechanical Engineering1306

Metallurgical Engineering1155

Mining Engineering295

Nanotechnology992

Nuclear Engineering363

Operations Research670

Optical Engineering1268

Petroleum Engineering420

Polymer science and Plastics engineering352

Product and Industrial Design352

Reliability and Quality Engineering622

Remote Sensing677

Renewable Energy Engineering626

Robotics496

Structural Engineering1041

Systems Engineering995

Technical Drawing373

Telecommunications1149

Transportation Engineering589