Best Universities for Aerospace Engineering in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 99.2M citations received by 4.81M academic papers made by 4,303 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

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

2. Stanford University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Aerospace Engineering

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Aerospace Engineering

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

5. Harvard University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

6. University of Tokyo

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

7. University of Cambridge

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

8. Tsinghua University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Aerospace Engineering

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

10. Imperial College London

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

11. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

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

12. Pennsylvania State University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

13. Princeton University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

14. University of Maryland - College Park

For Aerospace Engineering

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

15. University of California - Los Angeles

For Aerospace Engineering

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

16. Cornell University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

17. California Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

18. Delft University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

19. University of Oxford

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

20. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

21. University of Washington - Seattle

For Aerospace Engineering

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

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Aerospace Engineering

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

23. University of Toronto

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

24. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

25. Beihang University

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Asia
#3 in China
Founded
1952

26. Ohio State University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

27. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Aerospace Engineering

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

28. Johns Hopkins University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

29. Purdue University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

30. University of British Columbia

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

31. Tohoku University

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

32. University of California-San Diego

For Aerospace Engineering

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

33. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

34. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

35. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

36. University College London

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

37. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

38. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

39. University of Florida

For Aerospace Engineering

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

40. Kyoto University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

41. University of Colorado Boulder

For Aerospace Engineering

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

42. Columbia University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

43. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

44. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

46. University of Arizona

For Aerospace Engineering

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

47. National University of Singapore

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

49. Carnegie Mellon University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

50. University of Southern California

For Aerospace Engineering

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

51. University of Melbourne

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

52. Technical University of Munich

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

53. Zhejiang University

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

54. University of New South Wales

For Aerospace Engineering

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

55. National University of Defense Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

56. University of California - Davis

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

57. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

58. University of Sydney

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

59. Duke University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

60. University of Pennsylvania

For Aerospace Engineering

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

61. McGill University

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

62. Sapienza University of Rome

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

63. University of Southampton

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

64. Nanyang Technological University

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

65. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

66. Seoul National University

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

68. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

69. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Aerospace Engineering

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

70. Northwestern University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

71. University of Hong Kong

For Aerospace Engineering

#17 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

72. Yale University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

73. Osaka University

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

74. Iowa State University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

75. University of Calgary

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

76. Technical University of Denmark

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

77. RWTH Aachen University

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

78. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

79. Catholic University of Leuven

For Aerospace Engineering

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

80. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Aerospace Engineering

#19 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1952

81. Peking University

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

82. University of Bristol

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

84. McMaster University

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

85. Boston University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

86. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in Asia
#13 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

87. Michigan State University

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

88. New York University

For Aerospace Engineering

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

89. University of Stuttgart

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

90. University of Virginia

For Aerospace Engineering

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

91. University of California - Irvine

For Aerospace Engineering

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

92. University of Alberta

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

93. Tianjin University

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

94. University of Waterloo

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

95. Kyushu University

For Aerospace Engineering

#23 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

96. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Aerospace Engineering

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

98. Lund University

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

99. KAIST

For Aerospace Engineering

#24 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

100. Monash University

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958