23 Best universities for Aerospace Engineering in Austria

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Austria ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 755K citations received by 27.4K academic papers made by 23 universities in Austria 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. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#66 in Europe

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

2. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#88 in Europe

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

3. Graz University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#118 in Europe

#343 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

4. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Aerospace Engineering

#194 in Europe

#522 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

5. Johannes Kepler University Linz

For Aerospace Engineering

#220 in Europe

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1966

6. University of Graz

For Aerospace Engineering

#228 in Europe

#601 in the World

Enrollment: 32,230
Founded: 1585

7. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#302 in Europe

#796 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

8. Medical University of Graz

For Aerospace Engineering

#402 in Europe

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 4,346
Founded: 2004

9. University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#405 in Europe

#1103 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

10. University of Salzburg

Austria | Salzburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#432 in Europe

#1206 in the World

Enrollment: 17,969
Founded: 1622

11. Medical University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Aerospace Engineering

#437 in Europe

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 3,607
Founded: 2004

12. University of Leoben

Austria | Leoben

For Aerospace Engineering

#448 in Europe

#1277 in the World

Enrollment: 4,032
Founded: 1904

13. Danube University Krems

Austria | Krems an der Donau

For Aerospace Engineering

#565 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 8,849
Founded: 1994

14. Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Austria | Klosterneuburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#610 in Europe

#1931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 557
Founded: 2009

15. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#619 in Europe

#1971 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

16. Paracelsus Medical University

Austria | Salzburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#676 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2002

17. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#678 in Europe

#2305 in the World

Enrollment: 2,404
Founded: 1897

18. University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#750 in Europe

#2684 in the World

Enrollment: 4,400
Founded: 1994

19. FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

For Aerospace Engineering

#910 in Europe

#3423 in the World

Founded: 1995

20. MCI Management Center Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Aerospace Engineering

#960 in Europe

#3660 in the World

Enrollment: 3,731
Founded: 1996

21. University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt

Austria | Wiener Neustadt

For Aerospace Engineering

#1019 in Europe

#3954 in the World

Founded: 1994

22. Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences

Austria | Dornbirn

For Aerospace Engineering

#1023 in Europe

#3964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 1,378
Founded: 1992

23. Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#1048 in Europe

#4108 in the World

Founded: 2003

The best cities to study Aerospace Engineering in Austria based on the number of universities and their ranks are Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, and Linz.

Engineering subfields in Austria

Acoustical Engineering22

Agricultural Engineering3

Applied/Engineering Physics7

Architectural Engineering10

Automation and Control engineering6

Automotive Engineering10

Biochemical Engineering8

Biomedical Engineering16

Biotechnology14

Chemical Engineering22

Civil Engineering18

Computer Engineering9

Computer Networking23

Construction Management8

Electrical Engineering27

Electronic Engineering19

Engineering Management6

Environmental Engineering14

Firefighting and Fire Science5

Geotechnical Engineering13

Human-Computer Interaction20

Industrial Engineering6

Landscape Architecture5

Marine Engineering4

Materials Science31

Mechanical Engineering28

Metallurgical Engineering22

Mining Engineering7

Nanotechnology21

Nuclear Engineering5

Operations Research11

Optical Engineering30

Petroleum Engineering7

Polymer science and Plastics engineering8

Product and Industrial Design7

Reliability and Quality Engineering11

Remote Sensing12

Renewable Energy Engineering9

Structural Engineering20

Systems Engineering20

Technical Drawing5

Telecommunications24

Transportation Engineering9