Best Universities for Aerospace 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 Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 47.6M citations received by 1.66M academic papers made by 1,139 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 Aerospace Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#11 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

3. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#19 in the World

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

5. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

8. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Founded: 1824

9. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Germany

#53 in the World

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

10. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in France

#54 in the World

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

11. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Italy

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

12. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

13. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Italy

#64 in the World

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

14. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

15. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Germany

#73 in the World

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

16. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Germany

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

17. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

18. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

19. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#90 in the World

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

20. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

Founded: 1904

21. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Germany

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

22. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1900

23. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

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

24. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Founded: 1948

25. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

26. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Norway

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

27. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#113 in the World

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

28. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Founded: 1905

29. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Germany

#115 in the World

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

30. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Germany

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

31. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Italy

#126 in the World

Founded: 1859

32. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Founded: 1451

33. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

34. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#135 in the World

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

35. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Russia

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

36. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Spain

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

37. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Italy

#139 in the World

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

38. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Italy

#141 in the World

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

39. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Italy

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

40. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

41. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

42. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Germany

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

43. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Italy

#159 in the World

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

44. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#160 in the World

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

45. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Germany

#161 in the World

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

46. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

47. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Greece

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

48. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Spain

#168 in the World

Founded: 1971

49. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Germany

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

50. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

51. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Aerospace Engineering

#8 in Italy

#177 in the World

Founded: 1321

52. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

53. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#187 in the World

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

54. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Germany

#188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

55. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Aerospace Engineering

#11 in Germany

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

56. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in France

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

57. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

58. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Aerospace Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Founded: 1964

59. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Aerospace Engineering

#12 in Germany

#202 in the World

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

60. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

61. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#205 in the World

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

62. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Aerospace Engineering

#13 in Germany

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

63. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#210 in the World

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

64. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

65. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Austria

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

66. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#216 in the World

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

67. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in France

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

68. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in France

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

69. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1829

70. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Spain

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

71. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Spain

#226 in the World

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

72. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Finland

#227 in the World

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

73. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Aerospace Engineering

#14 in Germany

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

74. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#233 in the World

Founded: 1963

75. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

76. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

77. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Aerospace Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

78. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in France

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

79. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

80. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

81. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Aerospace Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

82. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in France

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

83. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Greece

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

84. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Aerospace Engineering

#9 in Italy

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

85. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Aerospace Engineering

#15 in Germany

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

86. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

87. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Aerospace Engineering

#16 in Germany

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

88. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Poland

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

89. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#280 in the World

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

90. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Austria

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

91. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#284 in the World

Founded: 1923

92. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Aerospace Engineering

#17 in Germany

#285 in the World

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

93. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Aerospace Engineering

#18 in Germany

#286 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

94. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Aerospace Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#288 in the World

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

95. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in France

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

96. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Aerospace Engineering

#19 in Germany

#294 in the World

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

97. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Aerospace Engineering

#5 in Switzerland

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

98. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Aerospace Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

99. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Aerospace Engineering

#2 in Norway

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

100. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Aerospace Engineering

#20 in Germany

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

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