Best Universities for Architectural 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 Architectural Engineering. A graph of 2.77M citations received by 147K academic papers made by 564 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. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

2. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#4 in the World

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

3. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#8 in the World

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

4. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Italy

#9 in the World

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

5. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

6. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Italy

#12 in the World

Founded: 1859

7. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#28 in the World

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

10. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

11. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Norway

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

12. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

13. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

14. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

15. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

16. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#44 in the World

Founded: 1905

17. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Founded: 1904

18. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Italy

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

19. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Italy

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

20. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

21. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

22. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#56 in the World

Founded: 1948

23. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Italy

#57 in the World

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

24. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1824

25. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#66 in the World

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

26. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architectural Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

27. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Spain

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

28. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

29. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

30. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

31. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#92 in the World

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

32. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Spain

#94 in the World

Founded: 1971

33. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Spain

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

34. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Greece

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

35. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Austria

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

36. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Germany

#105 in the World

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

37. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Founded: 1892

38. Oxford Brookes University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

39. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Germany

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

40. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

41. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Greece

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

42. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in Italy

#127 in the World

Founded: 1806

43. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

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

44. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Architectural Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Founded: 1997

45. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Lithuania | Vilnius

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Lithuania

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1956

46. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Germany

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

47. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#134 in the World

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

48. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

49. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

50. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Finland

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

51. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

52. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Finland

#154 in the World

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

53. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

54. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Spain

#157 in the World

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

55. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

56. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Germany

#161 in the World

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

57. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Poland

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

58. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

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

59. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Architectural Engineering

#7 in Italy

#173 in the World

Founded: 1321

60. University of Perugia

Italy | Umbria

For Architectural Engineering

#8 in Italy

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

61. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Founded: 1707

62. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architectural Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#178 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Architectural Engineering

#9 in Italy

#184 in the World

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

65. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Architectural Engineering

#2 in Poland

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

66. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

67. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Founded: 1900

68. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Poland

#201 in the World

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

69. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Poland

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,200
Founded: 1945

70. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#207 in the World

Founded: 1963

71. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

72. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Poland

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

73. Polytechnical University of Marche

Italy | Marche

For Architectural Engineering

#10 in Italy

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1969

74. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Serbia

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

75. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

76. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#215 in the World

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

77. Northumbria University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Founded: 1992

78. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#221 in the World

Founded: 1919

79. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Architectural Engineering

#3 in Finland

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

80. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

81. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in France

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

82. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Architectural Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

83. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Spain

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

84. Heriot-Watt University

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architectural Engineering

#26 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Founded: 1966

85. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#27 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

86. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Germany

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

87. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in Germany

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

88. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#246 in the World

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

89. De Montfort University

United Kingdom | England

For Architectural Engineering

#28 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1992

90. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in Spain

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

91. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Architectural Engineering

#11 in Italy

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

92. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#251 in the World

Founded: 1923

93. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Russia

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

94. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

95. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

96. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Architectural Engineering

#5 in Denmark

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

97. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Architectural Engineering

#12 in Italy

#266 in the World

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

98. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Architectural Engineering

#13 in Italy

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

99. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Architectural Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#272 in the World

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

100. Technical University of Kosice

Slovakia | Kosice

For Architectural Engineering

#1 in Slovakia

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 9,714
Founded: 1952

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

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