Best Universities for Civil Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Civil Engineering. A graph of 17.4M citations received by 661K academic papers made by 966 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. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Civil Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#11 in the World

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

2. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

4. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Italy

#50 in the World

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

9. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

10. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1904

11. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Italy

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

12. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1824

13. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Germany

#74 in the World

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

14. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Italy

#76 in the World

Founded: 1859

15. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Italy

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

16. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

17. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

18. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

19. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1905

20. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

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

21. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Civil Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

22. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#96 in the World

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

23. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Greece

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

24. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Italy

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

25. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Germany

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

26. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Germany

#110 in the World

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

27. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

28. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Spain

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

29. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

30. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Germany

#123 in the World

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

31. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

32. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#126 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Greece

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

34. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Norway

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

35. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Civil Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#142 in the World

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

36. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

37. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

38. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#147 in the World

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

39. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Italy

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

40. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Founded: 1451

41. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Germany

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

42. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Civil Engineering

#1 in France

#162 in the World

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

43. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#163 in the World

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

44. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Germany

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

45. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Founded: 1900

46. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#173 in the World

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

47. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#174 in the World

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

48. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Germany

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

49. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Spain

#183 in the World

Founded: 1971

50. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

51. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

52. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

53. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#196 in the World

Founded: 1963

54. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Finland

#199 in the World

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

55. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Germany

#203 in the World

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

56. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

57. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

58. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Founded: 1964

59. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Germany

#215 in the World

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

60. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Germany

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

61. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

62. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#218 in the World

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

63. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Italy

#220 in the World

Founded: 1321

64. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#223 in the World

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

65. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

Founded: 1829

66. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Austria

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

67. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

68. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

69. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

70. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Civil Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Founded: 1997

71. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Greece

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

72. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#245 in the World

Founded: 1923

73. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Germany

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

74. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#247 in the World

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

75. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Spain

#250 in the World

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

76. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

77. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Civil Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#254 in the World

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

78. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Greece

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

79. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Civil Engineering

#2 in France

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

80. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Germany

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

81. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

82. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Russia

#266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

83. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Italy

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 44,338
Founded: 1434

84. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

85. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

86. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#13 in Germany

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

87. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Italy

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

88. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Spain

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

89. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

90. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Poland

#285 in the World

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

91. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

92. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

93. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Italy

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

94. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Germany

#293 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

95. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Germany

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

96. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#16 in Germany

#297 in the World

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

97. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the Netherlands

#299 in the World

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

98. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Civil Engineering

#17 in Germany

#300 in the World

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

99. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Spain

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

100. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#305 in the World

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

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Agricultural Engineering255

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Aviation379

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Environmental Engineering726

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Product and Industrial Design348

Reliability and Quality Engineering615

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Robotics488

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576