Best Universities for Civil 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 Civil Engineering. A graph of 18.6M citations received by 675K academic papers made by 973 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

#10 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

#19 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

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#30 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Italy

#49 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

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

10. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#63 in the World

Founded: 1904

11. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Italy

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

12. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Germany

#71 in the World

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

13. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Founded: 1824

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

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

16. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

17. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

18. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1905

19. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

20. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#90 in the World

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

21. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Civil Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#93 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

#107 in the World

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

25. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Germany

#108 in the World

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

26. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Germany

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

27. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

28. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Spain

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

29. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#120 in the World

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

30. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

31. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Germany

#126 in the World

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

32. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

33. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Founded: 1948

34. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Greece

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

35. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Norway

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

36. 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

37. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

38. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Italy

#147 in the World

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

39. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#148 in the World

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

40. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#160 in the World

Founded: 1451

41. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Germany

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

42. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#163 in the World

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

43. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Civil Engineering

#1 in France

#167 in the World

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

44. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Founded: 1900

45. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#170 in the World

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

46. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#172 in the World

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

47. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Germany

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

48. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#178 in the World

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

49. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Germany

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

50. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

51. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Spain

#185 in the World

Founded: 1971

52. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

53. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#194 in the World

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

54. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

55. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

56. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Founded: 1963

57. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Finland

#206 in the World

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

58. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Germany

#210 in the World

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

59. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

60. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#218 in the World

Founded: 1964

61. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Italy

#219 in the World

Founded: 1321

62. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Germany

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

63. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Germany

#221 in the World

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

64. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

65. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#227 in the World

Founded: 1829

66. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Austria

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

67. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

68. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

69. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Civil Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Founded: 1997

70. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

71. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Greece

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

72. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#247 in the World

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

73. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Germany

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

74. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Spain

#249 in the World

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

75. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#250 in the World

Founded: 1923

76. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Civil Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#253 in the World

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

77. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Greece

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

78. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Germany

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

79. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

80. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Civil Engineering

#2 in France

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

81. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

82. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Italy

#264 in the World

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

83. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

84. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Russia

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

85. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#278 in the World

Founded: 1919

86. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Italy

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

87. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Spain

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

88. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#13 in Germany

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

89. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Poland

#288 in the World

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

90. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#289 in the World

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

91. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

92. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

93. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Germany

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

94. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the Netherlands

#293 in the World

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

95. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Poland

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

96. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Italy

#296 in the World

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

97. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#297 in the World

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

98. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Germany

#300 in the World

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

99. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#16 in Germany

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

100. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

Architectural Engineering564

Architecture522

Automation and Control engineering547

Automotive Engineering665

Aviation362

Biochemical Engineering460

Biomedical Engineering565

Biotechnology768

Chemical Engineering1043

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