Best Universities for Civil Engineering in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

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 12.5M citations received by 586K academic papers made by 921 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

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

9. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Italy

#53 in the World

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

10. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#54 in the World

Founded: 1904

11. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Italy

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

13. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Italy

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

14. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Italy

#73 in the World

Founded: 1859

15. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

16. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Germany

#76 in the World

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

17. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

18. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#83 in the World

Founded: 1905

19. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

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

20. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Greece

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

21. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

22. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Civil Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

23. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#101 in the World

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

24. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Germany

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

25. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Germany

#103 in the World

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

26. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Spain

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

27. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Italy

#115 in the World

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

28. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

29. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Founded: 1948

30. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

31. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Greece

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

32. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

33. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Civil Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

34. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Civil Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

35. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

36. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Norway

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

37. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#141 in the World

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

38. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Germany

#142 in the World

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

39. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Italy

#147 in the World

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

40. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Civil Engineering

#1 in France

#152 in the World

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

41. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Germany

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

42. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

43. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1900

44. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#164 in the World

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

45. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Founded: 1451

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

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

48. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

49. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#181 in the World

Founded: 1964

50. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#182 in the World

Founded: 1963

51. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

52. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Italy

#186 in the World

Founded: 1990

53. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Spain

#187 in the World

Founded: 1971

54. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Civil Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

55. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#7 in Germany

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

56. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Civil Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

57. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#207 in the World

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

58. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Germany

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

59. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Germany

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

60. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Civil Engineering

#2 in France

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

61. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Civil Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

62. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Founded: 1829

63. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

64. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Italy

#221 in the World

Founded: 1321

65. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#222 in the World

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

66. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Finland

#223 in the World

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

67. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Germany

#226 in the World

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

68. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

69. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

70. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Austria

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

71. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Civil Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

72. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Russia

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

73. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Greece

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

74. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Civil Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#248 in the World

Founded: 1997

75. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Greece

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

76. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

77. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#254 in the World

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

78. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Civil Engineering

#3 in France

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

79. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Civil Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

80. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Civil Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#259 in the World

Founded: 1923

81. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Germany

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

82. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Civil Engineering

#3 in Spain

#263 in the World

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

83. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Civil Engineering

#12 in Germany

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

84. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Civil Engineering

#13 in Germany

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

85. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Civil Engineering

#9 in the Netherlands

#266 in the World

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

86. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Civil Engineering

#9 in Italy

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

87. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Civil Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1707

88. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

89. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Civil Engineering

#10 in Italy

#275 in the World

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

90. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Civil Engineering

#11 in Italy

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

91. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

92. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

93. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Spain

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

94. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Civil Engineering

#14 in Germany

#283 in the World

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

95. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Civil Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

96. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Civil Engineering

#15 in Germany

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

97. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Civil Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#297 in the World

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

98. University of St Andrews

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Civil Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

99. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Civil Engineering

#1 in Poland

#299 in the World

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

100. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Civil Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1135

Aerospace Engineering1090

Agricultural Engineering262

Applied/Engineering Physics419

Architectural Engineering501

Architecture479

Automation and Control engineering521

Automotive Engineering605

Aviation377

Biochemical Engineering398

Biomedical Engineering528

Biotechnology716

Chemical Engineering1007

Computer Engineering572

Computer Networking1083

Construction Management396

Electrical Engineering1180

Electronic Engineering851

Engineering Management405

Environmental Engineering679

Firefighting and Fire Science299

Geotechnical Engineering812

Human-Computer Interaction792

Industrial Engineering397

Landscape Architecture453

Marine Engineering327

Materials Science1327

Mechanical Engineering1276

Metallurgical Engineering1132

Mining Engineering288

Nanotechnology971

Nuclear Engineering338

Operations Research627

Optical Engineering1236

Petroleum Engineering378

Polymer science and Plastics engineering367

Product and Industrial Design350

Reliability and Quality Engineering576

Remote Sensing628

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Robotics466

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536