Best Universities for Electrical Engineering in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Electrical Engineering. A graph of 279M citations received by 11.4M academic papers made by 5,106 universities in the World 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

2. Tsinghua University

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

3. Stanford University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

7. University of Tokyo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

11. Zhejiang University

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

12. Nanyang Technological University

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

13. University of Texas at Austin

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

14. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

16. National University of Singapore

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

17. University of Cambridge

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

18. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

19. California Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

20. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

21. University of Toronto

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

22. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

23. Imperial College London

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

24. University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

25. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

26. Delft University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

27. Cornell University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

28. Princeton University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

29. Purdue University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

30. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

31. University of California-San Diego

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

32. Harvard University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

33. Southeast University

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
30,664
Founded
1902

34. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

35. University of Maryland - College Park

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

36. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

37. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

38. Seoul National University

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

39. University of Washington - Seattle

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

40. KAIST

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

41. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

42. Tohoku University

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

43. Peking University

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

44. Carnegie Mellon University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

45. University of Oxford

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

46. University of Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

#18 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

47. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

48. Osaka University

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

49. Catholic University of Leuven

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

50. Technical University of Denmark

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

51. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

52. University of Southern California

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

55. South China University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Asia
#13 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

56. Aalborg University

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

57. Ohio State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

58. Tianjin University

For Electrical Engineering

#22 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

60. National Chiao Tung University

For Electrical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

61. University of New South Wales

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

62. Beihang University

For Electrical Engineering

#24 in Asia
#15 in China
Founded
1952

63. University of Florida

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

64. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#16 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

65. Kyoto University

For Electrical Engineering

#26 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

66. National Taiwan University

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Enrollment
33,882
Founded
1945

67. Northwestern University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

68. Columbia University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

69. University of Notre Dame

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

70. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

71. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

72. Xidian University

For Electrical Engineering

#28 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

74. City University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Asia
#19 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

75. Fudan University

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in Asia
#20 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

76. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

77. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#32 in Asia
#21 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1991

78. University of British Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

79. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Electrical Engineering

#33 in Asia
#22 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1952

80. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Asia
#23 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

81. Nanjing University

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Asia
#24 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

82. University College London

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

83. University of Southampton

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

84. Technical University of Munich

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

85. Wuhan University

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Asia
#25 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

86. Chongqing University

For Electrical Engineering

#37 in Asia
#26 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

87. University of Pennsylvania

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

88. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

89. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,069
Founded
1956

90. Chalmers University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,773
Founded
1829

91. Shandong University

For Electrical Engineering

#38 in Asia
#27 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1901

92. University of Colorado Boulder

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

93. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#18 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

94. University of California - Davis

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

95. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

96. RWTH Aachen University

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

97. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Electrical Engineering

#39 in Asia
#28 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1955

99. National Cheng Kung University

For Electrical Engineering

#40 in Asia
#3 in Taiwan
Enrollment
21,292
Founded
1931

100. University of Alberta

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908