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 261M citations received by 11.1M academic papers made by 5,074 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
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

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
$17,998

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

7. University of Tokyo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

8. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

11. Nanyang Technological University

For Electrical Engineering

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

12. University of Texas at Austin

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

13. Zhejiang University

For Electrical Engineering

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

14. Pennsylvania State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

15. University of Cambridge

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

16. California Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

17. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

18. National University of Singapore

For Electrical Engineering

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

19. University of Toronto

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

20. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

21. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Electrical Engineering

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

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. Delft University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

25. University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

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

26. Cornell University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

27. Princeton University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

28. Purdue University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

29. University of California-San Diego

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

30. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

31. Harvard University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

32. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Electrical Engineering

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

33. 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

34. University of Maryland - College Park

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

35. Southeast University

For Electrical Engineering

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

36. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

37. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

38. University of Washington - Seattle

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

39. Seoul National University

For Electrical Engineering

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

40. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

41. KAIST

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

42. Tohoku University

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

43. Carnegie Mellon University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

44. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

45. University of Oxford

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

46. Osaka University

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

47. Peking University

For Electrical Engineering

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

48. Catholic University of Leuven

For Electrical Engineering

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

49. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

50. University of Southern California

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

51. University of Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

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

53. Ohio State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

55. Technical University of Denmark

For Electrical Engineering

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

56. National Chiao Tung University

For Electrical Engineering

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

58. South China University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

59. University of Notre Dame

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

60. University of Florida

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

61. Kyoto University

For Electrical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

62. Columbia University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

63. Northwestern University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

64. University of New South Wales

For Electrical Engineering

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

65. National Taiwan University

For Electrical Engineering

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

66. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

67. Aalborg University

For Electrical Engineering

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

68. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

69. Tianjin University

For Electrical Engineering

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

70. Beihang University

For Electrical Engineering

#26 in Asia
#15 in China
Founded
1952

71. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

72. Xidian University

For Electrical Engineering

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

73. City University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

75. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

76. University of British Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

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

77. Fudan University

For Electrical Engineering

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

78. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

79. University College London

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

80. University of Southampton

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

81. University of Pennsylvania

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

82. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Electrical Engineering

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

83. Nanjing University

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Asia
#23 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

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. Chalmers University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

86. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

87. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Electrical Engineering

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

88. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Asia
#24 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

89. University of Colorado Boulder

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

90. University of California - Davis

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

91. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

92. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

93. Wuhan University

For Electrical Engineering

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

94. Chongqing University

For Electrical Engineering

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

95. National Cheng Kung University

For Electrical Engineering

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

97. RWTH Aachen University

For Electrical Engineering

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

98. University of Alberta

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

99. Shandong University

For Electrical Engineering

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

100. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Electrical Engineering

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