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 190M citations received by 10M academic papers made by 4,893 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
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

3. Tsinghua University

For Electrical Engineering

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

4. Stanford University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

6. University of Tokyo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

8. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

11. Nanyang Technological University

For Electrical Engineering

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

12. Pennsylvania State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

13. University of Texas at Austin

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

14. University of Cambridge

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

15. National University of Singapore

For Electrical Engineering

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

16. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

17. Zhejiang University

For Electrical Engineering

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

18. University of Toronto

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

19. California Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

20. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

21. Imperial College London

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

22. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Electrical Engineering

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

23. University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

24. Delft University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

25. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

26. Princeton University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

27. University of California-San Diego

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

28. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

29. Cornell University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

30. Harvard University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

31. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

32. University of Maryland - College Park

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

33. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Electrical Engineering

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

34. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

35. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

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

36. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

37. Tohoku University

For Electrical Engineering

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

38. University of Washington - Seattle

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

39. Purdue University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

40. Seoul National University

For Electrical Engineering

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

41. KAIST

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

42. Southeast University

For Electrical Engineering

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

43. Osaka University

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

44. Carnegie Mellon University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

45. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

46. University of Oxford

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

47. University of Southern California

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

48. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

49. Peking University

For Electrical Engineering

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

50. Catholic University of Leuven

For Electrical Engineering

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

51. National Taiwan University

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
31,799
Founded
1945

52. University of Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

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

54. Technical University of Denmark

For Electrical Engineering

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

55. University of Waterloo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

56. National Chiao Tung University

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

57. Ohio State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

58. Columbia University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

59. Kyoto University

For Electrical Engineering

#22 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

60. University of Florida

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

61. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

62. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

63. University of Notre Dame

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

64. Northwestern University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

65. University of New South Wales

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

66. South China University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

67. Aalborg University

For Electrical Engineering

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

68. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

70. City University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

71. Beihang University

For Electrical Engineering

#26 in Asia
#15 in China
Founded
1952

73. Tianjin University

For Electrical Engineering

#28 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

74. University of British Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

75. Xidian University

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in Asia
#18 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

76. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

77. University College London

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

78. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in Asia
#20 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1991

79. University of Southampton

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

80. Chalmers University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

81. Technical University of Munich

For Electrical Engineering

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

82. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Electrical Engineering

#32 in Asia
#21 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1952

83. Fudan University

For Electrical Engineering

#33 in Asia
#22 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

84. University of Pennsylvania

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

85. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

86. 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

87. University of Colorado Boulder

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

88. National Cheng Kung University

For Electrical Engineering

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

89. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

90. University of Alberta

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

92. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Electrical Engineering

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

94. University of California - Davis

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

95. Nanjing University

For Electrical Engineering

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

97. RWTH Aachen University

For Electrical Engineering

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

98. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

99. Wuhan University

For Electrical Engineering

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

100. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Electrical Engineering

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