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 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 4,680 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%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

2. Stanford University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

4. Tsinghua University

For Electrical Engineering

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

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

6. University of Tokyo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

10. Nanyang Technological University

For Electrical Engineering

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

11. University of Texas at Austin

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

12. Pennsylvania State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

14. National University of Singapore

For Electrical Engineering

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

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
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

17. Zhejiang University

For Electrical Engineering

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

18. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

19. University of Toronto

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

20. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

21. Delft University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

22. Imperial College London

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

23. Cornell University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

24. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Electrical Engineering

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

25. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

26. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

27. University of California-San Diego

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

28. Princeton University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

29. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Electrical Engineering

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

30. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

31. University of Maryland - College Park

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

32. Harvard University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

33. University of Washington - Seattle

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

34. Purdue University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

35. Carnegie Mellon University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

36. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

37. Tohoku University

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

38. Seoul National University

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

39. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

40. KAIST

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

41. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

42. Southeast University

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
30,664
Founded
1902

43. University of Oxford

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

44. Osaka University

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

45. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

46. University of Southern California

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

47. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

48. University of Waterloo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

49. Ohio State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

50. University of Notre Dame

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,513

51. Columbia University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

52. Technical University of Denmark

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

53. National Taiwan University

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

54. National Chiao Tung University

For Electrical Engineering

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

55. University of Florida

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

56. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

57. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

58. Catholic University of Leuven

For Electrical Engineering

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

59. Kyoto University

For Electrical Engineering

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

60. University of Science and Technology of China

For Electrical Engineering

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

61. Peking University

For Electrical Engineering

#21 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

62. Aalborg University

For Electrical Engineering

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

63. University of New South Wales

For Electrical Engineering

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

64. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

65. South China University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

66. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

68. University of British Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

69. City University of Hong Kong

For Electrical Engineering

#24 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

70. Beihang University

For Electrical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#14 in China
Founded
1952

72. University of Southampton

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

73. Chalmers University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

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

74. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

75. University of Pennsylvania

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

76. Xidian University

For Electrical Engineering

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

77. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Electrical Engineering

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

78. Northwestern University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

79. Tianjin University

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

80. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in Asia
#20 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

82. University of Alberta

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

83. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

84. University of Colorado Boulder

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

85. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

86. National Cheng Kung University

For Electrical Engineering

#33 in Asia
#3 in Taiwan
Enrollment
20,292
Founded
1931

87. Technical University of Munich

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

88. Fudan University

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in Asia
#21 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

90. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Electrical Engineering

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

91. University of Sheffield

For Electrical Engineering

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

92. Vienna University of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#19 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

93. Yale University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

94. Iowa State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

95. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Electrical Engineering

#35 in Asia
#22 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1955

96. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Electrical Engineering

#36 in Asia
#23 in China
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

97. University of California - Davis

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

98. Michigan State University

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

99. University of Arizona

For Electrical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

100. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

For Electrical Engineering

#37 in Asia
#1 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1961