15 Best universities for Electronic Engineering in the Netherlands

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the Netherlands ranked based on their research performance in Electronic Engineering. A graph of 980K citations received by 32.7K academic papers made by 15 universities in the Netherlands 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 Electronic Engineering

#2 in Europe

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

2. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Electronic Engineering

#16 in Europe

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

3. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Electronic Engineering

#31 in Europe

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

4. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Electronic Engineering

#73 in Europe

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

5. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Electronic Engineering

#74 in Europe

#270 in the World

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

6. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Electronic Engineering

#119 in Europe

#370 in the World

Founded: 1923

7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Electronic Engineering

#130 in Europe

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

8. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Electronic Engineering

#153 in Europe

#451 in the World

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

9. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Electronic Engineering

#194 in Europe

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

10. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Electronic Engineering

#213 in Europe

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

11. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Electronic Engineering

#235 in Europe

#706 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

12. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Electronic Engineering

#347 in Europe

#1040 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

13. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Electronic Engineering

#385 in Europe

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

14. Rotterdam University

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Electronic Engineering

#696 in Europe

#2584 in the World

Enrollment: 36,000
Founded: 1988

15. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Professional Education

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Electronic Engineering

#808 in Europe

#3134 in the World

Founded: 1619

The best cities to study Electronic Engineering in the Netherlands based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delft, Eindhoven, Enschede, and Utrecht.