Best Universities for Environmental Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Environmental Engineering. A graph of 9.32M citations received by 294K academic papers made by 726 universities in Europe 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 Environmental Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#4 in the World

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

2. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

3. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#13 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

5. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#16 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Spain

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

10. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Germany

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

11. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

12. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1900

13. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#66 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Spain

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

15. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

16. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Greece

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

17. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

18. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

19. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

20. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Germany

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

21. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Germany

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

22. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Spain

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

23. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Norway

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

24. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

25. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

26. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Founded: 1824

27. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

28. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Spain

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

29. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

30. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Greece

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

31. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Germany

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

32. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Italy

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

33. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Spain

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

34. University of Girona

Spain | Girona

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Spain

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 15,336

35. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

36. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Founded: 1963

37. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Italy

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

38. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Spain

#150 in the World

Founded: 1531

39. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

40. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

41. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#165 in the World

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

42. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

43. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Italy

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

44. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Poland

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 23,600
Founded: 1904

45. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

46. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Italy

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

47. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Germany

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

48. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Founded: 1905

49. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Founded: 1948

50. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1973

51. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Poland

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,200
Founded: 1945

52. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

53. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Spain

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

54. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Austria

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

55. Rovira i Virgili University

Spain | Tarragona

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Spain

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 11,621

56. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

57. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

58. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#228 in the World

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

59. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

60. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Italy

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

61. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in France

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

62. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

63. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Germany

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

64. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

65. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in France

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

66. University of Valladolid

Spain | Valladolid

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Spain

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1346

67. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

68. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Italy

#250 in the World

Founded: 1859

69. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

70. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Finland

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

71. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

72. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Spain

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

73. University of the Basque Country

Spain | Bilbao

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Spain

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,000

74. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Spain

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

75. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

76. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Italy

#266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

77. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

78. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Greece

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

79. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in France

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

80. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Poland

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

81. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

82. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

83. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Finland

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

84. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Italy

#288 in the World

Founded: 1321

85. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#289 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

86. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Portugal

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

87. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Spain

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

88. New University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Portugal

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 20,077
Founded: 1973

89. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

90. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Croatia

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

91. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Ireland

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

92. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Italy

#302 in the World

Founded: 1806

93. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Spain

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

94. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Finland

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

95. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Germany

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

96. Technical University of Crete

Greece | Chania

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Greece

#311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1977

97. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#313 in the World

Founded: 1923

98. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Italy

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

99. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

100. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Environmental Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#322 in the World

Founded: 1968

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Agricultural Engineering255

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Aviation379

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Civil Engineering966

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Product and Industrial Design348

Reliability and Quality Engineering615

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Robotics488

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576