Best Universities for Environmental Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 10M citations received by 301K academic papers made by 733 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

#7 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: 50,000
Founded: 1817

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#41 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

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

10. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Germany

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

11. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

12. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1900

13. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#76 in the World

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

15. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Spain

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,095
Founded: 1495

16. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

17. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Greece

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

18. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

19. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#91 in the World

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

20. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

21. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Germany

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

22. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Spain

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

23. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Germany

#99 in the World

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

24. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Norway

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

25. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#103 in the World

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

26. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1824

27. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

28. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

29. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Spain

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

30. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Greece

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

31. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Germany

#133 in the World

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

32. University of Girona

Spain | Girona

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Spain

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 15,336

33. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Spain

#139 in the World

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

34. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Italy

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

35. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

Founded: 1963

36. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Italy

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

37. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

38. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Spain

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 56,842
Founded: 1531

39. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#157 in the World

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

40. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

41. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#175 in the World

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

42. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Poland

#179 in the World

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

43. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Italy

#180 in the World

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

44. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#181 in the World

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

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: 80,000
Founded: 1224

47. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Founded: 1905

48. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

49. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#192 in the World

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

50. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Germany

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

51. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Founded: 1948

52. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Poland

#206 in the World

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

53. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Spain

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

54. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

55. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Austria

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

56. Rovira i Virgili University

Spain | Tarragona

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Spain

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 11,621

57. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#234 in the World

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

58. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

59. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#236 in the World

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

60. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

61. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Italy

#239 in the World

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

62. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in France

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

63. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#245 in the World

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

64. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Italy

#247 in the World

Founded: 1859

65. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Germany

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

66. University of Valladolid

Spain | Valladolid

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Spain

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1346

67. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in France

#252 in the World

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

68. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

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

69. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

70. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Poland

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

71. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Spain

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

72. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Finland

#260 in the World

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

73. University of the Basque Country

Spain | Bilbao

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Spain

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,000

74. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Spain

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

75. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in France

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

76. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

77. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Italy

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

78. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Greece

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

79. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

80. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

81. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

82. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Finland

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

83. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#288 in the World

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

84. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Portugal

#289 in the World

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

85. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

86. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Italy

#293 in the World

Founded: 1321

87. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Italy

#298 in the World

Founded: 1806

88. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Croatia

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

89. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Spain

#303 in the World

Founded: 1508

90. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

91. New University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Portugal

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 20,077
Founded: 1973

92. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Spain

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

93. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Ireland

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

94. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Germany

#312 in the World

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

95. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Finland

#313 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

96. Technical University of Crete

Greece | Chania

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Greece

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1977

97. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Italy

#318 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

98. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#319 in the World

Founded: 1923

99. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Sweden

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

100. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#332 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

Architectural Engineering564

Architecture522

Automation and Control engineering547

Automotive Engineering665

Aviation362

Biochemical Engineering460

Biomedical Engineering565

Biotechnology768

Chemical Engineering1043

Civil Engineering973

Computer Engineering592

Computer Networking1124

Construction Management448

Electrical Engineering1217

Electronic Engineering879

Engineering Management482

Firefighting and Fire Science296

Geotechnical Engineering853

Human-Computer Interaction858

Industrial Engineering390

Landscape Architecture408

Marine Engineering344

Materials Science1349

Mechanical Engineering1306

Metallurgical Engineering1155

Mining Engineering295

Nanotechnology992

Nuclear Engineering363

Operations Research670

Optical Engineering1268

Petroleum Engineering420

Polymer science and Plastics engineering352

Product and Industrial Design352

Reliability and Quality Engineering622

Remote Sensing677

Renewable Energy Engineering626

Robotics496

Structural Engineering1041

Systems Engineering995

Technical Drawing373

Telecommunications1149

Transportation Engineering589