Best Universities for Environmental Engineering in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

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 7.32M citations received by 269K academic papers made by 679 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

#6 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. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#14 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

5. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#15 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#43 in the World

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

9. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

10. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Germany

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

12. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Spain

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

13. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Spain

#63 in the World

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

14. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1904

15. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Greece

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

16. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

17. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

18. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#80 in the World

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

19. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Germany

#84 in the World

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

20. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

21. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Norway

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

22. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Germany

#93 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

23. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1824

24. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Spain

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

25. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

26. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#101 in the World

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

27. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Italy

#109 in the World

Founded: 1990

28. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Spain

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

29. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

30. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#117 in the World

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

31. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

32. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Founded: 1963

33. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Greece

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

34. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Spain

#138 in the World

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

35. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Italy

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

36. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Spain

#145 in the World

Founded: 1531

37. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Italy

#146 in the World

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

38. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Germany

#148 in the World

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

39. University of Girona

Spain | Girona

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Spain

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 15,336

40. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

41. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#154 in the World

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

42. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

43. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Founded: 1905

44. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Italy

#174 in the World

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

45. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#176 in the World

Founded: 1948

46. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Germany

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

47. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

48. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

49. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in France

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

50. Rovira i Virgili University

Spain | Tarragona

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Spain

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 11,621

51. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

52. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

53. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Austria

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

54. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Italy

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

55. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#210 in the World

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

56. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

57. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#219 in the World

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

58. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Spain

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

59. Gdansk University of Technology

Poland | Gdansk

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Poland

#221 in the World

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

60. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#222 in the World

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

61. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in France

#223 in the World

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

62. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in France

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

63. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Germany

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

64. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

65. University of Valladolid

Spain | Valladolid

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Spain

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1346

66. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Poland

#237 in the World

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

67. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#238 in the World

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

68. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Italy

#240 in the World

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

69. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#242 in the World

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

70. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

71. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Environmental Engineering

#11 in Spain

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

72. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Italy

#249 in the World

Founded: 1859

73. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

74. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

75. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Finland

#255 in the World

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

76. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in Italy

#259 in the World

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

77. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Environmental Engineering

#12 in Spain

#266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

78. University of the Basque Country

Spain | Bilbao

For Environmental Engineering

#13 in Spain

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,000

79. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Environmental Engineering

#14 in Spain

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

80. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Greece

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

81. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Environmental Engineering

#9 in Italy

#275 in the World

Founded: 1321

82. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Environmental Engineering

#15 in Spain

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

83. New University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Portugal

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 20,077
Founded: 1973

84. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in France

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

85. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

86. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Environmental Engineering

#5 in Portugal

#284 in the World

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

87. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

88. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

89. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

90. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#292 in the World

Founded: 1923

91. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Environmental Engineering

#6 in Portugal

#294 in the World

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

92. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Finland

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

93. Technical University of Crete

Greece | Chania

For Environmental Engineering

#4 in Greece

#302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1977

94. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Environmental Engineering

#7 in Germany

#303 in the World

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

95. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Environmental Engineering

#10 in Italy

#306 in the World

Founded: 1806

96. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Environmental Engineering

#3 in Finland

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

97. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Environmental Engineering

#1 in Croatia

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

98. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Environmental Engineering

#2 in Ireland

#314 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

99. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Environmental Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#323 in the World

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

100. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Environmental Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#325 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1135

Aerospace Engineering1090

Agricultural Engineering262

Applied/Engineering Physics419

Architectural Engineering501

Architecture479

Automation and Control engineering521

Automotive Engineering605

Aviation377

Biochemical Engineering398

Biomedical Engineering528

Biotechnology716

Chemical Engineering1007

Civil Engineering921

Computer Engineering572

Computer Networking1083

Construction Management396

Electrical Engineering1180

Electronic Engineering851

Engineering Management405

Firefighting and Fire Science299

Geotechnical Engineering812

Human-Computer Interaction792

Industrial Engineering397

Landscape Architecture453

Marine Engineering327

Materials Science1327

Mechanical Engineering1276

Metallurgical Engineering1132

Mining Engineering288

Nanotechnology971

Nuclear Engineering338

Operations Research627

Optical Engineering1236

Petroleum Engineering378

Polymer science and Plastics engineering367

Product and Industrial Design350

Reliability and Quality Engineering576

Remote Sensing628

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Robotics466

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536