Best Universities for Geotechnical Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Geotechnical Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 3,062 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. University of California - Berkeley

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

2. Kyoto University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

3. University of Texas at Austin

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

4. Stanford University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

5. Imperial College London

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

7. China University of Mining and Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1909

8. Tsinghua University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

9. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

10. Tongji University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

11. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

12. Delft University of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

13. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

14. Zhejiang University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

15. University of Tokyo

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

16. Pennsylvania State University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

17. University of Cambridge

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

18. Hohai University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Asia
#5 in China
Founded
1915

19. University of California - Davis

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

20. China University of Petroleum - Beijing

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
15,445
Founded
1953

21. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

22. Nanyang Technological University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

23. Central South University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

24. University of British Columbia

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

25. University of Arizona

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

26. University of Waterloo

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

27. Cornell University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

28. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

29. Purdue University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

30. University of Alberta

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

31. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

32. University of New South Wales

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

34. Dalian University of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1949

35. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

36. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

37. University of Washington - Seattle

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

38. University of Florida

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

39. Wuhan University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#13 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

40. Tianjin University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#14 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

41. National University of Singapore

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

42. University of Western Australia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1911

43. University of Toronto

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

44. University of California - Los Angeles

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

45. University of Queensland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

46. Catholic University of Leuven

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

47. Ohio State University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

48. Monash University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

49. Jilin University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#16 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

51. Oregon State University

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

52. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

54. Harvard University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

55. University of Colorado Boulder

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

56. Colorado School of Mines

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
98%

57. Iowa State University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

58. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

59. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

60. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
95%

61. McGill University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

62. University of Oxford

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

63. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

64. University of Calgary

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

65. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

66. University of Sydney

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

67. Utrecht University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

68. Northwestern University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

69. Technical University of Denmark

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

70. University of Melbourne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

71. University of California-San Diego

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

72. University of Tehran

For Geotechnical Engineering

#18 in Asia
#1 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
52,588
Founded
1934

73. Chongqing University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#19 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

74. Chang'an University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#20 in Asia
#15 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
2000

75. Seoul National University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

76. Tohoku University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

77. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

78. Wageningen University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in Europe
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

79. Technical University of Catalonia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
29,812

80. Sichuan University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#24 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

81. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

For Geotechnical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#1 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1951

82. Duke University

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

83. Kyushu University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#26 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

85. Beijing Normal University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#27 in Asia
#18 in China
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1902

86. University of Padua

For Geotechnical Engineering

#14 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

87. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

88. National Technical University of Athens

For Geotechnical Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Greece
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

89. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

90. Princeton University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

91. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

#17 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

92. Columbia University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

93. University of Delaware

For Geotechnical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1248
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
90%

94. Ghent University

For Geotechnical Engineering

#18 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

95. University of Nottingham

For Geotechnical Engineering

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

96. University of Bristol

For Geotechnical Engineering

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

98. Osaka University

For Geotechnical Engineering

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

99. Indian Institute of Science

For Geotechnical Engineering

#29 in Asia
#2 in India
Enrollment
4,695
Founded
1909

100. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Geotechnical Engineering

#30 in Asia
#19 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953