Best Universities for Geotechnical 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 Geotechnical Engineering. A graph of 14.3M citations received by 587K academic papers made by 812 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. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

2. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#11 in the World

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

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

5. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#38 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

6. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

7. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#52 in the World

Founded: 1824

8. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

9. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

10. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

11. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

12. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

13. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#84 in the World

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

14. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#86 in the World

Founded: 1900

15. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Spain

#87 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

16. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Founded: 1904

17. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

18. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Italy

#95 in the World

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

19. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

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

20. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Founded: 1948

21. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Norway

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

22. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in France

#103 in the World

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

23. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Greece

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

24. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Founded: 1905

25. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

26. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Italy

#123 in the World

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

27. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Italy

#132 in the World

Founded: 1859

28. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

29. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Germany

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

30. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Germany

#141 in the World

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

31. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in France

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

32. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

33. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Greece

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

34. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#150 in the World

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

35. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Italy

#152 in the World

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

36. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

37. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Italy

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

38. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

39. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in France

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

40. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

41. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Norway

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

42. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Founded: 1963

43. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Germany

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

44. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

45. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Italy

#179 in the World

Founded: 1990

46. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in France

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

47. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Germany

#185 in the World

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

48. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Founded: 1495

49. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#191 in the World

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

50. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Russia

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

51. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

52. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Italy

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

53. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

54. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in Italy

#207 in the World

Founded: 1321

55. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

56. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Germany

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

57. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

58. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Austria

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

59. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Germany

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

60. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in France

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

61. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Spain

#228 in the World

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

62. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

63. National School of Bridges and Roads

France | Ile-de-France

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in France

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1747

64. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Germany

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

65. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

66. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#242 in the World

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

67. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Spain

#243 in the World

Founded: 1971

68. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Geotechnical Engineering

#8 in Germany

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

69. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

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

70. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Finland

#258 in the World

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

71. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Founded: 1892

72. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Greece

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

73. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#272 in the World

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

74. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in Germany

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

75. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Geotechnical Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

76. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

77. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#290 in the World

Founded: 1964

78. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Geotechnical Engineering

#10 in Germany

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

79. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Geotechnical Engineering

#11 in Germany

#295 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

80. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Geotechnical Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#297 in the World

Founded: 1997

81. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#298 in the World

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

82. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

83. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Geotechnical Engineering

#12 in Germany

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

84. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Geotechnical Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#305 in the World

Founded: 1920

85. University of Alicante

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Spain

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1979

86. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#309 in the World

Founded: 1451

87. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Geotechnical Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

88. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Geotechnical Engineering

#9 in Italy

#314 in the World

Founded: 1806

89. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#13 in Germany

#315 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

90. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Geotechnical Engineering

#5 in Spain

#316 in the World

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

91. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

92. Heriot-Watt University

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Geotechnical Engineering

#26 in the United Kingdom

#318 in the World

Founded: 1966

93. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Geotechnical Engineering

#27 in the United Kingdom

#319 in the World

Founded: 1893

94. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Norway

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

95. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Geotechnical Engineering

#6 in Spain

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

96. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Geotechnical Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#323 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

97. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Geotechnical Engineering

#1 in Poland

#324 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

98. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Geotechnical Engineering

#2 in Ireland

#326 in the World

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

99. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Denmark

#328 in the World

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

100. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Geotechnical Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#329 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

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

Environmental Engineering679

Firefighting and Fire Science299

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