Best Universities for Industrial Engineering in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Industrial Engineering. A graph of 2.39M citations received by 124K academic papers made by 1,024 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

3. Purdue University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

4. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

5. Beihang University

For Industrial Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Founded
1952

6. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Industrial Engineering

#1 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

7. University of California - Berkeley

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

8. RWTH Aachen University

For Industrial Engineering

#2 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

9. Pennsylvania State University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

10. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,069
Founded
1956

11. Stanford University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

12. University of Hong Kong

For Industrial Engineering

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

13. Northwestern University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

14. Carnegie Mellon University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

16. National University of Singapore

For Industrial Engineering

#4 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

17. Tsinghua University

For Industrial Engineering

#5 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

18. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

19. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Industrial Engineering

#6 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

20. Delft University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

21. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

23. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#7 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

24. University of Alberta

For Industrial Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

25. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

26. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

27. Technical University of Denmark

For Industrial Engineering

#5 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

28. Catholic University of Leuven

For Industrial Engineering

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

29. Nanyang Technological University

For Industrial Engineering

#8 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

30. University of Patras

For Industrial Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in Greece
Enrollment
21,000
Founded
1964

31. Loughborough University

For Industrial Engineering

#8 in Europe
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

33. Cranfield University

For Industrial Engineering

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

34. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

35. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#11 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

36. University of Cambridge

For Industrial Engineering

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

37. Technical University of Munich

For Industrial Engineering

#13 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

38. University of Iowa

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

39. University of Maryland - College Park

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

40. Zhejiang University

For Industrial Engineering

#9 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

41. Imperial College London

For Industrial Engineering

#14 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

42. University of New South Wales

For Industrial Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

43. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Industrial Engineering

#10 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

45. University of Calgary

For Industrial Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

47. Ohio State University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

48. Wuhan University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#11 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
540,000
Founded
1946

50. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

51. Chalmers University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#18 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,773
Founded
1829

53. University of Stuttgart

For Industrial Engineering

#20 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

54. National Technical University of Athens

For Industrial Engineering

#21 in Europe
#2 in Greece
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

56. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#22 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

58. Chongqing University

For Industrial Engineering

#12 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

59. University of Florida

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

60. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Industrial Engineering

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

61. Linkoping University

For Industrial Engineering

#25 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

62. University of Tehran

For Industrial Engineering

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

63. Dalian University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

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

64. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#15 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

65. Tongji University

For Industrial Engineering

#16 in Asia
#13 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

66. Tianjin University

For Industrial Engineering

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

67. Technical University of Berlin

For Industrial Engineering

#26 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Enrollment
34,842
Founded
1946

68. National Cheng Kung University

For Industrial Engineering

#18 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
21,292
Founded
1931

71. Technical University of Kosice

For Industrial Engineering

#27 in Europe
#1 in Slovakia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
9,714
Founded
1952

72. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#28 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

73. University of Southampton

For Industrial Engineering

#29 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

74. University of Twente

For Industrial Engineering

#30 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

76. National Tsing Hua University

For Industrial Engineering

#22 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
16,647
Founded
1911

77. Northeastern University, China

For Industrial Engineering

#23 in Asia
#17 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
46,000
Founded
1923

78. University of Windsor

For Industrial Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
16,092
Founded
1857

79. University of Toronto

For Industrial Engineering

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

80. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Industrial Engineering

#31 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
39,658
Founded
1743

81. University of Bath

For Industrial Engineering

#32 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

82. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Industrial Engineering

#33 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

83. University of Manitoba

For Industrial Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
29,800
Founded
1877

84. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Industrial Engineering

#24 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1952

85. Dresden University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#34 in Europe
#8 in Germany
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

86. Iowa State University

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

87. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1264
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
98%

89. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Industrial Engineering

#25 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

90. University of Southern California

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

91. University of Padua

For Industrial Engineering

#36 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

92. TU Dortmund University

For Industrial Engineering

#37 in Europe
#9 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

93. University of Warwick

For Industrial Engineering

#38 in Europe
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

94. Aalborg University

For Industrial Engineering

#39 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

95. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#40 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

96. Silesian University of Technology

For Industrial Engineering

#41 in Europe
#1 in Poland
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
27,200
Founded
1945

97. University of Arizona

For Industrial Engineering

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

98. Concordia University

For Industrial Engineering

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1974

99. Kyoto University

For Industrial Engineering

#26 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

100. National Chiao Tung University

For Industrial Engineering

#27 in Asia
#3 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958