Best Universities for Product / Industrial Design in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Product and Industrial Design. A graph of 924K citations received by 36.4K academic papers made by 286 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 Product and Industrial Design

#1 in the Netherlands

#2 in the World

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

2. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Italy

#11 in the World

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

4. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Denmark

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

5. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Sweden

#18 in the World

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

6. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

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

7. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Sweden

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

8. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

9. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Germany

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

10. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Germany

#28 in the World

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

11. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in the Netherlands

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

12. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Germany

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

13. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in the Netherlands

#46 in the World

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

14. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Founded: 1824

15. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Switzerland

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

16. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Germany

#53 in the World

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

17. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Norway

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

18. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Denmark

#56 in the World

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

19. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Sweden

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

20. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

21. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1964

22. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1948

23. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in the Netherlands

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

24. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Germany

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

25. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

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

26. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

27. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Italy

#73 in the World

Founded: 1859

28. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Italy

#74 in the World

Founded: 1902

29. Hamburg University of Technology

Germany | Hamburg State

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Germany

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 7,223
Founded: 1978

30. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Germany

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

31. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Finland

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

32. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Sweden

#82 in the World

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

33. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Belgium

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

34. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in the Netherlands

#84 in the World

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

35. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

36. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Germany

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

37. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Italy

#90 in the World

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

38. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Switzerland

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

39. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in the Netherlands

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

40. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#11 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Founded: 1904

41. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Denmark

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

42. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in Germany

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

43. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Switzerland

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

44. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Sweden

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

45. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Slovenia

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

46. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Finland

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

47. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#12 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Founded: 1900

48. Jonkoping University

Sweden | Jonkoping

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Sweden

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 9,567
Founded: 1977

49. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in Germany

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

50. Blekinge Institute of Technology

Sweden | Karlskrona

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Sweden

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 4,263
Founded: 1989

51. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Russia

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

52. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Italy

#129 in the World

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

53. Polytechnical University of Marche

Italy | Marche

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Italy

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1969

54. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Greece

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

55. University of Oulu

Finland | Oulu

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Finland

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

56. Aston University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#13 in the United Kingdom

#141 in the World

Founded: 1895

57. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Product and Industrial Design

#11 in Germany

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

58. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Finland

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

59. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Denmark

#145 in the World

Founded: 1917

60. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Product and Industrial Design

#14 in the United Kingdom

#146 in the World

Founded: 1997

61. London Business School

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#15 in the United Kingdom

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

62. University of Bergamo

Italy | Lombardy

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Italy

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1968

63. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#16 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

64. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Product and Industrial Design

#12 in Germany

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 13,607
Male:Female: 60:40
Founded: 1970

65. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Denmark

#163 in the World

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

66. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Austria

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

67. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#13 in Germany

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

68. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Belgium

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

69. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#14 in Germany

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

70. Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden | Stockholm

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Sweden

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 1,830
Founded: 1909

71. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in France

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 57,000
Founded: 1339

72. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Italy

#177 in the World

Founded: 1321

73. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Product and Industrial Design

#15 in Germany

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

74. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in Italy

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

75. National Advanced School of Engineering

France | Ile-de-France

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in France

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1780

76. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#17 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

77. University of Mannheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#16 in Germany

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

78. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Croatia

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

79. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Spain

#204 in the World

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

80. University of Limerick

Ireland | Limerick

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Ireland

#205 in the World

Founded: 1972

81. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#18 in the United Kingdom

#206 in the World

Founded: 1905

82. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in France

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 60,404
Founded: 2012

83. Northumbria University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#19 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1992

84. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in the Netherlands

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

85. University of Vaasa

Finland | Vaasa

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Finland

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1966

86. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in the Netherlands

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

87. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Belgium

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

88. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Austria

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

89. Johannes Kepler University Linz

Austria | Linz

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Austria

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1966

90. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Finland

#234 in the World

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

91. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Portugal

#236 in the World

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

92. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Portugal

#240 in the World

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

93. National University of Ireland, Galway

Ireland | Galway

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Ireland

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1845

94. James I University

Spain | Castellon de la Plana

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Spain

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,343

95. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#20 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Founded: 1967

96. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#17 in Germany

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

97. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Portugal

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

98. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Austria

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

99. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Product and Industrial Design

#21 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

Founded: 1968

100. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Austria

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Agricultural Engineering255

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Aviation379

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Civil Engineering966

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Environmental Engineering726

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Reliability and Quality Engineering615

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Robotics488

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576