Best Universities for Product / Industrial Design 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 Product and Industrial Design. A graph of 671K citations received by 33.4K academic papers made by 264 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. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Denmark

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

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. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

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

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Sweden

#19 in the World

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

7. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

8. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Germany

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

9. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Sweden

#25 in the World

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

10. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Germany

#31 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

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

12. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in the Netherlands

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

13. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Germany

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

14. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Founded: 1964

15. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Switzerland

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

16. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in the United Kingdom

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

17. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Germany

#57 in the World

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

18. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Norway

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

19. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in the United Kingdom

#59 in the World

Founded: 1824

20. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1948

21. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in the Netherlands

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

22. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

23. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in the United Kingdom

#66 in the World

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

24. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Sweden

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

25. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Italy

#68 in the World

Founded: 1902

26. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in the Netherlands

#70 in the World

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

27. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Denmark

#74 in the World

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

28. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Belgium

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

29. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Italy

#78 in the World

Founded: 1859

30. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Sweden

#79 in the World

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

31. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Finland

#81 in the World

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

32. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Germany

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

33. Hamburg University of Technology

Germany | Hamburg State

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Germany

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 7,832
Founded: 1978

34. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

35. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in the Netherlands

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

36. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Germany

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

37. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#11 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1904

38. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Denmark

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

39. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Switzerland

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

40. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Italy

#100 in the World

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

41. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Sweden

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

42. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Germany

#106 in the World

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

43. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Finland

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1925

44. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in Germany

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

45. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in Germany

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

46. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Slovenia

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

47. National Advanced School of Engineering

France | Ile-de-France

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in France

#114 in the World

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

48. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Switzerland

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

49. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Product and Industrial Design

#12 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Founded: 1997

50. Jonkoping University

Sweden | Jonkoping

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Sweden

#121 in the World

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

51. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#13 in the United Kingdom

#122 in the World

Founded: 1900

52. Blekinge Institute of Technology

Sweden | Karlskrona

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Sweden

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 4,263
Founded: 1989

53. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Product and Industrial Design

#11 in Germany

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

54. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#14 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

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

55. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in France

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

56. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Italy

#137 in the World

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

57. Polytechnical University of Marche

Italy | Marche

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Italy

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1969

58. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Greece

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

59. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Belgium

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

60. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Product and Industrial Design

#12 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

61. London Business School

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#15 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

62. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Finland

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

63. Aston University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#16 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Founded: 1895

64. University of Oulu

Finland | Oulu

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Finland

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

65. University of Bergamo

Italy | Lombardy

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in Italy

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1968

66. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Denmark

#161 in the World

Founded: 1917

67. University of Mannheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Product and Industrial Design

#13 in Germany

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

68. Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden | Stockholm

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Sweden

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 1,830
Founded: 1909

69. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Austria

#170 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

70. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Spain

#171 in the World

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

71. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Product and Industrial Design

#14 in Germany

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

72. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#17 in the United Kingdom

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

73. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Denmark

#175 in the World

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

74. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Product and Industrial Design

#7 in the Netherlands

#182 in the World

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

75. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#15 in Germany

#184 in the World

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

76. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#16 in Germany

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

77. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#18 in the United Kingdom

#191 in the World

Founded: 1905

78. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in Italy

#194 in the World

Founded: 1321

79. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Product and Industrial Design

#8 in the Netherlands

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

80. University of Vaasa

Finland | Vaasa

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in Finland

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1966

81. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Austria

#206 in the World

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

82. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Belgium

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

83. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Product and Industrial Design

#9 in Italy

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

84. University of Limerick

Ireland | Limerick

For Product and Industrial Design

#1 in Ireland

#217 in the World

Founded: 1972

85. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Product and Industrial Design

#10 in Italy

#222 in the World

Founded: 1990

86. De Montfort University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#19 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. Johannes Kepler University Linz

Austria | Linz

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in Austria

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 20,544
Founded: 1966

88. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Product and Industrial Design

#17 in Germany

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

89. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Product and Industrial Design

#20 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Founded: 1968

90. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Product and Industrial Design

#6 in Finland

#230 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

#233 in the World

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

92. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in Austria

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

93. James I University

Spain | Castellon de la Plana

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Spain

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,343

94. University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard

France | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

For Product and Industrial Design

#3 in France

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 2,455
Founded: 1999

95. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#21 in the United Kingdom

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

96. Central School of Nantes

France | Pays de la Loire

For Product and Industrial Design

#4 in France

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 2,287
Founded: 1919

97. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Product and Industrial Design

#2 in Portugal

#246 in the World

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

98. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Product and Industrial Design

#22 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Founded: 1893

99. HEC School of Management

France | Ile-de-France

For Product and Industrial Design

#5 in France

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 5,453
Founded: 1881

100. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Product and Industrial Design

#23 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Founded: 1967

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

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

Reliability and Quality Engineering576

Remote Sensing628

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Robotics466

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536