Best Universities for Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 140M citations received by 7.82M academic papers made by 5,246 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 Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

2. Stanford University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

4. Tsinghua University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

5. Harvard University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

8. University of Tokyo

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

9. University of Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

10. University of Toronto

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

11. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

12. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

13. University of Washington - Seattle

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

14. University of Oxford

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

15. Cornell University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

16. National University of Singapore

For Mechanical Engineering

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

17. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

19. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

20. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

21. University of Maryland - College Park

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

22. Imperial College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

23. Ohio State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

24. Zhejiang University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

26. Delft University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

27. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Mechanical Engineering

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

28. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

29. Carnegie Mellon University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

30. University of California - Los Angeles

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

31. University College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

32. University of California-San Diego

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

33. Purdue University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

35. Nanyang Technological University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

36. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

37. Johns Hopkins University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

38. Osaka University

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

39. Tohoku University

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

41. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

42. University of British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

43. Columbia University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

44. Princeton University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

45. University of Hong Kong

For Mechanical Engineering

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

46. Catholic University of Leuven

For Mechanical Engineering

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

47. University of Pennsylvania

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

48. Kyoto University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

49. University of Southern California

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

50. Technical University of Munich

For Mechanical Engineering

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

51. Tianjin University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

52. Beihang University

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Asia
#9 in China
Founded
1952

53. University of Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

55. University of Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

56. Yale University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

57. Technical University of Denmark

For Mechanical Engineering

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

58. Northwestern University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

61. RWTH Aachen University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

62. University of New South Wales

For Mechanical Engineering

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

63. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

64. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

65. McGill University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

66. University of Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

67. Seoul National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

68. California Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

69. Dalian University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

70. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

71. Iowa State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

72. University of California - Davis

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

73. KAIST

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

74. New York University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

75. University of Chicago

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

76. University of Waterloo

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

77. University of Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

78. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

79. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

80. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Mechanical Engineering

#21 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

81. Michigan State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

82. McMaster University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

84. University of California - San Francisco

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

85. University of Queensland

For Mechanical Engineering

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

87. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Mechanical Engineering

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

88. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

89. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

90. Peking University

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#13 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

91. University of Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

92. University of Stuttgart

For Mechanical Engineering

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

93. University of Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

94. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

95. University of Calgary

For Mechanical Engineering

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

96. Monash University

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

97. University of Utah

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

98. Duke University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

99. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Mechanical Engineering

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

100. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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