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 188M citations received by 8.82M academic papers made by 5,484 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
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

2. Stanford University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Mechanical Engineering

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

4. Harvard University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

5. Tsinghua University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Mechanical Engineering

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

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Mechanical Engineering

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

8. University of Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

9. University of Tokyo

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

10. University of Washington - Seattle

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

11. University of Toronto

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

12. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

13. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

14. University of Oxford

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

15. Cornell University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Mechanical Engineering

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

17. Purdue University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

18. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

20. National University of Singapore

For Mechanical Engineering

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

21. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

22. Zhejiang University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

23. Imperial College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

24. University of Maryland - College Park

For Mechanical Engineering

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

25. Ohio State University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

26. University of Texas at Austin

For Mechanical Engineering

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

27. Delft University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

28. University of California - Los Angeles

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

29. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Mechanical Engineering

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

30. University College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

31. Carnegie Mellon University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

32. University of California-San Diego

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

33. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

34. Johns Hopkins University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

35. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

36. Nanyang Technological University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

37. Columbia University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

39. Princeton University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

40. Osaka University

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

41. University of British Columbia

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

42. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Mechanical Engineering

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

43. University of Pennsylvania

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

45. Catholic University of Leuven

For Mechanical Engineering

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

46. University of Sydney

For Mechanical Engineering

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

47. Tohoku University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

48. University of Hong Kong

For Mechanical Engineering

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

49. University of Southern California

For Mechanical Engineering

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

50. Tianjin University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

51. 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

52. Kyoto University

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

53. University of Florida

For Mechanical Engineering

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

54. Beihang University

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Asia
#9 in China
Founded
1952

55. Northwestern University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

56. Yale University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

57. California Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

60. University of Chicago

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

61. RWTH Aachen University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

62. New York University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

64. University of New South Wales

For Mechanical Engineering

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

65. McGill University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

66. University of Melbourne

For Mechanical Engineering

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

67. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

68. Technical University of Denmark

For Mechanical Engineering

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

69. Seoul National University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

70. University of Alberta

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

71. Dalian University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

72. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

74. University of California - Davis

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

75. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

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

76. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

77. University of Queensland

For Mechanical Engineering

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

79. Michigan State University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

80. KAIST

For Mechanical Engineering

#20 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

81. McMaster University

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

82. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

83. Peking University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

84. University of California - San Francisco

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

85. University of Pittsburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

86. Duke University

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

87. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

88. 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

89. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

90. University of Edinburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

91. Iowa State University

For Mechanical Engineering

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

92. University of Calgary

For Mechanical Engineering

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

93. University of Arizona

For Mechanical Engineering

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

94. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Mechanical Engineering

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

95. University of Stuttgart

For Mechanical Engineering

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

96. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Mechanical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

97. Tongji University

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

98. Chongqing University

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

99. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For Mechanical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1952