Best Universities for Mechanical Engineering in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 45.2M citations received by 2.31M academic papers made by 1,276 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. University of Cambridge

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

2. University of Oxford

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

3. Imperial College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#22 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

4. Delft University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

5. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Mechanical Engineering

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

6. University College London

For Mechanical Engineering

#31 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

9. Catholic University of Leuven

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Belgium
#46 in the World
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

10. Technical University of Munich

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Germany
#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

11. Technical University of Denmark

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Denmark
#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

14. RWTH Aachen University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Germany
#61 in the World
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

15. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Sweden
#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

16. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Germany
#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

18. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Mechanical Engineering

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

19. University of Stuttgart

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Germany
#92 in the World
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

20. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in France
#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

21. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Norway
#100 in the World
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

23. University of Southampton

For Mechanical Engineering

#104 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

24. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

25. University of Edinburgh

For Mechanical Engineering

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

26. Lund University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Sweden
#110 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

27. University of Bologna

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Italy
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

28. University of Padua

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Italy
#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

31. Chalmers University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Sweden
#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

32. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Germany
#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

33. University of Bristol

For Mechanical Engineering

#131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

34. University of Groningen

For Mechanical Engineering

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

35. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Germany
#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

36. Sapienza University of Rome

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Italy
#138 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

37. Ghent University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Belgium
#139 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

39. University of Twente

For Mechanical Engineering

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

40. Uppsala University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Sweden
#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

41. Utrecht University

For Mechanical Engineering

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

42. Vienna University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Austria
#152 in the World
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

43. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Germany
#154 in the World
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

44. Loughborough University

For Mechanical Engineering

#157 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

45. University of Hamburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Germany
#158 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

46. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in France
#159 in the World
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

47. Aalborg University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Denmark
#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

48. National Technical University of Athens

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Greece
#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

49. TU Dortmund University

For Mechanical Engineering

#9 in Germany
#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

51. Technical University of Berlin

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Germany
#176 in the World
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

52. University of Amsterdam

For Mechanical Engineering

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

53. University of Liverpool

For Mechanical Engineering

#178 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

54. University of Warwick

For Mechanical Engineering

#187 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

55. Paris-Sud University

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in France
#188 in the World
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

58. University of Copenhagen

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Denmark
#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

59. Federico II University of Naples

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Italy
#195 in the World
Enrollment
73,553
Founded
1224

60. Dresden University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#11 in Germany
#198 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

61. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Spain
#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

63. University of Florence

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Italy
#209 in the World
Founded
1321

64. Moscow State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Russia
#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

65. University of Pisa

For Mechanical Engineering

#8 in Italy
#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

66. University of Ljubljana

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Slovenia
#216 in the World
Enrollment
37,874
Founded
1919

67. Grenoble Alpes University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in France
#217 in the World
Enrollment
53,949
Founded
1339

68. University of Munich

For Mechanical Engineering

#12 in Germany
#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

69. Cranfield University

For Mechanical Engineering

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
4,825
Founded
1993

70. University of Zurich

For Mechanical Engineering

#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

71. University of Lisbon

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Portugal
#225 in the World
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

72. Durham University

For Mechanical Engineering

#228 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

73. Linkoping University

For Mechanical Engineering

#5 in Sweden
#229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

75. University of Liege

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Belgium
#235 in the World
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

76. Queen Mary University of London

For Mechanical Engineering

#241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

77. Leibniz University of Hanover

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Germany
#242 in the World
Enrollment
28,817
Founded
1831

78. Aarhus University

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Denmark
#243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

79. University of Barcelona

For Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Spain
#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

80. Ruhr University Bochum

For Mechanical Engineering

#14 in Germany
#250 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

81. University of Porto

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Portugal
#258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

82. University of Helsinki

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Finland
#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

83. University of Freiburg

For Mechanical Engineering

#15 in Germany
#261 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

84. University of Bath

For Mechanical Engineering

#266 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

85. University of Vienna

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Austria
#270 in the World
Enrollment
93,628
Founded
1365

86. Karolinska Institute

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Sweden
#271 in the World
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

87. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Greece
#273 in the World
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

88. University of the Basque Country

For Mechanical Engineering

#4 in Spain
#277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,000

90. University of Bonn

For Mechanical Engineering

#16 in Germany
#279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

91. Warsaw University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#1 in Poland
#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
27,072
Founded
1826

92. University of Seville

For Mechanical Engineering

#6 in Spain
#282 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1505

93. Brunel University London

For Mechanical Engineering

#287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

94. Aalto University

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Finland
#289 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
11,440
Founded
2010

96. University of Basel

For Mechanical Engineering

#293 in the World
Enrollment
12,896

97. AGH University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#2 in Poland
#297 in the World
Enrollment
21,738
Founded
1919

98. Braunschweig University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#17 in Germany
#298 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
17,794
Founded
1745

99. University of Milan

For Mechanical Engineering

#10 in Italy
#300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

100. Stockholm University

For Mechanical Engineering

#7 in Sweden
#302 in the World
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878