71 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Ukraine

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ukraine ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 146K citations received by 32.3K academic papers made by 71 universities in Ukraine 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. National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

For Mechanical Engineering

#376 in Europe

#1032 in the World

Enrollment: 22,278
Male:Female: 69:31
Founded: 1898

2. Lviv Polytechnic National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#453 in Europe

#1260 in the World

Enrollment: 31,973
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1844

3. National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#492 in Europe

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 14,770
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1885

4. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#498 in Europe

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1834

5. Sumy State University

For Mechanical Engineering

#546 in Europe

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 13,622
Founded: 1993

6. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#558 in Europe

#1659 in the World

Enrollment: 16,860
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1804

7. Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#623 in Europe

#1973 in the World

Founded: 1930

8. National Aviation University

For Mechanical Engineering

#665 in Europe

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1933

9. Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#673 in Europe

#2170 in the World

Enrollment: 4,331
Male:Female: 74:26
Founded: 1967

10. National Aerospace University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#693 in Europe

#2256 in the World

Founded: 1930

11. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

For Mechanical Engineering

#707 in Europe

#2314 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

12. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

For Mechanical Engineering

#716 in Europe

#2391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 19,770
Founded: 1661

13. National University of Shipbuilding

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#728 in Europe

#2450 in the World

Founded: 1920

14. Odessa National Polytechnic University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#729 in Europe

#2455 in the World

Founded: 1918

15. Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#747 in Europe

#2563 in the World

Enrollment: 7,512
Male:Female: 77:23
Founded: 1930

16. Zaporizhzhya National Technical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Mechanical Engineering

#750 in Europe

#2580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1900

17. Odessa National Maritime University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#751 in Europe

#2589 in the World

Founded: 1930

18. Donetsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Pokrovsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#762 in Europe

#2642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1924

19. Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#763 in Europe

#2646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1930

20. East Ukrainian National University

Ukraine | Sievierodonetsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#767 in Europe

#2667 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1920

21. Dnipropetrovsk National University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#768 in Europe

#2671 in the World

Founded: 1918

22. National Mining University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#800 in Europe

#2806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 8,260
Founded: 1899

23. Odessa National University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#809 in Europe

#2846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1865

24. Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#821 in Europe

#2898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1902

25. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Mechanical Engineering

#823 in Europe

#2905 in the World

Founded: 1875

26. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

For Mechanical Engineering

#835 in Europe

#2942 in the World

Founded: 1930

27. Khmelnytskyi National University

Ukraine | Khmelnytskyi

For Mechanical Engineering

#853 in Europe

#3031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 7,170
Founded: 1962

28. O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#895 in Europe

#3181 in the World

Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1922

29. Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

Ukraine | Vinnytsia

For Mechanical Engineering

#924 in Europe

#3370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 5,720
Founded: 1937

30. Ternopil National Economic University

Ukraine | Ternopil

For Mechanical Engineering

#925 in Europe

#3372 in the World

Founded: 1966

31. National University of Food Technologies

For Mechanical Engineering

#964 in Europe

#3557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1884

32. National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#972 in Europe

#3587 in the World

Founded: 1930

33. Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University

Ukraine | Poltava

For Mechanical Engineering

#978 in Europe

#3604 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1818

34. Lutsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#996 in Europe

#3683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1966

35. Kryvyi Rih National University

Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih

For Mechanical Engineering

#1002 in Europe

#3708 in the World

Founded: 2011

36. Sumy National Agrarian University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1034 in Europe

#3844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1977

37. Uzhhorod National University

Ukraine | Uzhhorod

For Mechanical Engineering

#1038 in Europe

#3877 in the World

Founded: 1945

38. Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#1055 in Europe

#3972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1930

39. Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

For Mechanical Engineering

#1060 in Europe

#4007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1946

40. V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1069 in Europe

#4074 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1918

41. Kyiv National Economic University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1117 in Europe

#4315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1906

42. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

For Mechanical Engineering

#1119 in Europe

#4322 in the World

Founded: 1615

43. O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1121 in Europe

#4336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1841

44. National Forestry University of Ukraine

For Mechanical Engineering

#1138 in Europe

#4440 in the World

Founded: 1874

45. Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#1140 in Europe

#4470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1945

46. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

For Mechanical Engineering

#1159 in Europe

#4576 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1918

47. Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Ukraine | Kramatorsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#1160 in Europe

#4581 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1947

48. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#1173 in Europe

#4670 in the World

Founded: 1817

49. Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy

Ukraine | Poltava

For Mechanical Engineering

#1174 in Europe

#4686 in the World

Enrollment: 4,118
Founded: 1921

50. Black Sea National University

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#1177 in Europe

#4703 in the World

Founded: 1996

51. Donetsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Lyman

For Mechanical Engineering

#1186 in Europe

#4753 in the World

Founded: 1930

52. Donetsk State University of Management

Ukraine | Mariupol

For Mechanical Engineering

#1193 in Europe

#4779 in the World

Founded: 1992

53. Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and Trade

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#1199 in Europe

#4806 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1967

54. Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#1200 in Europe

#4810 in the World

Founded: 1922

55. Lviv National Medical University

For Mechanical Engineering

#1203 in Europe

#4823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 6,273
Founded: 1784

56. Kherson National Technical University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Mechanical Engineering

#1205 in Europe

#4828 in the World

Founded: 1959

57. Ukrainian Academy of Printing

For Mechanical Engineering

#1206 in Europe

#4830 in the World

Founded: 1930

58. Zaporizhia State Medical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Mechanical Engineering

#1207 in Europe

#4838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1959

59. Lesya Ukrainka East European National University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#1209 in Europe

#4874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1940

60. Kharkiv National Medical University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#1215 in Europe

#4901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1805

61. Zaporizhia State Engineering Academy

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Mechanical Engineering

#1218 in Europe

#4936 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1959

62. Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies

For Mechanical Engineering

#1224 in Europe

#4956 in the World

Founded: 1784

63. Zaporizhzhya National University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Mechanical Engineering

#1234 in Europe

#5015 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1930

64. Lugansk State Medical University

Ukraine | Luhansk

For Mechanical Engineering

#1245 in Europe

#5090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1956

65. Bukovinian State Medical University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Mechanical Engineering

#1261 in Europe

#5220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 5,600
Founded: 1944

66. Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Mechanical Engineering

#1267 in Europe

#5260 in the World

Enrollment: 4,756
Founded: 1916

67. Kherson State University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Mechanical Engineering

#1271 in Europe

#5295 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1917

68. National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine

For Mechanical Engineering

#1275 in Europe

#5312 in the World

Founded: 1930

69. Odessa National Medical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Mechanical Engineering

#1278 in Europe

#5317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 8,920
Founded: 1899

70. Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

Ukraine | Starobilsk

For Mechanical Engineering

#1284 in Europe

#5360 in the World

Founded: 1921

71. Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Mechanical Engineering

#1285 in Europe

#5361 in the World

Founded: 1923

The best cities to study Mechanical Engineering in Ukraine based on the number of universities and their ranks are Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Sumy.

Engineering subfields in Ukraine

Acoustical Engineering60

Aerospace Engineering54

Agricultural Engineering4

Applied/Engineering Physics7

Architectural Engineering8

Automation and Control engineering11

Automotive Engineering21

Biochemical Engineering4

Biomedical Engineering8

Biotechnology24

Chemical Engineering52

Civil Engineering36

Computer Engineering13

Computer Networking44

Construction Management14

Electrical Engineering59

Electronic Engineering28

Engineering Management21

Environmental Engineering17

Firefighting and Fire Science6

Geotechnical Engineering30

Human-Computer Interaction14

Industrial Engineering12

Landscape Architecture10

Marine Engineering4

Materials Science71

Metallurgical Engineering64

Mining Engineering9

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering8

Operations Research24

Optical Engineering69

Petroleum Engineering11

Polymer science and Plastics engineering2

Reliability and Quality Engineering18

Remote Sensing17

Renewable Energy Engineering9

Structural Engineering42

Systems Engineering41

Technical Drawing6

Telecommunications48

Transportation Engineering11