Best Universities for Nuclear Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Nuclear Engineering. A graph of 1.63M citations received by 95.8K academic papers made by 363 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. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Germany

#6 in the World

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

2. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

3. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#22 in the World

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

6. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Italy

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 47,736
Founded: 1343

7. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

8. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Italy

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

9. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

10. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Germany

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Russia

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Italy

#45 in the World

Founded: 1859

13. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Germany

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

14. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

15. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Italy

#55 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

16. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

17. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Founded: 1824

18. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1948

19. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Spain

#72 in the World

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

20. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

21. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Greece

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

22. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Spain

#77 in the World

Founded: 1971

23. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Founded: 1900

24. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#85 in the World

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

25. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Germany

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

26. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

27. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Spain

#92 in the World

Founded: 1508

28. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Russia

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

29. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

30. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Italy

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

31. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Italy

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

32. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Norway

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

33. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in Italy

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

34. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in Italy

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

35. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Russia

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

36. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Poland

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

37. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

38. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

39. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

40. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Russia

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

41. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

42. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in France

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

43. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Germany

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

44. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Poland

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

45. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Russia

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,519
Founded: 1930

46. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Austria

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

47. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Founded: 1707

48. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

49. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

50. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

51. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

52. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Founded: 1905

53. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Spain

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

54. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

55. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Russia

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

56. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1904

57. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

58. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Spain

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

59. Silesian University of Technology

Poland | Gliwice

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Poland

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,200
Founded: 1945

60. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 11,101
Founded: 1970

61. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#188 in the World

Founded: 1919

62. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Spain

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

63. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Austria

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

64. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

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

65. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Nuclear Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#205 in the World

Founded: 1997

66. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Slovakia | Bratislava

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Slovakia

#208 in the World

Founded: 1938

67. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Nuclear Engineering

#9 in Italy

#210 in the World

Founded: 1321

68. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Germany

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

69. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Poland

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

70. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Finland

#216 in the World

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

71. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in Germany

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

72. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Nuclear Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

73. James I University

Spain | Castellon de la Plana

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in Spain

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,343

74. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in Germany

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

75. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in Spain

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

76. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

77. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Nuclear Engineering

#9 in Germany

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

78. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in France

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

79. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

80. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Nuclear Engineering

#7 in Russia

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

81. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

82. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Nuclear Engineering

#10 in Germany

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

83. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in Greece

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

84. Politehnica University of Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Romania

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,360
Founded: 1864

85. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Hungary

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

86. University of Rome Tor Vergata

Italy | Lazio

For Nuclear Engineering

#10 in Italy

#258 in the World

Founded: 1982

87. Cracow University of Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Poland

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 17,280
Founded: 1945

88. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Serbia

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

89. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Nuclear Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Founded: 1968

90. Brno University of Technology

Czech Republic | Brno

For Nuclear Engineering

#2 in the Czech Republic

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1899

91. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Nuclear Engineering

#11 in Germany

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

92. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

93. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Nuclear Engineering

#11 in Italy

#278 in the World

Founded: 1806

94. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Nuclear Engineering

#8 in Russia

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

95. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#288 in the World

Founded: 1963

96. University of Perugia

Italy | Umbria

For Nuclear Engineering

#12 in Italy

#293 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

97. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

France | Ile-de-France

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in France

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1783

98. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Nuclear Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

99. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Nuclear Engineering

#1 in Croatia

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

100. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Nuclear Engineering

#3 in Greece

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

Architectural Engineering564

Architecture522

Automation and Control engineering547

Automotive Engineering665

Aviation362

Biochemical Engineering460

Biomedical Engineering565

Biotechnology768

Chemical Engineering1043

Civil Engineering973

Computer Engineering592

Computer Networking1124

Construction Management448

Electrical Engineering1217

Electronic Engineering879

Engineering Management482

Environmental Engineering733

Firefighting and Fire Science296

Geotechnical Engineering853

Human-Computer Interaction858

Industrial Engineering390

Landscape Architecture408

Marine Engineering344

Materials Science1349

Mechanical Engineering1306

Metallurgical Engineering1155

Mining Engineering295

Nanotechnology992

Operations Research670

Optical Engineering1268

Petroleum Engineering420

Polymer science and Plastics engineering352

Product and Industrial Design352

Reliability and Quality Engineering622

Remote Sensing677

Renewable Energy Engineering626

Robotics496

Structural Engineering1041

Systems Engineering995

Technical Drawing373

Telecommunications1149

Transportation Engineering589