Best Universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 282M citations received by 12.4M academic papers made by 5,230 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. Stanford University

For Optical Engineering

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

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Optical Engineering

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

4. Harvard University

For Optical Engineering

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

5. University of Tokyo

For Optical Engineering

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

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Optical Engineering

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

7. University of California - Los Angeles

For Optical Engineering

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

8. University of Cambridge

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Optical Engineering

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

10. Osaka University

For Optical Engineering

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

11. Cornell University

For Optical Engineering

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

12. California Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

13. Tsinghua University

For Optical Engineering

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

14. University of Toronto

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

15. University of Oxford

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

16. University of Washington - Seattle

For Optical Engineering

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

17. Kyoto University

For Optical Engineering

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

18. University of California-San Diego

For Optical Engineering

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

19. University College London

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

20. Imperial College London

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

21. Tohoku University

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

23. Johns Hopkins University

For Optical Engineering

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

24. University of Texas at Austin

For Optical Engineering

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

25. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

26. Princeton University

For Optical Engineering

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

27. Zhejiang University

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

28. Pennsylvania State University

For Optical Engineering

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

29. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Optical Engineering

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

30. Northwestern University

For Optical Engineering

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

31. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Optical Engineering

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

32. Columbia University

For Optical Engineering

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

33. National University of Singapore

For Optical Engineering

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

34. University of Arizona

For Optical Engineering

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

35. Nanyang Technological University

For Optical Engineering

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

36. University of Pennsylvania

For Optical Engineering

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

37. University of Science and Technology of China

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

38. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Optical Engineering

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

39. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Optical Engineering

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

40. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Optical Engineering

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

41. University of Hong Kong

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

42. University of Maryland - College Park

For Optical Engineering

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

43. Peking University

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

44. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

45. University of Rochester

For Optical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

46. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

47. University of Southern California

For Optical Engineering

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

48. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

50. Purdue University

For Optical Engineering

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

51. Ohio State University

For Optical Engineering

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

52. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

53. Yale University

For Optical Engineering

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

54. University of Southampton

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

55. Delft University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

56. University of Sydney

For Optical Engineering

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

57. Nanjing University

For Optical Engineering

#16 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

58. University of Florida

For Optical Engineering

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

59. Catholic University of Leuven

For Optical Engineering

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

60. Seoul National University

For Optical Engineering

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

61. University of Colorado Boulder

For Optical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

62. Jilin University

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

63. University of Chicago

For Optical Engineering

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

64. University of California - Davis

For Optical Engineering

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

65. Duke University

For Optical Engineering

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

66. Technical University of Munich

For Optical Engineering

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

67. National Taiwan University

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
31,799
Founded
1945

68. University of British Columbia

For Optical Engineering

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

69. Vienna University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

70. Australian National University

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

71. Fudan University

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

72. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Optical Engineering

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

73. McGill University

For Optical Engineering

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

74. Nagoya University

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

75. University of Utah

For Optical Engineering

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

76. Moscow State University

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Europe
#1 in Russia
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

77. Kyushu University

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

78. Lund University

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

79. Tel Aviv University

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

80. KAIST

For Optical Engineering

#24 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

81. University of Melbourne

For Optical Engineering

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

82. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Optical Engineering

#25 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

83. Carnegie Mellon University

For Optical Engineering

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

84. Tianjin University

For Optical Engineering

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

85. Technical University of Denmark

For Optical Engineering

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

86. University of New South Wales

For Optical Engineering

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

87. University of Munich

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

88. Paris-Sud University

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Europe
#2 in France
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

89. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

90. South China University of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Asia
#15 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

91. Boston University

For Optical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

92. Wuhan University

For Optical Engineering

#29 in Asia
#16 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

93. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

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

94. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

95. Shandong University

For Optical Engineering

#30 in Asia
#17 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1901

97. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

98. University of California - Irvine

For Optical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

99. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Asia
#18 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

100. Iowa State University

For Optical Engineering

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