20 Best universities for Optical Engineering in the Czech Republic

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the Czech Republic ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 1.11M citations received by 58.9K academic papers made by 20 universities in the Czech Republic 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. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Optical Engineering

#125 in Europe

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

2. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Optical Engineering

#165 in Europe

#424 in the World

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

3. Palacky University, Olomouc

Czech Republic | Olomouc

For Optical Engineering

#253 in Europe

#694 in the World

Enrollment: 21,833
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1573

4. Brno University of Technology

Czech Republic | Brno

For Optical Engineering

#262 in Europe

#711 in the World

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

5. Masaryk University

Czech Republic | Brno

For Optical Engineering

#312 in Europe

#831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 32,963
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1919

6. University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Optical Engineering

#375 in Europe

#1058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 3,100
Founded: 1952

7. VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Czech Republic | Ostrava

For Optical Engineering

#404 in Europe

#1179 in the World

Founded: 1849

8. University of Pardubice

Czech Republic | Pardubice

For Optical Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 10,450
Founded: 1950

9. University of West Bohemia

Czech Republic | Plzen

For Optical Engineering

#456 in Europe

#1401 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1991

10. Technical University of Liberec

Czech Republic | Liberec

For Optical Engineering

#536 in Europe

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

11. Tomas Bata University in Zlin

Czech Republic | Zlin

For Optical Engineering

#604 in Europe

#2068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2001

12. Mendel University in Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Optical Engineering

#633 in Europe

#2178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1919

13. Silesian University in Opava

Czech Republic | Opava

For Optical Engineering

#634 in Europe

#2191 in the World

Founded: 1991

14. University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice

Czech Republic | Ceske Budejovice

For Optical Engineering

#654 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1991

15. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Optical Engineering

#681 in Europe

#2423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1906

16. University of Ostrava

Czech Republic | Ostrava

For Optical Engineering

#717 in Europe

#2614 in the World

Founded: 1991

17. University of Hradec Kralove

Czech Republic | Hradec Kralove

For Optical Engineering

#723 in Europe

#2662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 2000

18. Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem

Czech Republic | Usti nad Labem

For Optical Engineering

#744 in Europe

#2751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1991

19. University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Optical Engineering

#907 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,035
Founded: 1918

20. University of Economics, Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Optical Engineering

#990 in Europe

#4026 in the World

Founded: 1953

The best cities to study Optical Engineering in the Czech Republic based on the number of universities and their ranks are Prague, Olomouc, Brno, and Ostrava.