22 Best universities for Optical Engineering in the Netherlands

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the Netherlands ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 6.42M citations received by 168K academic papers made by 22 universities in the Netherlands 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. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Europe

#58 in the World

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

2. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Optical Engineering

#26 in Europe

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

3. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Optical Engineering

#33 in Europe

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

4. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Optical Engineering

#35 in Europe

#142 in the World

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

5. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Optical Engineering

#51 in Europe

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

6. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Optical Engineering

#52 in Europe

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

7. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Optical Engineering

#54 in Europe

#186 in the World

Founded: 1923

8. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Optical Engineering

#56 in Europe

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

9. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Optical Engineering

#121 in Europe

#331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

10. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Optical Engineering

#164 in Europe

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

11. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Optical Engineering

#196 in Europe

#510 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

12. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Optical Engineering

#228 in Europe

#612 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

13. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Optical Engineering

#405 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

14. Rotterdam University

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Optical Engineering

#473 in Europe

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 36,000
Founded: 1988

15. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Professional Education

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Optical Engineering

#822 in Europe

#3142 in the World

Founded: 1619

16. HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Optical Engineering

#1000 in Europe

#4067 in the World

Founded: 1993

17. Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Optical Engineering

#1026 in Europe

#4198 in the World

Founded: 1986

18. Zuyd University

Netherlands | Heerlen

For Optical Engineering

#1085 in Europe

#4485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Founded: 2001

19. Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Netherlands | Venlo

For Optical Engineering

#1136 in Europe

#4707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1996

20. HAN University of Applied Sciences

Netherlands | Arnhem

For Optical Engineering

#1141 in Europe

#4731 in the World

Founded: 1996

21. Hague University of Applied Sciences

Netherlands | The Hague

For Optical Engineering

#1175 in Europe

#4911 in the World

Founded: 1987

22. Saxion University

Netherlands | Enschede

For Optical Engineering

#1205 in Europe

#5062 in the World

Enrollment: 27,000
Founded: 1989

The best cities to study Optical Engineering in the Netherlands based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delft, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Eindhoven.