69 Best universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 273K citations received by 40.6K academic papers made by 69 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. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

For Optical Engineering

#293 in Europe

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1834

2. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#369 in Europe

#1021 in the World

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

3. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Optical Engineering

#397 in Europe

#1156 in the World

Founded: 1875

4. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

For Optical Engineering

#415 in Europe

#1225 in the World

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

5. Lviv Polytechnic National University

For Optical Engineering

#437 in Europe

#1304 in the World

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

6. National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

For Optical Engineering

#445 in Europe

#1339 in the World

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

7. Uzhhorod National University

Ukraine | Uzhhorod

For Optical Engineering

#565 in Europe

#1883 in the World

Founded: 1945

8. National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#568 in Europe

#1896 in the World

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

9. Odessa National University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#581 in Europe

#1955 in the World

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

10. Dnipropetrovsk National University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#616 in Europe

#2113 in the World

Founded: 1918

11. Sumy State University

For Optical Engineering

#649 in Europe

#2251 in the World

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

12. Lesya Ukrainka East European National University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Optical Engineering

#659 in Europe

#2306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1940

13. Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#678 in Europe

#2413 in the World

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

14. National Aviation University

For Optical Engineering

#713 in Europe

#2599 in the World

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

15. V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

For Optical Engineering

#715 in Europe

#2609 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1918

16. National Aerospace University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#732 in Europe

#2701 in the World

Founded: 1930

17. Donetsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Pokrovsk

For Optical Engineering

#742 in Europe

#2746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1924

18. Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

Ukraine | Vinnytsia

For Optical Engineering

#768 in Europe

#2850 in the World

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

19. Bukovinian State Medical University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Optical Engineering

#813 in Europe

#3092 in the World

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

20. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

For Optical Engineering

#894 in Europe

#3488 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

21. Zaporizhzhya National Technical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#898 in Europe

#3505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1900

22. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

For Optical Engineering

#909 in Europe

#3596 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1918

23. Odessa National Polytechnic University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#937 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Founded: 1918

24. O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University

For Optical Engineering

#962 in Europe

#3905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1841

25. Odessa National Maritime University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#967 in Europe

#3936 in the World

Founded: 1930

26. Lutsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Optical Engineering

#977 in Europe

#3972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1966

27. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

For Optical Engineering

#986 in Europe

#4007 in the World

Founded: 1930

28. East Ukrainian National University

Ukraine | Sievierodonetsk

For Optical Engineering

#987 in Europe

#4012 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1920

29. Lviv National Medical University

For Optical Engineering

#996 in Europe

#4048 in the World

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

30. Khmelnytskyi National University

Ukraine | Khmelnytskyi

For Optical Engineering

#1001 in Europe

#4069 in the World

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

31. Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1007 in Europe

#4106 in the World

Founded: 1930

32. National University of Food Technologies

For Optical Engineering

#1016 in Europe

#4138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1884

33. Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1018 in Europe

#4143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1930

34. Kharkiv National Medical University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1028 in Europe

#4202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1805

35. Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1035 in Europe

#4246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1902

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

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1047 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1922

37. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1053 in Europe

#4316 in the World

Founded: 1817

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

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Optical Engineering

#1058 in Europe

#4329 in the World

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

39. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

For Optical Engineering

#1074 in Europe

#4412 in the World

Founded: 1615

40. National Mining University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1088 in Europe

#4492 in the World

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

41. Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies

For Optical Engineering

#1093 in Europe

#4526 in the World

Founded: 1784

42. National University of Shipbuilding

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Optical Engineering

#1103 in Europe

#4563 in the World

Founded: 1920

43. Ternopil National Economic University

Ukraine | Ternopil

For Optical Engineering

#1111 in Europe

#4601 in the World

Founded: 1966

44. Zaporizhia State Medical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#1119 in Europe

#4644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1959

45. Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University

Ukraine | Poltava

For Optical Engineering

#1126 in Europe

#4669 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1818

46. Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Optical Engineering

#1130 in Europe

#4689 in the World

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

47. Odessa National Medical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1135 in Europe

#4704 in the World

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

48. Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy

Ukraine | Poltava

For Optical Engineering

#1146 in Europe

#4750 in the World

Enrollment: 4,118
Founded: 1921

49. Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

For Optical Engineering

#1159 in Europe

#4804 in the World

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

50. Sumy National Agrarian University

For Optical Engineering

#1160 in Europe

#4807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1977

51. Donetsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Lyman

For Optical Engineering

#1165 in Europe

#4854 in the World

Founded: 1930

52. National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1166 in Europe

#4858 in the World

Founded: 1930

53. Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1184 in Europe

#4976 in the World

Enrollment: 4,756
Founded: 1916

54. Zaporizhzhya National University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#1186 in Europe

#4987 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1930

55. Black Sea National University

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Optical Engineering

#1207 in Europe

#5067 in the World

Founded: 1996

56. Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1214 in Europe

#5107 in the World

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

57. Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and Trade

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1216 in Europe

#5110 in the World

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

58. Kryvyi Rih National University

Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih

For Optical Engineering

#1223 in Europe

#5147 in the World

Founded: 2011

59. Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1224 in Europe

#5151 in the World

Founded: 1923

60. Kyiv National Economic University

For Optical Engineering

#1225 in Europe

#5152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1906

61. Kherson National Technical University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Optical Engineering

#1226 in Europe

#5160 in the World

Founded: 1959

62. Lugansk State Medical University

Ukraine | Luhansk

For Optical Engineering

#1227 in Europe

#5162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1956

63. Donetsk State University of Management

Ukraine | Mariupol

For Optical Engineering

#1233 in Europe

#5189 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. National Forestry University of Ukraine

For Optical Engineering

#1238 in Europe

#5227 in the World

Founded: 1874

65. Ukrainian Academy of Printing

For Optical Engineering

#1240 in Europe

#5234 in the World

Founded: 1930

66. Kherson State University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Optical Engineering

#1247 in Europe

#5283 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1917

67. Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Ukraine | Kramatorsk

For Optical Engineering

#1253 in Europe

#5319 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1947

68. Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

Ukraine | Starobilsk

For Optical Engineering

#1255 in Europe

#5341 in the World

Founded: 1921

69. Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1259 in Europe

#5354 in the World

Founded: 1922

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

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

Mechanical Engineering71

Metallurgical Engineering64

Mining Engineering9

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering8

Operations Research24

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