69 Best universities for Optical Engineering in Ukraine

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 289K citations received by 41.2K 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

#294 in Europe

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1834

2. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#369 in Europe

#1028 in the World

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

3. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Optical Engineering

#398 in Europe

#1177 in the World

Founded: 1875

4. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

For Optical Engineering

#416 in Europe

#1242 in the World

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

5. Lviv Polytechnic National University

For Optical Engineering

#437 in Europe

#1321 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

#1349 in the World

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

7. National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#572 in Europe

#1922 in the World

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

8. Uzhhorod National University

Ukraine | Uzhhorod

For Optical Engineering

#574 in Europe

#1929 in the World

Founded: 1945

9. Odessa National University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#586 in Europe

#1994 in the World

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

10. Dnipropetrovsk National University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#621 in Europe

#2147 in the World

Founded: 1918

11. Sumy State University

For Optical Engineering

#649 in Europe

#2264 in the World

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

12. Lesya Ukrainka East European National University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Optical Engineering

#667 in Europe

#2348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1940

13. Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#684 in Europe

#2446 in the World

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

14. National Aviation University

For Optical Engineering

#719 in Europe

#2636 in the World

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

15. V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

For Optical Engineering

#722 in Europe

#2664 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1918

16. National Aerospace University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#735 in Europe

#2720 in the World

Founded: 1930

17. Donetsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Pokrovsk

For Optical Engineering

#753 in Europe

#2791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1924

18. Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University

Ukraine | Vinnytsia

For Optical Engineering

#770 in Europe

#2882 in the World

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

19. Bukovinian State Medical University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Optical Engineering

#824 in Europe

#3143 in the World

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

20. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

For Optical Engineering

#892 in Europe

#3465 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

21. Zaporizhzhya National Technical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#898 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1900

22. Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

For Optical Engineering

#915 in Europe

#3627 in the World

Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1918

23. Odessa National Polytechnic University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#941 in Europe

#3794 in the World

Founded: 1918

24. O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University

For Optical Engineering

#949 in Europe

#3861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1841

25. Odessa National Maritime University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#968 in Europe

#3948 in the World

Founded: 1930

26. Lutsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Lutsk

For Optical Engineering

#979 in Europe

#3992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1966

27. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

For Optical Engineering

#980 in Europe

#3993 in the World

Founded: 1930

28. Lviv National Medical University

For Optical Engineering

#991 in Europe

#4024 in the World

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

29. East Ukrainian National University

Ukraine | Sievierodonetsk

For Optical Engineering

#997 in Europe

#4049 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1920

30. Khmelnytskyi National University

Ukraine | Khmelnytskyi

For Optical Engineering

#1008 in Europe

#4104 in the World

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

31. Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1015 in Europe

#4147 in the World

Founded: 1930

32. Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1017 in Europe

#4157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1930

33. National University of Food Technologies

For Optical Engineering

#1018 in Europe

#4159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1884

34. Kharkiv National Medical University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1023 in Europe

#4194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1805

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

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1041 in Europe

#4275 in the World

Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1922

36. Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1045 in Europe

#4287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1902

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

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Optical Engineering

#1050 in Europe

#4318 in the World

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

38. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1060 in Europe

#4351 in the World

Founded: 1817

39. National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

For Optical Engineering

#1075 in Europe

#4431 in the World

Founded: 1615

40. National Mining University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1091 in Europe

#4513 in the World

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

41. National University of Shipbuilding

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Optical Engineering

#1098 in Europe

#4540 in the World

Founded: 1920

42. Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies

For Optical Engineering

#1102 in Europe

#4549 in the World

Founded: 1784

43. Ternopil National Economic University

Ukraine | Ternopil

For Optical Engineering

#1111 in Europe

#4584 in the World

Founded: 1966

44. Zaporizhia State Medical University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#1121 in Europe

#4639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1959

45. Odessa National Medical University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Optical Engineering

#1124 in Europe

#4651 in the World

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

46. Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University

Ukraine | Poltava

For Optical Engineering

#1130 in Europe

#4679 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1818

47. Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Optical Engineering

#1133 in Europe

#4698 in the World

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

48. Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy

Ukraine | Poltava

For Optical Engineering

#1146 in Europe

#4766 in the World

Enrollment: 4,118
Founded: 1921

49. Sumy National Agrarian University

For Optical Engineering

#1147 in Europe

#4769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1977

50. Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

For Optical Engineering

#1161 in Europe

#4816 in the World

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

51. Donetsk National Medical University

Ukraine | Lyman

For Optical Engineering

#1170 in Europe

#4889 in the World

Founded: 1930

52. National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1173 in Europe

#4897 in the World

Founded: 1930

53. Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1189 in Europe

#4994 in the World

Enrollment: 4,756
Founded: 1916

54. Zaporizhzhya National University

Ukraine | Zaporizhia

For Optical Engineering

#1196 in Europe

#5027 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1930

55. Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1210 in Europe

#5094 in the World

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

56. Black Sea National University

Ukraine | Mykolaiv

For Optical Engineering

#1212 in Europe

#5100 in the World

Founded: 1996

57. Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and Trade

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1219 in Europe

#5126 in the World

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

58. Kyiv National Economic University

For Optical Engineering

#1220 in Europe

#5127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1906

59. Kryvyi Rih National University

Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih

For Optical Engineering

#1233 in Europe

#5189 in the World

Founded: 2011

60. Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Optical Engineering

#1234 in Europe

#5194 in the World

Founded: 1923

61. Kherson National Technical University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Optical Engineering

#1237 in Europe

#5205 in the World

Founded: 1959

62. Donetsk State University of Management

Ukraine | Mariupol

For Optical Engineering

#1239 in Europe

#5217 in the World

Founded: 1992

63. Lugansk State Medical University

Ukraine | Luhansk

For Optical Engineering

#1240 in Europe

#5219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1956

64. National Forestry University of Ukraine

For Optical Engineering

#1242 in Europe

#5243 in the World

Founded: 1874

65. Ukrainian Academy of Printing

For Optical Engineering

#1248 in Europe

#5269 in the World

Founded: 1930

66. Kherson State University

Ukraine | Kherson

For Optical Engineering

#1255 in Europe

#5326 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1917

67. Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Ukraine | Kramatorsk

For Optical Engineering

#1260 in Europe

#5351 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1947

68. Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

Ukraine | Starobilsk

For Optical Engineering

#1263 in Europe

#5367 in the World

Founded: 1921

69. Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Optical Engineering

#1265 in Europe

#5369 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 Engineering59

Aerospace Engineering55

Agricultural Engineering3

Applied/Engineering Physics7

Architectural Engineering8

Automation and Control engineering11

Automotive Engineering21

Biochemical Engineering5

Biomedical Engineering8

Biotechnology24

Chemical Engineering54

Civil Engineering36

Computer Engineering13

Computer Networking44

Construction Management16

Electrical Engineering60

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 Engineering10

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Engineering8

Operations Research25

Petroleum Engineering11

Polymer science and Plastics engineering2

Reliability and Quality Engineering20

Remote Sensing18

Renewable Energy Engineering10

Structural Engineering42

Systems Engineering41

Technical Drawing7

Telecommunications49

Transportation Engineering11