Best Universities for Reliability / Quality Engineering in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Reliability and Quality Engineering. A graph of 2.68M citations received by 168K academic papers made by 576 universities in Europe 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 Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#9 in the World

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

2. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#11 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Italy

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

4. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Italy

#35 in the World

Founded: 1859

5. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

6. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Norway

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

7. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

9. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

10. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

11. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

12. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Spain

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

13. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Germany

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

14. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Germany

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

15. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

16. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

17. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

Founded: 1963

18. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

19. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Italy

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

20. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Greece

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

21. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Founded: 1964

22. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

23. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Italy

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

24. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

25. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Austria

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

26. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

27. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

28. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Italy

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

29. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Germany

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

30. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

31. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

32. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

33. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

34. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Germany

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

35. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Spain

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

36. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Germany

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

37. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Spain

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

38. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

39. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Italy

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

40. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

41. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Germany

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

42. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Founded: 1905

43. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1948

44. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

45. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Italy

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

46. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

47. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

48. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

49. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Finland

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

50. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Poland

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

51. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in Italy

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

52. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#185 in the World

Founded: 1900

53. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Spain

#188 in the World

Founded: 1971

54. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

55. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in France

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

56. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Germany

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

57. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

58. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

59. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in Italy

#223 in the World

Founded: 1321

60. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

61. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

62. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

63. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#233 in the World

Founded: 1966

64. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Greece

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

65. University of Technology of Troyes

France | Grand Est

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in France

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 3,196
Male:Female: 77:23
Founded: 1994

66. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Austria

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

67. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Spain

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

68. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

69. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in Germany

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

70. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Poland

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

71. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

72. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in France

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

73. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Greece

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

74. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Hungary

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

75. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in France

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 60,404
Founded: 2012

76. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in Italy

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

77. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#277 in the World

Founded: 1967

78. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in Germany

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

79. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Poland

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

80. University of Hull

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#282 in the World

Founded: 1954

81. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in Italy

#285 in the World

Founded: 1990

82. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in Germany

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

83. Malardalen University

Sweden | Vasteras

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 12,884
Founded: 1977

84. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

85. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

86. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#298 in the World

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

87. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#12 in Italy

#300 in the World

Founded: 1806

88. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in France

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

89. Grenoble Institute of Technology

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in France

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 7,646
Founded: 1900

90. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in France

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

91. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Norway

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

92. Umea University

Sweden | Umea

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#308 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

93. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#13 in Italy

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

94. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Spain

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

95. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

96. Politehnica University of Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Romania

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,360
Founded: 1864

97. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in Germany

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

98. University of Stavanger

Norway | Stavanger

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Norway

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1994

99. National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies

France | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in France

#330 in the World

Enrollment: 762
Founded: 1902

100. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#333 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1135

Aerospace Engineering1090

Agricultural Engineering262

Applied/Engineering Physics419

Architectural Engineering501

Architecture479

Automation and Control engineering521

Automotive Engineering605

Aviation377

Biochemical Engineering398

Biomedical Engineering528

Biotechnology716

Chemical Engineering1007

Civil Engineering921

Computer Engineering572

Computer Networking1083

Construction Management396

Electrical Engineering1180

Electronic Engineering851

Engineering Management405

Environmental Engineering679

Firefighting and Fire Science299

Geotechnical Engineering812

Human-Computer Interaction792

Industrial Engineering397

Landscape Architecture453

Marine Engineering327

Materials Science1327

Mechanical Engineering1276

Metallurgical Engineering1132

Mining Engineering288

Nanotechnology971

Nuclear Engineering338

Operations Research627

Optical Engineering1236

Petroleum Engineering378

Polymer science and Plastics engineering367

Product and Industrial Design350

Remote Sensing628

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Robotics466

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536