Best Universities for Reliability / Quality Engineering in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 3.71M citations received by 185K academic papers made by 615 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. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#10 in the World

Founded: 1824

2. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#12 in the World

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

3. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Italy

#17 in the World

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

4. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#31 in the World

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

5. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Italy

#41 in the World

Founded: 1859

6. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

7. 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

8. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Germany

#55 in the World

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

9. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

10. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

11. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#64 in the World

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

12. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Spain

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

13. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

14. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Germany

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

15. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

16. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#74 in the World

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

17. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

18. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

19. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

20. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1964

21. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Italy

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

22. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Founded: 1963

23. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

24. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Italy

#92 in the World

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

25. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Greece

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

26. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

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

27. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

28. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Italy

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

29. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Founded: 1948

30. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Germany

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

31. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Austria

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

32. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Germany

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

33. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

34. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Germany

#125 in the World

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

35. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Spain

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

36. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

37. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

38. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Spain

#137 in the World

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

39. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Germany

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

40. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

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

41. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

42. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Founded: 1905

43. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#161 in the World

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

44. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Italy

#165 in the World

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

45. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Italy

#167 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

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

47. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Finland

#173 in the World

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

48. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#175 in the World

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

49. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Poland

#177 in the World

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

50. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in Italy

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

51. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#185 in the World

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

52. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Founded: 1900

53. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

54. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

55. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in Spain

#205 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in France

#212 in the World

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

57. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

58. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Finland

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

59. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in Italy

#224 in the World

Founded: 1321

60. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Germany

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

61. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Poland

#234 in the World

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

62. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

63. University of Technology of Troyes

France | Grand Est

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in France

#238 in the World

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

64. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Hungary

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

65. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#242 in the World

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

66. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

67. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#8 in Germany

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

68. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Spain

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

69. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Austria

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

70. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

71. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

72. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Greece

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

73. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Poland

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

74. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

75. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Greece

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

76. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in France

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 57,000
Founded: 1339

77. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in France

#268 in the World

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

78. Umea University

Sweden | Umea

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

79. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#9 in Germany

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

80. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in Germany

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

81. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

82. University of Hull

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#286 in the World

Founded: 1954

83. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#22 in the United Kingdom

#287 in the World

Founded: 1967

84. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#10 in Italy

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 44,338
Founded: 1434

85. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in Italy

#302 in the World

Founded: 1806

86. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#2 in Norway

#304 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

87. Politehnica University of Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Romania

#305 in the World

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

88. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#23 in the United Kingdom

#307 in the World

Founded: 1997

89. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#309 in the World

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

90. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#24 in the United Kingdom

#310 in the World

Founded: 1966

91. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#6 in Spain

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

92. Malardalen University

Sweden | Vasteras

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#7 in Sweden

#314 in the World

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

93. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#1 in Serbia

#315 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

94. CentraleSupelec

France | Ile-de-France

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#5 in France

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 4,300
Founded: 1894

95. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#11 in Germany

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

96. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#12 in Germany

#321 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

97. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#13 in Germany

#322 in the World

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

98. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#25 in the United Kingdom

#323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

99. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#12 in Italy

#327 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

100. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Agricultural Engineering255

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Aviation379

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Civil Engineering966

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Environmental Engineering726

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Product and Industrial Design348

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Robotics488

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576