Best Universities for Remote Sensing in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Remote Sensing. A graph of 27.7M citations received by 1.11M academic papers made by 2,403 universities in the World 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. Wuhan University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

2. California Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

3. University of Maryland - College Park

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

4. University of Colorado Boulder

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

6. Xidian University

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

7. University of Arizona

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

9. University of California - Berkeley

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

11. Beijing Normal University

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1902

12. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$10,554
Enrollment
33,500

13. Stanford University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

14. National University of Defense Technology

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

15. University of Tokyo

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

16. Delft University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

18. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

19. Ohio State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

20. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

21. Tsinghua University

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

22. Zhejiang University

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

24. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

25. Technical University of Munich

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

26. University of Oxford

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

27. Purdue University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

28. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

29. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

30. Peking University

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

31. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

32. University of Texas at Austin

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

33. Pennsylvania State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

34. Beihang University

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Asia
#10 in China
Founded
1952

35. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

36. University of Florida

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

37. University of New South Wales

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

38. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

39. Harvard University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

41. University of California - Los Angeles

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

42. University of California-San Diego

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

43. Australian National University

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

44. Boston University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

45. Cornell University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

46. Oregon State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
79%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$9,922
Enrollment
35,622

47. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

48. Nanjing University

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

49. University of British Columbia

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

50. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

51. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

52. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

53. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Asia
#13 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

54. University of Maryland - Baltimore County

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
94%

55. University of Toronto

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

56. Wageningen University

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Europe
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

57. Carnegie Mellon University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

58. Sapienza University of Rome

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

59. University of Cambridge

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

60. Columbia University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

61. University of Calgary

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

62. University of Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

63. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

64. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

65. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

69. University of Zurich

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

70. University of Valencia

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
58,390

71. Catholic University of Leuven

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

72. Technical University of Denmark

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

73. University of Bonn

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

75. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1960

77. Princeton University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

78. University of California - Davis

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

79. University of Trento

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
16,239
Founded
1962

80. University of Twente

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

81. Johns Hopkins University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

83. University of Sydney

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

84. University of Utah

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

85. Vienna University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

86. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

88. University of Queensland

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

89. University of Miami

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

90. University of Bremen

For Remote Sensing

#26 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

91. University of Science and Technology of China

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Asia
#17 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

92. Mississippi State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

94. University of Munich

For Remote Sensing

#28 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

95. Kyoto University

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

96. University of Hong Kong

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

97. George Mason University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

98. Central South University

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Asia
#19 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

99. University of Kansas

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
93%

100. Duke University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422