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 29.6M citations received by 1.16M academic papers made by 2,461 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
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

3. University of Maryland - College Park

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

4. Xidian University

For Remote Sensing

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

5. University of Colorado Boulder

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

7. University of Arizona

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

9. University of California - Berkeley

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

11. Beijing Normal University

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
36,482
Founded
1902

12. National University of Defense Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

13. Stanford University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

14. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

15. Delft University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

16. University of Tokyo

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

18. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

19. Ohio State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

20. Tsinghua University

For Remote Sensing

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

21. Zhejiang University

For Remote Sensing

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

22. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

24. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Peking University

For Remote Sensing

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

28. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

29. University of Oxford

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

30. Beihang University

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Asia
#10 in China
Founded
1952

31. Purdue University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

32. 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

33. University of Texas at Austin

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

34. Pennsylvania State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

35. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

36. University of Florida

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

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
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

39. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Remote Sensing

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

40. Harvard University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

41. Australian National University

For Remote Sensing

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

42. University of California - Los Angeles

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

43. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

45. University of California-San Diego

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

46. Nanjing University

For Remote Sensing

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

47. Boston University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

48. Technical University of Denmark

For Remote Sensing

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

49. Oregon State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

50. Cornell University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

51. University of British Columbia

For Remote Sensing

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

52. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

53. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Remote Sensing

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

54. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

55. University of Maryland - Baltimore County

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
93%

56. University of Toronto

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

57. Wageningen University

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Europe
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

58. Sapienza University of Rome

For Remote Sensing

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

59. Carnegie Mellon University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

60. University of Cambridge

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

61. Columbia University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

62. University of Calgary

For Remote Sensing

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

63. University of Melbourne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
77,162
Founded
1853

65. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

66. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

67. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

68. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Remote Sensing

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

69. University of Zurich

For Remote Sensing

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

70. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Remote Sensing

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

71. University of Valencia

For Remote Sensing

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

74. Catholic University of Leuven

For Remote Sensing

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

75. University of Bonn

For Remote Sensing

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

78. University of Twente

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

79. University of California - Davis

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

80. Princeton University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

81. University of Trento

For Remote Sensing

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

82. University of Sydney

For Remote Sensing

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

83. University of Science and Technology of China

For Remote Sensing

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

85. University of Queensland

For Remote Sensing

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

86. Johns Hopkins University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

87. Vienna University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

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

88. University of Hong Kong

For Remote Sensing

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

89. Central South University

For Remote Sensing

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

90. University of Utah

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

91. Mississippi State University

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

93. University of Miami

For Remote Sensing

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

94. University of Bremen

For Remote Sensing

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

96. University of Munich

For Remote Sensing

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

97. China University of Mining and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Asia
#20 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1909

98. Tongji University

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Asia
#21 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

99. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Asia
#22 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

100. Hohai University

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Asia
#23 in China
Founded
1915