Best Universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 6.29M citations received by 286K academic papers made by 628 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 College London

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Remote Sensing

#1 in the Netherlands

#19 in the World

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

3. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Remote Sensing

#22 in the World

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

4. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Switzerland

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

5. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Italy

#27 in the World

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

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#2 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Spain

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

8. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Remote Sensing

#1 in France

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

9. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#3 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

10. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Spain

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

11. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Remote Sensing

#2 in the Netherlands

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

12. Sapienza University of Rome

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Italy

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

13. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Switzerland

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

14. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Italy

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 16,239
Founded: 1962

15. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Remote Sensing

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

16. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Remote Sensing

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

17. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Remote Sensing

#2 in France

#69 in the World

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

18. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#4 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

19. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Remote Sensing

#72 in the World

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

20. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Remote Sensing

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

21. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#5 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#6 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Founded: 1892

23. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Switzerland

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

24. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Italy

#85 in the World

Founded: 1321

25. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Remote Sensing

#3 in the Netherlands

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

26. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Remote Sensing

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

27. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Remote Sensing

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

28. University of Extremadura

Spain | Badajoz

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Spain

#96 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1973

29. University of Iceland

Iceland | Reykjavik

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Iceland

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 12,992
Founded: 1911

30. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#7 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

Founded: 1904

31. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#8 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Founded: 1948

32. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Remote Sensing

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

33. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Remote Sensing

#4 in the Netherlands

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

34. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Remote Sensing

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

35. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Switzerland

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

36. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Remote Sensing

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

37. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#9 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

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

38. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Remote Sensing

#126 in the World

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

39. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Italy

#128 in the World

Founded: 1990

40. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Remote Sensing

#10 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

41. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Greece

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

42. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Italy

#136 in the World

Founded: 1859

43. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#11 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Founded: 1905

44. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Remote Sensing

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

45. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Italy

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

46. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Remote Sensing

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

47. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Remote Sensing

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

48. Lund University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Sweden

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

49. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Remote Sensing

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

50. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Remote Sensing

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

51. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Greece

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

52. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Italy

#154 in the World

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

53. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Remote Sensing

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

54. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Italy

#159 in the World

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

55. University of Padua

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Italy

#160 in the World

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

56. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#12 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

57. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Remote Sensing

#3 in France

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

58. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#13 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1824

59. Technical University of Madrid

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Spain

#167 in the World

Founded: 1971

60. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Remote Sensing

#4 in France

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

61. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Remote Sensing

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

62. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#14 in the United Kingdom

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

63. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#15 in the United Kingdom

#181 in the World

Founded: 1963

64. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Remote Sensing

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

65. University of Salzburg

Austria | Salzburg

For Remote Sensing

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 17,969
Founded: 1622

66. University of Oslo

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Norway

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

67. Grenoble Institute of Technology

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Remote Sensing

#5 in France

#192 in the World

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

68. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Sweden

#199 in the World

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

69. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Italy

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

70. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Remote Sensing

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

71. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Spain

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

72. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Sweden

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

73. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Norway

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

74. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#16 in the United Kingdom

#217 in the World

Founded: 1900

75. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Russia

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

76. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Germany

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

77. Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

France | Ile-de-France

For Remote Sensing

#6 in France

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 13,816
Founded: 1991

78. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Spain

#226 in the World

Founded: 1531

79. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Sweden

#234 in the World

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

80. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#17 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

81. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Sweden

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

82. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Italy

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

83. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Italy

#246 in the World

Founded: 1982

84. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#18 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

85. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Remote Sensing

#255 in the World

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

86. University of Alcala

Spain | Alcala de Henares

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Spain

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,067
Founded: 1499

87. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Remote Sensing

#19 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Founded: 1872

88. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Greece

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

89. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#20 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

90. Parthenope University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Italy

#275 in the World

Founded: 1895

91. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Spain

#278 in the World

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

92. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Germany

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

93. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Germany

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

94. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Germany

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

95. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Remote Sensing

#5 in the Netherlands

#291 in the World

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

96. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Germany

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

97. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Sweden

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

98. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Remote Sensing

#21 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Founded: 1451

99. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Remote Sensing

#7 in France

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,316
Founded: 1794

100. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Remote Sensing

#22 in the United Kingdom

#302 in the World

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

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1135

Aerospace Engineering1090

Agricultural Engineering262

Applied/Engineering Physics419

Architectural Engineering501

Architecture479

Automation and Control engineering521

Automotive Engineering605

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

Reliability and Quality Engineering576

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536