Best Universities for Renewable Energy Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Renewable Energy Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,886 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. Aalborg University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

2. North China Electric Power University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Founded
1958

3. Tsinghua University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

4. Technical University of Denmark

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#2 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

5. Imperial College London

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

6. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#3 in Asia
#1 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1961

7. Delft University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

8. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#4 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

9. National Technical University of Athens

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#5 in Europe
#1 in Greece
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

10. University of Malaya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#5 in Asia
#1 in Malaysia
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1905

11. Masdar Institute of Science and Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#6 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
400
Founded
2007

12. University of California - Berkeley

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

13. University of New South Wales

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

14. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

16. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

17. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

18. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#6 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

19. Tianjin University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

20. Zhejiang University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

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

21. University of Waterloo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

23. Lund University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#8 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

24. National University of Singapore

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#11 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

25. Nanyang Technological University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#12 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

26. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

28. Iowa State University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

29. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

30. Chalmers University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#10 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

31. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#11 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

32. University of Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#13 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

33. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

35. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

36. Stanford University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

37. Technical University of Catalonia

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#13 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
29,812

38. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

39. Dublin Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#14 in Europe
#1 in Ireland
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

40. University of Queensland

For Renewable Energy Engineering

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

41. University College Dublin

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#15 in Europe
#2 in Ireland
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
33,321
Founded
1854

42. Michigan State University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

43. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#15 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

44. University of Tehran

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#16 in Asia
#1 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
52,588
Founded
1934

45. Catholic University of Leuven

For Renewable Energy Engineering

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

46. Utrecht University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

47. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#17 in Asia
#2 in India
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1847

48. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

49. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#18 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

50. University of Sao Paulo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

51. University of Strathclyde

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
1964

52. South China University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#19 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

53. University of Seville

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#19 in Europe
#2 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1505

54. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Renewable Energy Engineering

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

55. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

56. University of Porto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#21 in Europe
#1 in Portugal
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

57. RWTH Aachen University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#22 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

58. Pennsylvania State University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

59. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#20 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

60. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

61. University of Toronto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

62. University of Castilla La Mancha

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#23 in Europe
#3 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1982

63. University of Texas at Austin

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

64. Wageningen University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#24 in Europe
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

65. State University of Campinas

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#2 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1966

66. Ohio State University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

67. University of Alberta

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

68. Chongqing University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#21 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1929

69. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

70. Shandong University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#22 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1901

71. Cornell University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

72. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

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

73. University of Florida

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

74. Southeast University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#23 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
30,664
Founded
1902

75. University of California - Davis

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

76. Ontario Tech University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
2002

78. Purdue University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

79. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

80. University of British Columbia

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

81. University of Cambridge

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#26 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

82. McGill University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

83. University of Edinburgh

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#27 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

84. University of Nottingham

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#28 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

85. National Cheng Kung University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#25 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
20,292
Founded
1931

86. Queensland University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

87. University of Lisbon

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#29 in Europe
#2 in Portugal
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

88. Technical University of Madrid

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#30 in Europe
#4 in Spain
Founded
1971

89. University of Padua

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#31 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

90. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#32 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

91. Wuhan University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#26 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

92. University of Saskatchewan

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
20,953
Founded
1907

93. Polytechnic University of Turin

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#33 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Founded
1859

94. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#34 in Europe
#2 in Greece
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

95. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Renewable Energy Engineering

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

97. Sharif University of Technology

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#28 in Asia
#2 in Iran
Enrollment
8,935
Male:Female
66:34
Founded
1965

98. University of Sydney

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

99. University of Oxford

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#35 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

100. Ghent University

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#36 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817