Best Universities for Systems Engineering 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 Systems Engineering. A graph of 50.8M citations received by 1.93M academic papers made by 3,512 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. Carnegie Mellon University

For Systems Engineering

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

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

3. Stanford University

For Systems Engineering

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Systems Engineering

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

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

6. Tsinghua University

For Systems Engineering

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

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Systems Engineering

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

8. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Systems Engineering

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

9. University College London

For Systems Engineering

#1 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

10. University of Toronto

For Systems Engineering

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

11. University of Texas at Austin

For Systems Engineering

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

12. University of Washington - Seattle

For Systems Engineering

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

13. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Systems Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

14. Delft University of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

15. University of Cambridge

For Systems Engineering

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

16. University of Maryland - College Park

For Systems Engineering

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

17. University of Southern California

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

18. National University of Singapore

For Systems Engineering

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

19. Pennsylvania State University

For Systems Engineering

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

20. Purdue University

For Systems Engineering

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

21. University of California-San Diego

For Systems Engineering

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

22. University of Hong Kong

For Systems Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

23. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Systems Engineering

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

24. Harvard University

For Systems Engineering

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

25. Imperial College London

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

26. Catholic University of Leuven

For Systems Engineering

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

27. Technical University of Munich

For Systems Engineering

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

28. University of Oxford

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

29. RWTH Aachen University

For Systems Engineering

#9 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

30. Technical University of Denmark

For Systems Engineering

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

31. Columbia University

For Systems Engineering

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

32. University of Pennsylvania

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

33. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Systems Engineering

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

34. University of Tokyo

For Systems Engineering

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

35. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Systems Engineering

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

36. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Systems Engineering

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

37. Nanyang Technological University

For Systems Engineering

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

38. University of British Columbia

For Systems Engineering

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

39. Ohio State University

For Systems Engineering

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

40. University of California - Los Angeles

For Systems Engineering

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

42. Princeton University

For Systems Engineering

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

43. Cornell University

For Systems Engineering

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

45. University of Edinburgh

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

46. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Systems Engineering

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

47. New York University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

48. Beihang University

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Founded
1952

49. Zhejiang University

For Systems Engineering

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

50. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Systems Engineering

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

51. University of New South Wales

For Systems Engineering

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

52. Johns Hopkins University

For Systems Engineering

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

53. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

54. Tianjin University

For Systems Engineering

#11 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

55. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

57. University of Amsterdam

For Systems Engineering

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

59. McGill University

For Systems Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

60. University of Alberta

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

61. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

62. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

63. University of Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

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

64. University of Florida

For Systems Engineering

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

65. University of Arizona

For Systems Engineering

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

66. University of Pittsburgh

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

67. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

#17 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

68. University of Queensland

For Systems Engineering

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

70. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

#19 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

72. University of Twente

For Systems Engineering

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

74. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

75. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Systems Engineering

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,069
Founded
1956

76. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1991

77. Peking University

For Systems Engineering

#14 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

78. Yale University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

79. Michigan State University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

80. University of Sydney

For Systems Engineering

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

81. California Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

82. University of California - Irvine

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

83. Ghent University

For Systems Engineering

#23 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1817

84. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Systems Engineering

#15 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

85. Technical University of Berlin

For Systems Engineering

#24 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
34,842
Founded
1946

87. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

88. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

90. Northwestern University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

92. Sapienza University of Rome

For Systems Engineering

#26 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

93. University of Padua

For Systems Engineering

#27 in Europe
#4 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
70,000
Founded
1222

94. University of Southampton

For Systems Engineering

#28 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

97. Monash University

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

98. University of Sao Paulo

For Systems Engineering

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

99. Loughborough University

For Systems Engineering

#30 in Europe
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

100. University of Colorado Boulder

For Systems Engineering

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