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 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 2,931 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
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

3. Stanford University

For Systems Engineering

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Systems Engineering

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

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

6. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Systems Engineering

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

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Systems Engineering

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

8. Tsinghua University

For Systems Engineering

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

9. Delft University of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

10. University of Texas at Austin

For Systems Engineering

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

11. University of Toronto

For Systems Engineering

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

12. National University of Singapore

For Systems Engineering

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

13. Pennsylvania State University

For Systems Engineering

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

14. University of Washington - Seattle

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

15. University of Maryland - College Park

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

16. University of Southern California

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

17. University of Cambridge

For Systems Engineering

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

18. Imperial College London

For Systems Engineering

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

19. University College London

For Systems Engineering

#4 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

20. RWTH Aachen University

For Systems Engineering

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

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Systems Engineering

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

22. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Systems Engineering

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

23. Technical University of Munich

For Systems Engineering

#7 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

24. University of Tokyo

For Systems Engineering

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

25. Ohio State University

For Systems Engineering

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

26. University of Oxford

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

27. Harvard University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

28. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Systems Engineering

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

29. University of Pennsylvania

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

30. Nanyang Technological University

For Systems Engineering

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

32. Purdue University

For Systems Engineering

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

33. Columbia University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

34. University of California - Los Angeles

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

35. University of Waterloo

For Systems Engineering

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

36. University of British Columbia

For Systems Engineering

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

37. Catholic University of Leuven

For Systems Engineering

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

38. Princeton University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

39. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Systems Engineering

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

40. Technical University of Denmark

For Systems Engineering

#11 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

41. Cornell University

For Systems Engineering

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

42. University of New South Wales

For Systems Engineering

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

43. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Systems Engineering

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

44. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Systems Engineering

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

45. McGill University

For Systems Engineering

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

46. University of California-San Diego

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

47. University of Alberta

For Systems Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

48. Tianjin University

For Systems Engineering

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

50. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Systems Engineering

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

51. New York University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

52. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Systems Engineering

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

53. Zhejiang University

For Systems Engineering

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

54. University of Edinburgh

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

55. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Systems Engineering

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

56. University of Pittsburgh

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

57. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

58. Iowa State University

For Systems Engineering

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

59. Beihang University

For Systems Engineering

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Founded
1952

60. University of Arizona

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

61. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

62. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

63. University of Queensland

For Systems Engineering

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

64. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

65. University of Florida

For Systems Engineering

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

66. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

67. University of Nottingham

For Systems Engineering

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

68. University of Melbourne

For Systems Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

69. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Systems Engineering

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

70. Yale University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

71. University of Sydney

For Systems Engineering

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

72. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Systems Engineering

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

73. University of Twente

For Systems Engineering

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

74. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Systems Engineering

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

75. Michigan State University

For Systems Engineering

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

76. Johns Hopkins University

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

77. Technical University of Berlin

For Systems Engineering

#21 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

78. University of California - Irvine

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

79. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Systems Engineering

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

80. University of Amsterdam

For Systems Engineering

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

83. University of Iowa

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

84. Loughborough University

For Systems Engineering

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

85. Ghent University

For Systems Engineering

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

86. University of Sheffield

For Systems Engineering

#26 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

87. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

88. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Systems Engineering

#13 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

89. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Systems Engineering

#14 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

90. Washington University in St Louis

For Systems Engineering

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

92. University of Stuttgart

For Systems Engineering

#27 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

93. University of Southampton

For Systems Engineering

#28 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

95. University of Calgary

For Systems Engineering

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

97. University of Padua

For Systems Engineering

#30 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

98. Sapienza University of Rome

For Systems Engineering

#31 in Europe
#4 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

99. Monash University

For Systems Engineering

#6 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

100. University of Sao Paulo

For Systems Engineering

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