Best Universities for Operations Research in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Operations Research. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,864 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. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

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

2. University of Texas at Austin

For Operations Research

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

3. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Operations Research

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

4. Carnegie Mellon University

For Operations Research

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

5. Stanford University

For Operations Research

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

6. National University of Singapore

For Operations Research

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

7. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

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

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Operations Research

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

9. Delft University of Technology

For Operations Research

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

10. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Operations Research

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

11. University of Pittsburgh

For Operations Research

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

12. University of Toronto

For Operations Research

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

13. Cornell University

For Operations Research

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

14. University of Tehran

For Operations Research

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

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Operations Research

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

16. University of Maryland - College Park

For Operations Research

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

17. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Operations Research

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

18. Tsinghua University

For Operations Research

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

20. University of Waterloo

For Operations Research

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

22. Catholic University of Leuven

For Operations Research

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

23. University of Pennsylvania

For Operations Research

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

24. Purdue University

For Operations Research

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

25. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Operations Research

#7 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

27. Ohio State University

For Operations Research

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

28. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

For Operations Research

#5 in Europe
#1 in Lithuania
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1956

29. Lancaster University

For Operations Research

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

30. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Operations Research

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

31. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Operations Research

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

32. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Operations Research

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

33. Imperial College London

For Operations Research

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

35. Northwestern University

For Operations Research

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

36. Technical University of Denmark

For Operations Research

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

38. Columbia University

For Operations Research

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

39. National Chiao Tung University

For Operations Research

#9 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

40. University of Florida

For Operations Research

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

41. University of Nottingham

For Operations Research

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

42. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

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

43. Tongji University

For Operations Research

#10 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

44. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Operations Research

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

45. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Operations Research

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

46. University of Lisbon

For Operations Research

#12 in Europe
#1 in Portugal
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

47. University of Alberta

For Operations Research

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

48. University of Southern California

For Operations Research

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

49. Southeast University

For Operations Research

#11 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
30,664
Founded
1902

50. University of Montreal

For Operations Research

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
45,360
Founded
1878

51. University of Warwick

For Operations Research

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

52. Istanbul Technical University

For Operations Research

#12 in Asia
#1 in Turkey
Enrollment
15,358
Founded
1944

53. Sichuan University

For Operations Research

#13 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

54. McMaster University

For Operations Research

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
30,117
Founded
1887

55. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

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

56. National Technical University of Athens

For Operations Research

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

57. Amirkabir University of Technology

For Operations Research

#15 in Asia
#2 in Iran
Enrollment
12,468
Founded
1958

58. University of Southampton

For Operations Research

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

59. Iran University of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#16 in Asia
#3 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
9,000
Founded
1929

60. City University of Hong Kong

For Operations Research

#17 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

61. University of British Columbia

For Operations Research

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

62. Iowa State University

For Operations Research

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

63. Paris Dauphine University

For Operations Research

#16 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
93%
Enrollment
8,681
Founded
1968

64. Central South University

For Operations Research

#18 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

65. Harvard University

For Operations Research

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

66. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Operations Research

#17 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

67. Laval University

For Operations Research

#7 in Canada
Enrollment
45,000
Founded
1852

68. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#19 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

69. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Operations Research

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

70. Nanyang Technological University

For Operations Research

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

71. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Operations Research

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

72. University of Washington - Seattle

For Operations Research

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

73. Princeton University

For Operations Research

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

74. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Operations Research

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

75. University of New South Wales

For Operations Research

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

76. Tel Aviv University

For Operations Research

#21 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

77. Beihang University

For Operations Research

#22 in Asia
#13 in China
Founded
1952

78. Tianjin University

For Operations Research

#23 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

79. Monash University

For Operations Research

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

80. New York University

For Operations Research

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

81. University of Sydney

For Operations Research

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

82. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Operations Research

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

83. Southwest Jiaotong University

For Operations Research

#24 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
44,000
Founded
1896

84. HEC Montreal

For Operations Research

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1907

85. University of Iowa

For Operations Research

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

86. National Cheng Kung University

For Operations Research

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

87. University of Virginia

For Operations Research

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

88. Dalian University of Technology

For Operations Research

#26 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1949

89. Concordia University

For Operations Research

#9 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1974

90. Duke University

For Operations Research

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

91. University of Strathclyde

For Operations Research

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
42%
Founded
1964

93. KAIST

For Operations Research

#27 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

94. Ghent University

For Operations Research

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

95. University of Seville

For Operations Research

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

96. University of Bologna

For Operations Research

#23 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

97. Zhejiang University

For Operations Research

#28 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

98. University of Queensland

For Operations Research

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

99. University of Twente

For Operations Research

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

100. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#29 in Asia
#3 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
10,398
Founded
1974