Europe's best Applied/Engineering Physics universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 4.06M citations received by 138K academic papers made by 468 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 of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Switzerland

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

3. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Founded: 1824

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Denmark

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Belgium

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Germany

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

9. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in the Netherlands

#57 in the World

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

10. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Germany

#58 in the World

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

11. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

12. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Switzerland

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

13. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1948

14. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Germany

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

15. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Germany

#72 in the World

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

16. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in France

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

17. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in France

#77 in the World

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

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Germany

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

20. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1900

21. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Sweden

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

22. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

23. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Italy

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

24. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Russia

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

25. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

26. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Sweden

#118 in the World

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

27. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Sweden

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

28. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Germany

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

29. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Germany

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

30. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in the Netherlands

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

31. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

32. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Italy

#135 in the World

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

33. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Founded: 1905

34. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Austria

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

35. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Italy

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

36. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in the Netherlands

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

37. University of St Andrews

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

38. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in France

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

39. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Germany

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

40. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

41. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Spain

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

42. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Sweden

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

43. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in France

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

44. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in Germany

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

45. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Founded: 1904

46. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#173 in the World

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

47. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Founded: 1451

48. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Denmark

#180 in the World

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

49. University of Picardie Jules Verne

France | Hauts-de-France

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in France

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 27,900
Founded: 1970

50. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

51. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Italy

#190 in the World

Founded: 1859

52. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in Germany

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

53. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Germany

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

54. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

55. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in Germany

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

56. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Belgium

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

57. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Norway

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

58. Johannes Kepler University Linz

Austria | Linz

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Austria

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1966

59. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Italy

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

60. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Spain

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

61. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in the Netherlands

#216 in the World

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

62. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#218 in the World

Founded: 1964

63. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Germany

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

64. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Portugal

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1973

65. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Switzerland

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

66. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#15 in Germany

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

67. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

68. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

69. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Sweden

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

70. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Ireland

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

71. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Germany

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

72. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Spain

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

73. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Germany

#241 in the World

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

74. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in the Netherlands

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

75. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in France

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

76. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

77. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Sweden

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

78. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Denmark

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

79. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Greece

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

80. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Spain

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

81. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in France

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

82. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Austria

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

83. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#22 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

Founded: 1997

84. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Poland

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

85. Autonomous University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Spain

#267 in the World

Founded: 1968

86. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Greece

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

87. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#23 in the United Kingdom

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

88. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Italy

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

89. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in France

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

90. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#24 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

91. Grenoble Institute of Technology

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in France

#275 in the World

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

92. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Poland

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 19,750
Founded: 1919

93. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Germany

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

94. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Finland

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

95. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in Germany

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

96. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Denmark

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

97. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#20 in Germany

#289 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

98. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Slovenia

#290 in the World

Founded: 1919

99. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in Germany

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

100. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Italy

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 47,736
Founded: 1343

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