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The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd in Greece, 505th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 19 research topics. The National Technical University of Athens ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 50,946 academic publications and 1,159,587 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 69 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#505 of 14,131 In the World
#200 of 2,785 In Europe
#3 of 36 In Greece
#2 of 10 In Athens
#11 of 2,297 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#24 of 1,065 For Marine Engineering
#31 of 2,369 For Automotive Engineering
#841 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#573 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 16 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 2nd for Engineering in Greece and 264th in the World with 39,638 publications made and 927,763 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications.

Engineering ranking Location
#2 of 34 In Greece
#81 of 1,465 In Europe
#264 of 6,782 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 287 1428
1993 346 1461
1994 344 1568
1995 395 1963
1996 435 2141
1997 444 2345
1998 525 2420
1999 534 2765
2000 565 3486
2001 657 3665
2002 1121 6254
2003 919 6346
2004 858 7076
2005 947 8723
2006 1173 10712
2007 1213 12427
2008 1070 14356
2009 1205 16423
2010 1248 19992
2011 1351 24378
2012 1395 28239
2013 1354 32531
2014 1532 35952
2015 1535 39593
2016 1707 44719
2017 1626 46307
2018 1770 52441
2019 1726 58632
2020 1844 67469
2021 1956 79965
2022 1870 75995
2023 2051 80060
2024 1284 69554

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Renewable Energy Engineering 1 6 11
Marine Engineering 1 7 24
Automotive Engineering 1 7 31
Transportation Engineering 1 7 41
Operations Research 1 9 45
Industrial Engineering 2 21 54
Mining Engineering 1 8 58
Construction Management 1 25 69
Nuclear Engineering 1 21 75
Firefighting and Fire Science 1 17 77
Structural Engineering 1 22 93
Reliability and Quality Engineering 1 25 98
Architecture 1 35 98
Civil Engineering 1 23 101
Technical Drawing 1 30 102
Geotechnical Engineering 1 20 105
Architectural Engineering 2 42 124
Robotics 1 35 124
Automation and Control engineering 1 36 128
Environmental Engineering 2 30 129
Systems Engineering 1 42 135
Remote Sensing 1 46 143
Aviation 1 53 152
Aerospace Engineering 1 46 163
Electrical Engineering 1 45 179
Mechanical Engineering 1 53 182
Computer Engineering 2 52 192
Computer Networking 1 52 204
Petroleum Engineering 1 44 206
Landscape Architecture 2 99 209
Electronic Engineering 1 53 210
Telecommunications 2 57 218
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 85 221
Engineering Management 2 67 234
Applied/Engineering Physics 1 76 242
Agricultural Engineering 4 86 264
Human-Computer Interaction 3 109 277
Materials Science 2 116 343
Acoustical Engineering 2 128 353
Optical Engineering 2 136 363
Metallurgical Engineering 2 128 386
Biochemical Engineering 4 178 401
Chemical Engineering 3 114 413
Nanotechnology 3 181 555
Product and Industrial Design 5 250 670
Biomedical Engineering 6 284 793
Biotechnology 8 268 803

Physics rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 2nd for Physics in Greece and 321st in the World with 34,486 publications made and 836,027 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#2 of 34 In Greece
#119 of 1,457 In Europe
#321 of 6,713 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 267 1417
1993 318 1451
1994 311 1486
1995 356 1956
1996 401 2161
1997 395 2255
1998 482 2360
1999 500 2652
2000 504 3196
2001 613 3542
2002 946 5505
2003 798 5740
2004 758 6414
2005 829 7924
2006 1003 9616
2007 1017 11126
2008 933 12862
2009 989 14681
2010 1045 17951
2011 1131 21903
2012 1213 26030
2013 1129 30121
2014 1292 33214
2015 1324 37504
2016 1444 42477
2017 1418 43380
2018 1609 48888
2019 1519 55090
2020 1586 62376
2021 1640 73185
2022 1550 66906
2023 1751 71354
2024 1087 60324

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Applied/Engineering Physics 1 76 242
Theoretical Physics 4 131 273
Quantum and Particle physics 1 112 300
Astrophysics and Astronomy 3 132 316
Materials Science 2 116 343
Acoustical Engineering 2 128 353
Optical Engineering 2 136 363
Nuclear Physics 5 214 508
Medical Physics 6 212 518
Nanotechnology 3 181 555
Condensed Matter Physics 5 238 618
Atomic and Molecular physics 6 275 628
Astrobiology 6 292 757
Biophysics 6 392 1166

Environmental Science rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Environmental Science in Greece and 353rd in the World with 25,856 publications made and 696,271 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#3 of 34 In Greece
#125 of 1,464 In Europe
#353 of 6,876 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 175 716
1993 167 698
1994 195 847
1995 234 1049
1996 245 1172
1997 261 1305
1998 292 1383
1999 333 1650
2000 352 2074
2001 377 2229
2002 576 3267
2003 513 3583
2004 534 4333
2005 523 5290
2006 669 6576
2007 738 7766
2008 674 9238
2009 738 10756
2010 783 13578
2011 881 16801
2012 901 20139
2013 918 23105
2014 1016 25847
2015 1044 28801
2016 1200 33232
2017 1146 34636
2018 1304 39434
2019 1203 44738
2020 1383 51771
2021 1421 63066
2022 1373 60148
2023 1550 63650
2024 884 53446

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Environmental Science.

Computer Science rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Computer Science in Greece and 369th in the World with 25,469 publications made and 545,720 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Networking, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#3 of 34 In Greece
#141 of 1,469 In Europe
#369 of 6,845 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 148 717
1993 167 760
1994 173 864
1995 182 1004
1996 219 1158
1997 208 1188
1998 286 1239
1999 331 1616
2000 357 1983
2001 363 2147
2002 817 4335
2003 641 4019
2004 557 4294
2005 650 5501
2006 792 6670
2007 769 7718
2008 752 8801
2009 865 10444
2010 837 12175
2011 1009 14935
2012 922 16731
2013 897 18556
2014 1052 20773
2015 1070 22990
2016 1047 24908
2017 1046 26081
2018 1110 29055
2019 1138 33394
2020 1204 39427
2021 1312 45383
2022 1214 43117
2023 1379 47087
2024 829 37081

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Computer Science.

Chemistry rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 4th for Chemistry in Greece and 543rd in the World with 24,680 publications made and 621,989 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#4 of 33 In Greece
#200 of 1,417 In Europe
#543 of 6,545 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 190 1063
1993 232 1066
1994 244 1115
1995 262 1379
1996 315 1580
1997 307 1696
1998 364 1816
1999 373 2027
2000 393 2523
2001 470 2714
2002 638 3929
2003 599 4419
2004 578 5153
2005 623 6164
2006 737 7628
2007 753 9071
2008 664 10179
2009 686 11505
2010 774 14200
2011 774 17040
2012 850 19669
2013 775 22523
2014 913 24753
2015 899 27037
2016 1005 30628
2017 1011 31750
2018 1101 36252
2019 1054 40567
2020 1097 46475
2021 1176 55610
2022 1112 53012
2023 1221 54453
2024 764 47665

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 2 85 221
Physical chemistry 2 97 319
Petrology and Geochemistry 3 117 322
Materials Science 2 116 343
Nutrition and Food Science 4 124 356
Biochemical Engineering 4 178 401
Chemical Engineering 3 114 413
Radiochemistry 3 117 514
Computational Chemistry 6 226 522
Organic Chemistry 4 193 522
Nanotechnology 3 181 555
Environmental Chemistry 5 210 556
Inorganic Chemistry 5 214 615
Biochemistry 6 313 931
Pharmacy 6 402 1249

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Greece and 645th in the World with 19,307 publications made and 418,359 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Law.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#3 of 33 In Greece
#269 of 1,500 In Europe
#645 of 7,081 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 110 568
1993 108 556
1994 117 590
1995 144 793
1996 146 885
1997 145 834
1998 193 882
1999 239 1126
2000 245 1430
2001 244 1440
2002 480 2558
2003 382 2627
2004 377 2765
2005 424 3790
2006 528 4426
2007 568 5277
2008 523 6104
2009 600 7475
2010 567 8805
2011 714 10885
2012 721 13237
2013 722 14839
2014 812 16710
2015 820 19221
2016 829 20790
2017 814 21492
2018 937 24454
2019 938 28253
2020 997 33170
2021 1101 40576
2022 1078 38046
2023 1133 40911
2024 603 31374

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Occupational Safety and Health 2 71 266
Archaeology 3 122 339
Urban and Regional planning 4 192 388
Law Enforcement 1 118 396
History 3 152 398
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 3 207 508
Linguistics 3 206 508
Classics and Ancient History 5 213 540
Law 3 220 579
Political Science 3 292 700
Aesthetics 3 299 720
Philosophy 3 302 729
Art History 4 314 736
Library and Information science 6 316 820
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 7 295 883
Publishing 7 347 903
Public Policy / Administration 6 328 910
Journalism and Digital Media 8 334 921
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 4 363 939
Education Majors 9 333 985
Sociology 7 354 987
Radio and Television broadcasting 3 339 990
Anthropology 8 380 1038
Communications and Public Relations 8 401 1108
Demography 10 390 1150
Gender Studies 5 380 1181

Biology rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 6th for Biology in Greece and 802nd in the World with 18,961 publications made and 519,926 citations received. Main research topics: Paleontology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#6 of 33 In Greece
#277 of 1,448 In Europe
#802 of 6,833 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 131 620
1993 126 584
1994 150 704
1995 161 849
1996 177 955
1997 184 1021
1998 220 1129
1999 245 1377
2000 264 1665
2001 303 1846
2002 450 2786
2003 398 3151
2004 384 3666
2005 402 4427
2006 523 5566
2007 572 6708
2008 508 7590
2009 552 8927
2010 617 11061
2011 639 13595
2012 646 15908
2013 676 17729
2014 780 19364
2015 800 21330
2016 875 24354
2017 866 25193
2018 905 28151
2019 818 31790
2020 943 37688
2021 1082 45824
2022 959 43359
2023 1065 45643
2024 621 38056

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 4 124 356
Paleontology 4 203 521
Nanotechnology 3 181 555
Evolutionary Biology 4 236 585
Agricultural Science 4 178 589
Astrobiology 6 292 757
Biotechnology 8 268 803
Horticulture 6 264 872
Botany 7 304 912
Biochemistry 6 313 931
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 7 346 969
Neuroscience 7 350 996
Forestry 7 328 1089
Genetics 9 357 1102
Toxicology 9 322 1161
Biophysics 6 392 1166
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 9 362 1215
Zoology 8 397 1329
Oncology and Cancer research 8 386 1366
Virology 9 432 1623
Microbiology 9 467 1802
Pharmacology 10 469 1861
Immunology 10 541 2096
Molecular Biology 9 560 2210

Mathematics rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Mathematics in Greece and 322nd in the World with 14,183 publications made and 327,900 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#3 of 32 In Greece
#108 of 1,401 In Europe
#322 of 6,418 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 97 482
1993 106 489
1994 111 537
1995 89 616
1996 102 689
1997 112 823
1998 147 844
1999 164 932
2000 180 1150
2001 175 1206
2002 399 2300
2003 321 2052
2004 341 2269
2005 342 2949
2006 427 3523
2007 425 4088
2008 406 4733
2009 440 5632
2010 488 6616
2011 529 8383
2012 520 9370
2013 506 10945
2014 588 12501
2015 584 13817
2016 584 15034
2017 611 15896
2018 652 18158
2019 660 20419
2020 723 23279
2021 760 27922
2022 683 25515
2023 785 27136
2024 407 18247

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Operations Research 1 9 45
Applied Mathematics 1 42 126
Blockchain and Cryptography 1 54 200
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 2 105 273
Statistics 3 127 343
Actuarial Science 6 246 654
Math Teachers 11 318 1004

Business rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 1st for Business in Greece and 306th in the World with 11,184 publications made and 243,520 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Operations Research, Management Information Systems.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 33 In Greece
#104 of 1,433 In Europe
#306 of 6,339 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 60 254
1993 66 319
1994 69 337
1995 76 419
1996 76 454
1997 95 518
1998 129 546
1999 151 674
2000 155 737
2001 164 863
2002 316 1619
2003 286 1585
2004 251 1703
2005 272 2142
2006 337 2769
2007 323 3030
2008 359 3578
2009 377 4367
2010 397 5219
2011 430 6395
2012 442 7199
2013 436 8225
2014 467 9061
2015 490 9919
2016 479 10774
2017 445 11623
2018 475 13086
2019 498 14576
2020 555 16977
2021 599 20468
2022 599 19747
2023 596 21501
2024 292 15404

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Business.

Economics rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Economics in Greece and 431st in the World with 5,838 publications made and 129,448 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#3 of 33 In Greece
#161 of 1,388 In Europe
#431 of 6,167 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1992 32 98
1993 21 123
1994 37 157
1995 29 160
1996 31 210
1997 37 236
1998 63 233
1999 65 260
2000 68 318
2001 56 281
2002 112 512
2003 111 605
2004 110 654
2005 105 888
2006 158 1110
2007 142 1218
2008 156 1503
2009 211 1935
2010 177 2475
2011 209 3139
2012 236 3508
2013 232 4111
2014 232 4692
2015 254 5056
2016 261 5650
2017 253 6037
2018 261 6976
2019 314 8333
2020 360 10284
2021 356 12801
2022 372 12174
2023 375 13453
2024 181 9541

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Environmental Economics 1 19 31
International Economics 4 144 225
International Trade 4 135 227
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 2 105 273
Finance 4 181 458
Actuarial Science 6 246 654
Development Studies 4 232 678
Investment Banking and Stock trading 11 310 852

Art & Design rankings

The National Technical University of Athens ranked 3rd for Art & Design in Greece and 453rd in the World with 4,077 publications made and 76,683 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Computer Graphics, Literature, Architecture, Multimedia.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#3 of 31 In Greece
#186 of 1,381 In Europe
#453 of 5,966 In the World

National Technical University of Athens
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 25 67
1993 21 132
1994 15 85
1995 23 122
1996 32 150
1997 50 147
1998 56 175
1999 60 216
2000 63 283
2001 62 308
2002 119 583
2003 113 603
2004 92 589
2005 116 765
2006 123 868
2007 140 1020
2008 162 1094
2009 116 1337
2010 132 1535
2011 167 2078
2012 142 2143
2013 150 2260
2014 139 2571
2015 176 2725
2016 170 2910
2017 162 3186
2018 204 3681
2019 205 4240
2020 196 4867
2021 223 5720
2022 205 5620
2023 197 6150
2024 104 5161

The following table provides academic rankings for The National Technical University of Athens in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Greece ranking Europe ranking World rank
Painting and Drawing 2 49 97
Sculpture 2 49 97
Architecture 1 35 98
Illustration and Concept Art 2 49 99
Animation 1 65 193
Interior Design 2 83 202
Landscape Architecture 2 99 209
Multimedia 4 72 223
Computer Graphics 1 77 225
Graphic Design 3 98 263
Game Design and Development 5 150 355
UX/UI Desgin 6 167 379
Fashion Design 3 161 401
Literature 3 186 447
Performing arts 4 248 554
Entertainment Industry Business 3 215 578
Photography 4 273 710
Aesthetics 3 299 720
Art History 4 314 736
Cinematography 2 297 738
Creative Writing 10 479 1347

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the National Technical University of Athens

Speciality Greece Europe World Rank
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 3 172 512
Orthodontics 3 183 519
Dentistry 3 214 605
Sonography and Ultrasound 8 237 666
Social Psychology 4 275 726
Healthcare Management (MHA) 6 260 762
Radiation Therapy 7 248 781
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 8 309 912
Public Health 9 316 931
Cosmetology 7 302 975
Anatomy and Physiology 8 328 977
Psychology 8 340 998
Pathology 9 356 1138
Medicine 8 376 1182
Cardiology 8 370 1182
Physical Therapy 9 425 1235
Sports Medicine 9 443 1241
Surgery 8 383 1260
Ophthalmology 8 402 1267
Audiology 8 446 1448
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 8 483 1516
Child Psychology 12 488 1574
Critical Care Nursing 10 494 1636
Psychiatry 8 494 1668
Nursing 12 510 1714
Health Science 12 518 1901
Anesthesiology 9 518 1926
Clinical Psychology 16 596 2228
Family medicine 13 626 2624