Comprehensive analysis of 225 engineering institutions across Europe, evaluated using rigorous methodology and authoritative data sources.
| Rank 2023 | Institution | Country | FINAL SCORE | Research 60% | Innovation 25% | Teaching 10% | SDG 5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 100 | 100 | 86.70 | 0.00 | 88.73 |
| 1= | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 99.81 | 98.27 | 99.47 | 0.00 | 46.11 |
| 3= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 92.04 | 85.15 | 63.97 | 66.67 | 70.40 |
| 3= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 91.25 | 87.46 | 70.38 | 50.00 | 48.16 |
| 5= | Aalborg University | Denmark | 89.64 | 91.85 | 84.17 | 0.00 | 34.57 |
| 5= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 89.16 | 93.75 | 76.37 | 0.00 | 46.30 |
| 7 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 87.50 | 87.13 | 85.58 | 0.00 | 39.55 |
| 8= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 86.44 | 87.23 | 67.93 | 0.00 | 100 |
| 8= | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 86.43 | 82.97 | 88.53 | 0.00 | 46.87 |
| 8= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 85.65 | 83.49 | 87.63 | 0.00 | 36.79 |
| 11= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 85.32 | 84.47 | 71.14 | 18.75 | 57.02 |
| 11= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 85.04 | 77.34 | 78.44 | 41.67 | 33.80 |
| 13 | Aalto University | Finland | 83.25 | 79.89 | 88.16 | 0.00 | 33.27 |
| 14= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 81.99 | 80.40 | 78.60 | 0.00 | 53.69 |
| 14= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 81.02 | 96.66 | 53.46 | 0.00 | 17.79 |
| 16= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 80.92 | 73.45 | 56.55 | 66.67 | 55.77 |
| 16= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 80.89 | 72.80 | 100 | 0.00 | 10.27 |
| 16= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 80.21 | 73.73 | 91.07 | 0.00 | 31.93 |
| 16= | Ghent University | Belgium | 80.07 | 84.92 | 51.57 | 33.33 | 41.08 |
| 20 | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 79.69 | 76.90 | 53.30 | 50.00 | 59.73 |
| 21= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 78.25 | 96.42 | 47.66 | 0.00 | 9.37 |
| 21= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 78.03 | 78.49 | 60.51 | 16.67 | 62.46 |
| 23= | École des Ponts ParisTech | France | 77.17 | 77.98 | 75.23 | 0.00 | 26.84 |
| 23= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 76.28 | 76.73 | 73.36 | 0.00 | 33.54 |
| 25= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 75.92 | 81.15 | 62.46 | 0.00 | 39.77 |
| 25= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 75.47 | 80.71 | 69.14 | 0.00 | 9.37 |
| 25= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 75.21 | 81.50 | 66.13 | 0.00 | 12.58 |
| 28= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 74.84 | 80.43 | 61.44 | 0.00 | 36.31 |
| 28= | University of Oulu | Finland | 74.77 | 82.55 | 62.81 | 0.00 | 12.58 |
| 28= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 74.64 | 80.03 | 56.69 | 16.67 | 23.71 |
| 31= | École des mines Paris | France | 73.73 | 79.13 | 66.56 | 0.00 | 11.09 |
| 31= | University of Minho | Portugal | 73.59 | 78.74 | 54.72 | 0.00 | 62.46 |
| 31= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 73.57 | 78.97 | 66.03 | 0.00 | 12.58 |
| 31= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 73.52 | 73.67 | 73.12 | 0.00 | 24.44 |
| 31= | IMT Mines Albi | France | 73.29 | 81.00 | 61.92 | 0.00 | 10.27 |
| 36= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 72.27 | 71.78 | 64.92 | 0.00 | 58.54 |
| 36= | Centrale Nantes | France | 72.23 | 66.11 | 75.86 | 18.75 | 19.66 |
| 38= | CentraleSupélec | France | 71.19 | 76.54 | 61.12 | 0.00 | 22.96 |
| 38= | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 71.00 | 72.18 | 66.01 | 0.00 | 34.82 |
| 38= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 70.43 | 64.76 | 81.34 | 0.00 | 22.18 |
| 41= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 69.84 | 71.73 | 53.23 | 33.33 | 11.09 |
| 41= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 69.75 | 69.98 | 50.14 | 33.33 | 37.02 |
| 41= | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour | France | 69.65 | 77.32 | 49.99 | 16.67 | 11.09 |
| 41= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 69.13 | 75.48 | 54.14 | 0.00 | 35.07 |
| 41= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 69.02 | 82.29 | 47.83 | 0.00 | 5.93 |
| 46= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 68.69 | 81.13 | 48.05 | 2.08 | 5.93 |
| 46= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 68.55 | 71.90 | 60.66 | 0.00 | 28.74 |
| 46= | Bordeaux INP | France | 68.39 | 75.47 | 57.86 | 2.08 | 5.93 |
| 46= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 68.12 | 69.80 | 62.08 | 0.00 | 34.31 |
| 50= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 67.51 | 69.16 | 64.94 | 0.00 | 19.66 |
| 50= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 67.43 | 79.10 | 49.13 | 0.00 | 5.93 |
| 50= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 67.41 | 76.64 | 49.90 | 0.00 | 22.18 |
| 50= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 67.24 | 66.29 | 47.84 | 33.33 | 44.76 |
| 50= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 66.76 | 68.59 | 62.25 | 0.00 | 26.18 |
| 55= | Université de Lorraine | France | 66.50 | 82.93 | 37.10 | 0.00 | 14.52 |
| 55= | École nationale des travaux publics de l'État | France | 66.43 | 71.31 | 53.64 | 2.08 | 32.47 |
| 55= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 66.07 | 67.46 | 29.43 | 66.67 | 31.93 |
| 55= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 65.66 | 72.14 | 54.87 | 0.00 | 15.12 |
| 55= | Université de Lyon | France | 65.52 | 77.51 | 38.90 | 0.00 | 37.96 |
| 60= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 65.36 | 70.87 | 55.52 | 0.00 | 18.75 |
| 60= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 65.35 | 73.37 | 49.79 | 2.08 | 18.75 |
| 60= | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | 64.68 | 66.50 | 42.64 | 33.33 | 33.01 |
| 63= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 64.27 | 75.10 | 42.63 | 0.00 | 25.84 |
| 63= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 63.70 | 73.26 | 45.36 | 0.00 | 21.78 |
| 63= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 63.46 | 79.49 | 34.70 | 0.00 | 13.90 |
| 66= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 63.11 | 84.19 | 26.11 | 0.00 | 8.38 |
| 66= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 63.11 | 74.35 | 36.74 | 0.00 | 42.13 |
| 66= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 62.95 | 69.54 | 42.00 | 16.67 | 22.96 |
| 66= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 62.93 | 83.11 | 27.86 | 0.00 | 7.26 |
| 66= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 62.70 | 60.20 | 62.85 | 0.00 | 39.77 |
| 66= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 62.58 | 67.22 | 53.45 | 0.00 | 21.78 |
| 66= | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | 62.53 | 72.71 | 42.73 | 0.00 | 22.58 |
| 73= | University of Jaén | Spain | 62.09 | 73.10 | 33.39 | 16.67 | 20.11 |
| 73= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 61.82 | 60.05 | 66.24 | 0.00 | 15.69 |
| 73= | IMT Nord Europe | France | 61.47 | 70.42 | 38.17 | 18.75 | 9.37 |
| 76 | Universidad de Burgos | Spain | 60.66 | 69.97 | 44.28 | 0.00 | 14.52 |
| 77= | University of Patras | Greece | 59.04 | 61.66 | 51.55 | 0.00 | 29.94 |
| 77= | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Germany | 58.91 | 73.57 | 33.98 | 0.00 | 7.26 |
| 77= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 58.91 | 60.67 | 22.96 | 66.67 | 23.71 |
| 77= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 58.87 | 59.36 | 22.62 | 66.67 | 35.07 |
| 77= | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar | Germany | 58.61 | 70.48 | 34.14 | 0.00 | 27.49 |
| 77= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 58.61 | 62.78 | 31.15 | 33.33 | 35.07 |
| 77= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 58.55 | 59.26 | 9.35 | 100 | 21.38 |
| 77= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 58.54 | 69.55 | 39.23 | 0.00 | 12.58 |
| 77= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 58.30 | 65.44 | 43.23 | 0.00 | 25.50 |
| 77= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 58.24 | 54.61 | 63.99 | 0.00 | 23.71 |
| 87= | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 57.82 | 68.47 | 37.05 | 0.00 | 21.38 |
| 87= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne | France | 57.55 | 64.58 | 37.63 | 16.67 | 13.26 |
| 87= | Université d'Artois | France | 57.39 | 72.93 | 29.27 | 0.00 | 13.26 |
| 87= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 57.31 | 70.00 | 32.02 | 0.00 | 24.08 |
| 91= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 56.55 | 67.98 | 28.03 | 0.00 | 47.43 |
| 91= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 56.32 | 70.94 | 26.39 | 0.00 | 27.81 |
| 91= | University of Calabria | Italy | 55.78 | 69.80 | 23.05 | 0.00 | 44.37 |
| 94= | University of Leoben | Austria | 55.47 | 56.28 | 57.22 | 0.00 | 4.19 |
| 94= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 55.02 | 63.12 | 7.85 | 66.67 | 19.21 |
| 94= | Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon | Portugal | 54.75 | 73.57 | 20.92 | 0.00 | 10.27 |
| 94= | University of Salento | Italy | 54.67 | 66.01 | 28.76 | 0.00 | 36.55 |
| 98= | University of Salerno | Italy | 54.20 | 69.42 | 19.76 | 0.00 | 41.50 |
| 98= | University of Kassel | Germany | 54.14 | 68.32 | 28.36 | 0.00 | 13.26 |
| 98= | University of Bergamo | Italy | 53.72 | 67.41 | 26.41 | 0.00 | 23.34 |
| 98= | University of Sannio | Italy | 53.66 | 61.63 | 34.77 | 0.00 | 33.54 |
| 98= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 53.33 | 57.60 | 39.76 | 16.67 | 7.26 |
| 98= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | 53.28 | 63.63 | 30.86 | 0.00 | 29.35 |
| 104= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 53.11 | 69.50 | 15.88 | 0.00 | 43.57 |
| 104= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 53.09 | 61.97 | 35.24 | 0.00 | 21.78 |
| 104= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 52.89 | 58.42 | 42.77 | 0.00 | 15.69 |
| 104= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 52.89 | 69.81 | 15.85 | 0.00 | 38.42 |
| 104= | Universität der Bundeswehr München | Germany | 52.46 | 59.99 | 38.82 | 0.00 | 14.52 |
| 104= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 52.40 | 54.88 | 47.41 | 0.00 | 18.27 |
| 104= | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus | 52.13 | 62.00 | 34.19 | 0.00 | 13.90 |
| 111= | University of Split | Croatia | 51.71 | 64.10 | 28.03 | 0.00 | 17.79 |
| 111= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 51.56 | 70.47 | 14.90 | 0.00 | 20.54 |
| 111= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 51.30 | 62.50 | 28.28 | 0.00 | 24.44 |
| 111= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 50.90 | 63.84 | 10.58 | 33.33 | 16.77 |
| 111= | Cyprus International University | Cyprus | 50.74 | 78.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.58 |
| 116= | University of Siegen | Germany | 50.56 | 68.16 | 19.16 | 0.00 | 8.38 |
| 116= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 50.34 | 61.70 | 21.24 | 0.00 | 48.53 |
| 116= | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | 49.80 | 53.27 | 21.42 | 50.00 | 8.38 |
| 116= | University Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria | Italy | 49.79 | 56.81 | 32.52 | 0.00 | 33.01 |
| 120= | Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano | Italy | 48.88 | 66.09 | 14.73 | 0.00 | 22.58 |
| 120= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 48.71 | 65.36 | 13.21 | 0.00 | 32.74 |
| 120= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 48.68 | 73.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.80 |
| 120= | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | Netherlands | 48.05 | 53.91 | 36.70 | 0.00 | 16.77 |
| 124= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 47.41 | 55.69 | 31.67 | 0.00 | 15.69 |
| 124= | Széchenyi István University | Hungary | 46.89 | 52.80 | 35.45 | 0.00 | 16.24 |
| 126= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 46.30 | 61.13 | 11.01 | 0.00 | 45.73 |
| 126= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 45.73 | 53.50 | 28.91 | 0.00 | 23.71 |
| 128= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 45.06 | 51.49 | 31.91 | 0.00 | 18.75 |
| 128= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 44.75 | 56.33 | 12.89 | 16.67 | 23.34 |
| 130= | Polytechnic Institute of Leiria | Portugal | 42.58 | 55.21 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 26.18 |
| 130= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 42.50 | 46.73 | 35.13 | 0.00 | 11.09 |
| 130= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 42.30 | 47.82 | 32.68 | 0.00 | 10.27 |
| 130= | Università Iuav di Venezia | Italy | 42.04 | 53.08 | 15.85 | 0.00 | 36.06 |
| 134= | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 41.53 | 47.96 | 24.21 | 0.00 | 35.32 |
| 134= | Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra | Portugal | 41.26 | 55.13 | 13.87 | 0.00 | 18.27 |
| 136= | Military University of Technology Warsaw | Poland | 40.52 | 54.90 | 13.29 | 0.00 | 13.26 |
| 136= | University of Miskolc | Hungary | 40.06 | 48.57 | 24.84 | 0.00 | 9.37 |
| 138= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 39.41 | 50.54 | 17.42 | 0.00 | 16.77 |
| 138= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 38.78 | 58.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.21 |
| 140= | University of Kaiserslautern (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau) | Germany | 37.99 | 45.89 | 21.52 | 0.00 | 18.75 |
| 140= | Opole University of Technology | Poland | 37.95 | 51.65 | 11.81 | 0.00 | 13.26 |
| 142= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 36.94 | 51.13 | 8.28 | 0.00 | 19.66 |
| 142= | Kielce University of Technology | Poland | 36.39 | 46.23 | 15.80 | 0.00 | 20.11 |
| 144 | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 35.05 | 52.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.21 |
| 145 | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology | Poland | 32.37 | 48.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.24 |
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