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 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0.00 | 80.06 |
| 2= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 90.60 | 90.54 | 84.14 | 0.00 | 100 |
| 2= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 90.18 | 97.23 | 80.71 | 0.00 | 50.64 |
| 2= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 89.75 | 87.79 | 99.96 | 0.00 | 46.23 |
| 5 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 86.88 | 92.84 | 74.76 | 0.00 | 68.56 |
| 6= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 85.27 | 91.58 | 78.88 | 0.00 | 40.30 |
| 6= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 85.10 | 75.25 | 59.36 | 100 | 60.62 |
| 6= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 84.66 | 91.26 | 80.54 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 9 | Aalto University | Finland | 84.20 | 90.06 | 71.77 | 0.00 | 68.56 |
| 10= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 82.77 | 81.59 | 84.80 | 0.00 | 67.94 |
| 10= | Aalborg University | Denmark | 82.71 | 89.59 | 69.27 | 0.00 | 62.70 |
| 10= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 82.27 | 90.96 | 71.74 | 0.00 | 34.59 |
| 13= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 81.75 | 90.37 | 57.66 | 11.11 | 69.18 |
| 13= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 81.36 | 77.83 | 97.29 | 0.00 | 29.24 |
| 13= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 80.77 | 88.60 | 66.37 | 0.00 | 56.99 |
| 16 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 80.23 | 82.47 | 76.98 | 0.00 | 58.47 |
| 17= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 78.81 | 84.90 | 66.33 | 11.11 | 40.30 |
| 17= | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 78.15 | 83.15 | 69.15 | 11.11 | 34.59 |
| 19= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 77.48 | 79.75 | 60.83 | 22.22 | 67.30 |
| 19= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 76.74 | 83.88 | 63.35 | 0.00 | 55.47 |
| 21= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 76.42 | 79.31 | 71.97 | 0.00 | 54.69 |
| 21= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 76.36 | 80.01 | 65.18 | 0.00 | 76.24 |
| 21= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 75.65 | 80.61 | 66.56 | 0.00 | 55.47 |
| 21= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 75.58 | 91.55 | 41.59 | 0.00 | 64.05 |
| 25= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 75.15 | 77.93 | 67.06 | 0.00 | 69.80 |
| 25= | Université de Lorraine | France | 74.83 | 86.19 | 46.11 | 16.67 | 48.04 |
| 25= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 74.75 | 71.83 | 85.51 | 0.00 | 40.30 |
| 25= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 74.72 | 79.30 | 59.72 | 0.00 | 82.69 |
| 25= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 74.52 | 80.62 | 63.44 | 0.00 | 53.11 |
| 30= | École polytechnique | France | 73.71 | 73.21 | 78.25 | 0.00 | 44.34 |
| 30= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 73.58 | 73.58 | 78.04 | 0.00 | 40.30 |
| 30= | University of Leoben | Austria | 73.20 | 72.56 | 83.15 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 30= | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour | France | 73.18 | 69.60 | 83.48 | 11.11 | 24.46 |
| 30= | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Germany | 72.84 | 83.70 | 56.30 | 0.00 | 33.33 |
| 30= | Ghent University | Belgium | 72.73 | 74.17 | 63.87 | 0.00 | 82.69 |
| 36= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 72.69 | 89.31 | 46.29 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 36= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 72.63 | 84.46 | 47.84 | 11.11 | 36.98 |
| 36= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 71.92 | 79.00 | 66.08 | 0.00 | 20.67 |
| 39= | École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier | France | 71.46 | 85.53 | 48.33 | 0.00 | 32.03 |
| 39= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 70.51 | 71.80 | 66.16 | 0.00 | 63.38 |
| 41= | University of Oulu | Finland | 70.28 | 75.06 | 66.50 | 0.00 | 30.66 |
| 41= | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | 70.11 | 81.88 | 48.99 | 0.00 | 42.37 |
| 41= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 70.01 | 83.81 | 46.49 | 1.39 | 32.03 |
| 41= | Clausthal University of Technology | Germany | 69.40 | 68.30 | 59.85 | 44.44 | 16.01 |
| 41= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rouen Normandie | France | 69.38 | 75.82 | 59.05 | 11.11 | 20.67 |
| 46= | École des Ponts ParisTech | France | 68.97 | 62.74 | 84.27 | 0.00 | 45.29 |
| 46= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 68.90 | 80.91 | 40.78 | 0.00 | 68.56 |
| 46= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 68.76 | 74.76 | 61.84 | 0.00 | 32.03 |
| 46= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 68.30 | 69.28 | 63.96 | 5.56 | 53.11 |
| 50= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 67.91 | 82.02 | 41.24 | 12.50 | 18.49 |
| 50= | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | Netherlands | 67.85 | 83.26 | 30.75 | 0.00 | 75.67 |
| 50= | University of Borås | Sweden | 66.93 | 95.82 | 11.84 | 0.00 | 33.33 |
| 53= | Hamburg University of Applied Sciences | Germany | 65.39 | 79.55 | 45.43 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 53= | Université de Lyon | France | 65.31 | 75.35 | 46.38 | 0.00 | 44.34 |
| 53= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 64.69 | 69.57 | 44.74 | 33.33 | 26.15 |
| 56= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 64.31 | 70.50 | 36.73 | 22.22 | 68.56 |
| 56= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 63.95 | 77.51 | 41.08 | 0.00 | 29.24 |
| 56= | University of Calabria | Italy | 63.68 | 73.47 | 36.23 | 11.11 | 58.47 |
| 56= | CentraleSupélec | France | 63.58 | 67.63 | 62.96 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 56= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 63.48 | 71.11 | 53.16 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 61= | University of Patras | Greece | 63.25 | 68.84 | 48.60 | 0.00 | 63.38 |
| 61= | University of Wuppertal | Germany | 63.03 | 67.21 | 62.02 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 61= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 62.83 | 75.88 | 40.12 | 0.00 | 32.03 |
| 61= | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | 62.69 | 68.02 | 50.04 | 11.11 | 34.59 |
| 61= | Bordeaux INP | France | 62.34 | 72.97 | 51.60 | 1.39 | 0.00 |
| 61= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 62.31 | 64.35 | 63.78 | 0.00 | 26.15 |
| 67= | École nationale des travaux publics de l'État | France | 62.01 | 68.62 | 54.10 | 1.39 | 22.65 |
| 67= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 61.96 | 65.89 | 52.74 | 16.67 | 20.67 |
| 67= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 61.95 | 81.35 | 30.48 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 67= | École des mines Paris | France | 61.41 | 67.72 | 60.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 67= | Universite de Mons | Belgium | 61.36 | 66.93 | 53.13 | 11.11 | 13.07 |
| 67= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 61.23 | 63.21 | 56.53 | 11.11 | 29.24 |
| 67= | University of Bremen | Germany | 61.13 | 65.24 | 54.94 | 0.00 | 39.22 |
| 74= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 60.85 | 61.43 | 38.51 | 44.44 | 48.04 |
| 74= | University of Salerno | Italy | 60.75 | 68.96 | 42.83 | 0.00 | 52.30 |
| 74= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 60.69 | 64.92 | 59.71 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 74= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 60.66 | 78.08 | 23.84 | 0.00 | 51.47 |
| 74= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 60.58 | 68.91 | 33.65 | 0.00 | 88.67 |
| 74= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 60.20 | 82.16 | 23.98 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 74= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 59.88 | 65.81 | 43.99 | 22.22 | 18.49 |
| 81= | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 59.40 | 68.90 | 41.70 | 0.00 | 39.22 |
| 81= | University of Minho | Portugal | 59.29 | 73.50 | 27.17 | 0.00 | 58.47 |
| 81= | Centrale Nantes | France | 59.17 | 57.71 | 70.68 | 1.39 | 9.25 |
| 81= | University of Jaén | Spain | 58.97 | 70.93 | 23.51 | 22.22 | 47.14 |
| 81= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 58.57 | 57.26 | 65.52 | 0.00 | 29.24 |
| 86= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | 58.35 | 67.63 | 39.00 | 0.00 | 47.14 |
| 86= | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 57.92 | 65.35 | 45.96 | 0.00 | 32.03 |
| 86= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 57.92 | 70.24 | 39.64 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 86= | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus | 57.88 | 73.78 | 29.01 | 0.00 | 29.24 |
| 86= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 57.42 | 65.24 | 36.25 | 0.00 | 66.67 |
| 91= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 57.06 | 62.63 | 56.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 91= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 56.81 | 66.56 | 38.63 | 0.00 | 36.98 |
| 91= | Université de Poitiers | France | 56.69 | 63.08 | 45.15 | 11.11 | 16.01 |
| 91= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 56.66 | 72.69 | 27.62 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 91= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 56.53 | 62.93 | 51.89 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 91= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 56.20 | 68.28 | 37.04 | 5.56 | 9.25 |
| 91= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 56.18 | 69.96 | 32.95 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 91= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 56.11 | 59.64 | 54.25 | 11.11 | 0.00 |
| 99= | University of Pannonia | Hungary | 55.91 | 63.38 | 41.50 | 0.00 | 40.30 |
| 99= | Cyprus International University | Cyprus | 55.13 | 84.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 99= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 55.03 | 64.60 | 45.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 102= | Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse | France | 54.88 | 59.33 | 44.77 | 4.17 | 39.22 |
| 102= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 54.73 | 59.98 | 46.99 | 0.00 | 30.66 |
| 102= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 54.62 | 64.09 | 39.57 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 102= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 54.38 | 67.06 | 32.65 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 102= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 54.29 | 59.89 | 41.79 | 0.00 | 47.14 |
| 102= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 54.18 | 59.62 | 51.09 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 102= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 53.95 | 64.54 | 33.48 | 0.00 | 36.98 |
| 102= | University of Piraeus | Greece | 53.91 | 64.60 | 36.20 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 110= | Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano | Italy | 53.79 | 65.81 | 35.36 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 110= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 53.45 | 71.57 | 20.70 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 110= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 53.44 | 62.88 | 29.09 | 0.00 | 62.70 |
| 110= | Université d'Artois | France | 52.99 | 68.69 | 24.73 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 114= | University of Kassel | Germany | 52.65 | 62.00 | 34.79 | 0.00 | 35.81 |
| 114= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 52.53 | 60.28 | 44.32 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 114= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 52.33 | 56.95 | 46.93 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 114= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 52.16 | 60.70 | 24.12 | 22.22 | 40.30 |
| 114= | IMT Atlantique | France | 51.86 | 62.23 | 33.37 | 1.39 | 26.15 |
| 114= | Hellenic Mediterranean University | Greece | 51.77 | 55.31 | 47.01 | 0.00 | 30.66 |
| 120= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 51.62 | 58.45 | 42.41 | 0.00 | 20.67 |
| 120= | Public University of Navarre | Spain | 51.47 | 65.71 | 27.95 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 120= | University of Sannio | Italy | 51.20 | 59.39 | 39.60 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 120= | Université de Haute-Alsace | France | 51.18 | 62.67 | 25.88 | 0.00 | 47.14 |
| 120= | University of Miskolc | Hungary | 50.83 | 59.88 | 35.53 | 0.00 | 26.15 |
| 120= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 50.71 | 60.72 | 33.01 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 120= | Helmut-Schmidt-University | Germany | 50.69 | 56.19 | 49.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 120= | University Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria | Italy | 50.62 | 58.09 | 37.83 | 0.00 | 29.24 |
| 128= | University of Latvia | Latvia | 50.15 | 60.65 | 31.33 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 128= | University of Salento | Italy | 50.10 | 60.75 | 29.30 | 0.00 | 34.59 |
| 128= | Universidad de Burgos | Spain | 49.91 | 64.16 | 26.82 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 128= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 49.16 | 53.06 | 41.11 | 0.00 | 39.22 |
| 132= | Óbuda University | Hungary | 48.86 | 69.09 | 11.84 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 132= | University of Split | Croatia | 48.77 | 64.08 | 20.54 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 132= | Université de Toulon | France | 48.32 | 53.79 | 40.81 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 132= | University of Malta | Malta | 48.21 | 58.66 | 30.82 | 0.00 | 20.67 |
| 132= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 48.13 | 60.13 | 25.12 | 0.00 | 30.66 |
| 132= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 48.02 | 58.31 | 15.44 | 0.00 | 85.23 |
| 138= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 47.43 | 57.61 | 30.91 | 1.39 | 16.01 |
| 138= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 47.17 | 57.80 | 30.32 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 138= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 47.01 | 58.36 | 21.84 | 0.00 | 44.34 |
| 138= | University of Kaiserslautern (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau) | Germany | 46.91 | 51.95 | 37.15 | 0.00 | 34.59 |
| 142= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 46.29 | 58.41 | 14.53 | 11.11 | 42.37 |
| 142= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 46.26 | 59.20 | 26.09 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 142= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 45.70 | 60.97 | 9.78 | 11.11 | 32.03 |
| 142= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 45.40 | 58.31 | 23.51 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 146= | International Hellenic University | Greece | 45.09 | 49.05 | 36.37 | 0.00 | 38.12 |
| 146= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 44.95 | 57.29 | 15.65 | 0.00 | 51.47 |
| 146= | Universität der Bundeswehr München | Germany | 44.90 | 50.70 | 38.35 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 149= | Opole University of Technology | Poland | 43.99 | 59.01 | 12.71 | 0.00 | 35.81 |
| 149= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 43.74 | 56.34 | 16.59 | 0.00 | 39.22 |
| 149= | Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon | Portugal | 43.65 | 56.99 | 21.22 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 149= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 43.04 | 56.21 | 14.85 | 0.00 | 38.12 |
| 153= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 42.62 | 47.98 | 30.80 | 0.00 | 36.98 |
| 153= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 42.03 | 47.99 | 31.46 | 0.00 | 26.15 |
| 153= | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | 41.65 | 52.61 | 20.27 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 156= | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | 41.38 | 49.44 | 24.15 | 11.11 | 13.07 |
| 156= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 41.00 | 46.32 | 31.98 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 158= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 39.79 | 52.65 | 8.20 | 0.00 | 52.30 |
| 158= | Kielce University of Technology | Poland | 39.49 | 44.93 | 14.73 | 22.22 | 43.36 |
| 158= | University of Zielona Gora | Poland | 39.34 | 58.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 158= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 38.79 | 53.37 | 8.31 | 0.00 | 32.03 |
| 162= | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 38.77 | 47.50 | 18.44 | 0.00 | 40.30 |
| 162= | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 38.54 | 52.16 | 7.52 | 0.00 | 42.37 |
| 162= | Military University of Technology Warsaw | Poland | 38.44 | 48.43 | 20.15 | 0.00 | 20.67 |
| 162= | Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra | Portugal | 37.81 | 50.75 | 12.35 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 166= | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 37.42 | 47.74 | 20.05 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 166= | University of Pitesti | Romania | 37.42 | 57.57 | 2.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 166= | University of Craiova | Romania | 37.40 | 51.72 | 9.43 | 0.00 | 22.65 |
| 166= | École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications | France | 37.14 | 45.62 | 23.54 | 0.00 | 13.07 |
| 166= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 36.73 | 53.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.12 |
| 171 | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | 36.39 | 47.39 | 16.13 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 172= | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | 34.42 | 43.65 | 18.05 | 0.00 | 16.01 |
| 172= | Koszalin University of Technology | Poland | 33.93 | 42.77 | 6.02 | 22.22 | 22.65 |
| 172= | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology | Poland | 33.61 | 50.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.46 |
| 175 | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | 32.92 | 45.12 | 7.29 | 0.00 | 27.74 |
| 176 | Maritime University Of Szczecin | Poland | 31.12 | 46.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.49 |
| 177 | "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse | Bulgaria | 27.17 | 35.99 | 11.89 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
| 178 | Technical University of Varna | Bulgaria | 23.32 | 35.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.25 |
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