Comprehensive analysis of 228 engineering institutions across Europe, evaluated using rigorous methodology and authoritative data sources.
| Rank 2024 | Institution | Country | RANK 2023 | FINAL SCORE | Research 64% | Innovation 26% | Teaching 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 1 | 100 | 84.87 | 97.11 | 0.00 |
| 1= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland | - | 99.29 | 89.72 | 69.06 | 25.00 |
| 1= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 3= | 99.23 | 82.51 | 88.02 | 25.00 |
| 4= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 2 | 98.72 | 82.23 | 100 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | - | 98.01 | 88.46 | 81.16 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | - | 95.79 | 79.57 | 97.59 | 0.00 |
| 7= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 5= | 94.57 | 80.41 | 65.70 | 50.00 |
| 7= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 3= | 94.53 | 78.23 | 97.14 | 0.00 |
| 9= | IMT Atlantique | France | 9= | 91.81 | 100 | 30.43 | 0.00 |
| 9= | Ghent University | Belgium | 9= | 91.16 | 78.16 | 73.54 | 25.00 |
| 9= | Aalborg University | Denmark | 13= | 90.88 | 83.03 | 72.56 | 0.00 |
| 12= | Aalto University | Finland | 5= | 90.72 | 79.77 | 80.72 | 0.00 |
| 12= | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 9= | 90.16 | 83.45 | 69.12 | 0.00 |
| 14= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 7= | 88.13 | 79.44 | 73.26 | 0.00 |
| 14= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 7= | 87.77 | 80.83 | 68.37 | 0.00 |
| 14= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 13= | 87.64 | 77.95 | 75.60 | 0.00 |
| 17 | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 13= | 86.68 | 75.44 | 79.19 | 0.00 |
| 18= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 20= | 84.67 | 65.25 | 99.78 | 0.00 |
| 18= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 12 | 84.61 | 73.54 | 77.56 | 0.00 |
| 20 | University of Twente | Netherlands | 22= | 83.54 | 68.57 | 87.30 | 0.00 |
| 21= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 17= | 82.27 | 75.56 | 64.65 | 0.00 |
| 21= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 13= | 82.04 | 80.48 | 50.80 | 0.00 |
| 21= | Université de Lorraine | France | 32= | 81.51 | 72.99 | 43.24 | 50.00 |
| 24= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 22= | 80.70 | 73.57 | 64.85 | 0.00 |
| 24= | Centrale Nantes | France | 42= | 80.68 | 79.62 | 48.71 | 0.00 |
| 24= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 27= | 80.36 | 70.30 | 46.70 | 50.00 |
| 24= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 20= | 80.05 | 71.36 | 68.64 | 0.00 |
| 28 | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 32= | 79.57 | 72.41 | 64.28 | 0.00 |
| 29= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 22= | 77.89 | 66.74 | 73.95 | 0.00 |
| 29= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 32= | 77.87 | 60.85 | 38.03 | 100 |
| 29= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 27= | 77.72 | 63.77 | 61.97 | 37.50 |
| 29= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 17= | 77.59 | 64.36 | 79.30 | 0.00 |
| 33= | University of Lisbon | Portugal | - | 76.83 | 72.39 | 55.52 | 0.00 |
| 33= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 32= | 76.52 | 63.58 | 77.93 | 0.00 |
| 33= | École des mines Paris | France | 47= | 76.43 | 70.53 | 59.15 | 0.00 |
| 33= | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour | France | 27= | 76.21 | 57.31 | 80.73 | 25.00 |
| 33= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 47= | 76.05 | 67.69 | 65.48 | 0.00 |
| 33= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 27= | 75.94 | 63.03 | 77.54 | 0.00 |
| 39 | University of Porto | Portugal | - | 75.61 | 71.77 | 40.36 | 25.00 |
| 40= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 66= | 74.41 | 62.88 | 34.35 | 75.00 |
| 40= | Universite de Mons | Belgium | 37= | 74.34 | 64.05 | 63.21 | 12.50 |
| 40= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 37= | 74.32 | 60.86 | 78.06 | 0.00 |
| 40= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 52= | 74.28 | 72.31 | 47.48 | 0.00 |
| 40= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 37= | 73.97 | 61.49 | 75.27 | 0.00 |
| 40= | École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris | France | 37= | 73.74 | 72.46 | 45.36 | 0.00 |
| 40= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 71= | 73.44 | 61.75 | 72.84 | 0.00 |
| 47= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 47= | 73.33 | 74.52 | 38.56 | 0.00 |
| 47= | Bordeaux INP | France | 27= | 72.76 | 67.38 | 42.82 | 25.00 |
| 49= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 77= | 72.13 | 57.75 | 27.73 | 100 |
| 49= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 25= | 71.99 | 65.09 | 59.30 | 0.00 |
| 49= | École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen | France | 25= | 71.72 | 69.29 | 40.81 | 12.50 |
| 49= | École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier | France | 17= | 71.47 | 71.61 | 40.27 | 0.00 |
| 49= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 32= | 71.42 | 60.40 | 69.93 | 0.00 |
| 54= | École des mines de Saint-Étienne | France | 71= | 70.74 | 61.25 | 65.49 | 0.00 |
| 54= | University of Bremen | Germany | 52= | 70.37 | 56.92 | 75.76 | 0.00 |
| 54= | École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon | France | 37= | 70.23 | 61.73 | 49.65 | 25.00 |
| 54= | CentraleSupélec | France | 52= | 70.15 | 61.82 | 62.08 | 0.00 |
| 54= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 62= | 70.13 | 62.29 | 60.73 | 0.00 |
| 54= | University of Leoben | Austria | 42= | 69.99 | 63.03 | 58.33 | 0.00 |
| 54= | Université de Lyon | France | 47= | 69.98 | 66.35 | 49.46 | 0.00 |
| 61= | Clausthal University of Technology | Germany | 62= | 69.60 | 57.31 | 46.52 | 50.00 |
| 61= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 62= | 69.51 | 63.66 | 55.11 | 0.00 |
| 61= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 42= | 69.44 | 57.58 | 19.53 | 100 |
| 61= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 42= | 69.41 | 68.66 | 41.50 | 0.00 |
| 65= | University of Jaén | Spain | 82= | 67.61 | 63.97 | 28.82 | 37.50 |
| 65= | University of Salerno | Italy | 47= | 67.27 | 60.77 | 29.80 | 50.00 |
| 65= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 91= | 67.22 | 61.19 | 54.27 | 0.00 |
| 65= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 56= | 67.18 | 74.37 | 19.08 | 0.00 |
| 65= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 91= | 66.84 | 61.13 | 53.19 | 0.00 |
| 70= | University of Kassel | Germany | 82= | 66.06 | 62.47 | 47.14 | 0.00 |
| 70= | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 56= | 65.96 | 60.89 | 51.02 | 0.00 |
| 70= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 91= | 65.94 | 60.31 | 52.48 | 0.00 |
| 70= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 71= | 65.92 | 62.37 | 46.93 | 0.00 |
| 70= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 66= | 65.87 | 64.59 | 40.86 | 0.00 |
| 70= | IMT Mines Albi | France | 77= | 65.77 | 60.76 | 50.73 | 0.00 |
| 70= | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Germany | 82= | 65.58 | 58.08 | 57.22 | 0.00 |
| 70= | University of Calabria | Italy | 62= | 65.53 | 62.59 | 45.07 | 0.00 |
| 78= | École polytechnique | France | 82= | 65.00 | 55.54 | 62.12 | 0.00 |
| 78= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 66= | 64.95 | 63.56 | 40.62 | 0.00 |
| 78= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rouen Normandie | France | 56= | 64.87 | 58.45 | 41.07 | 25.00 |
| 78= | University of Wuppertal | Germany | 98= | 64.31 | 60.10 | 47.79 | 0.00 |
| 78= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 82= | 64.19 | 62.82 | 40.17 | 0.00 |
| 83= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 82= | 63.70 | 53.57 | 63.17 | 0.00 |
| 83= | Paderborn University | Germany | 127= | 63.59 | 53.55 | 62.89 | 0.00 |
| 83= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 77= | 63.39 | 61.45 | 41.21 | 0.00 |
| 83= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 103= | 63.34 | 57.86 | 50.61 | 0.00 |
| 83= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 103= | 63.12 | 64.21 | 33.01 | 0.00 |
| 83= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 82= | 63.06 | 59.94 | 44.17 | 0.00 |
| 83= | University of Patras | Greece | 71= | 62.92 | 58.95 | 46.34 | 0.00 |
| 90= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 82= | 62.44 | 53.83 | 58.40 | 0.00 |
| 90= | University of Stavanger | Norway | - | 62.26 | 62.55 | 34.64 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 98= | 62.24 | 55.60 | 53.07 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 56= | 62.24 | 57.16 | 48.89 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Université d'Orléans | France | - | 62.10 | 57.35 | 47.95 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 66= | 62.00 | 56.21 | 50.66 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 56= | 61.99 | 66.12 | 24.28 | 0.00 |
| 90= | Université de Poitiers | France | 77= | 61.55 | 56.97 | 47.19 | 0.00 |
| 98= | University of Minho | Portugal | 110= | 61.12 | 61.50 | 33.77 | 0.00 |
| 98= | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 103= | 60.80 | 54.70 | 50.82 | 0.00 |
| 98= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 91= | 60.65 | 53.56 | 53.37 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 82= | 60.06 | 56.38 | 43.95 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 98= | 59.77 | 58.14 | 38.33 | 0.00 |
| 101= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique | France | 114= | 59.48 | 54.35 | 47.47 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano | Italy | - | 59.34 | 62.26 | 26.00 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 103= | 59.30 | 62.90 | 24.17 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Université d'Artois | France | 71= | 59.27 | 61.59 | 27.54 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 103= | 59.26 | 57.17 | 39.25 | 0.00 |
| 101= | Universität der Bundeswehr München | Germany | 114= | 59.23 | 47.81 | 64.06 | 0.00 |
| 109= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 98= | 58.78 | 57.48 | 36.89 | 0.00 |
| 109= | University of Split | Croatia | 103= | 58.78 | 65.39 | 15.85 | 0.00 |
| 109= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 122= | 58.69 | 49.43 | 58.02 | 0.00 |
| 109= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 110= | 58.33 | 53.12 | 47.06 | 0.00 |
| 109= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 77= | 57.90 | 63.56 | 17.89 | 0.00 |
| 109= | Universidad de Burgos | Spain | 91= | 57.85 | 56.59 | 36.25 | 0.00 |
| 115= | University of Siegen | Germany | 91= | 57.76 | 58.12 | 31.89 | 0.00 |
| 115= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 114= | 57.70 | 58.18 | 31.54 | 0.00 |
| 115= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 122= | 57.34 | 53.91 | 41.74 | 0.00 |
| 115= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 103= | 57.30 | 61.78 | 20.69 | 0.00 |
| 115= | Université de Haute-Alsace | France | 71= | 57.18 | 55.94 | 35.81 | 0.00 |
| 120= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 114= | 56.31 | 63.53 | 12.82 | 0.00 |
| 120= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 114= | 56.11 | 55.68 | 33.07 | 0.00 |
| 120= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 114= | 56.03 | 55.51 | 33.27 | 0.00 |
| 120= | The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau | Germany | - | 55.79 | 52.06 | 41.65 | 0.00 |
| 120= | École centrale de Marseille | France | 91= | 55.56 | 54.33 | 34.89 | 0.00 |
| 125= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | 114= | 55.12 | 58.13 | 23.33 | 0.00 |
| 125= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 110= | 55.06 | 52.32 | 38.60 | 0.00 |
| 125= | University of Bergamo | Italy | 122= | 54.77 | 52.40 | 37.45 | 0.00 |
| 125* | Public University of Navarre | Spain | 127= | 54.46 | 54.44 | 31.02 | 0.00 |
| 128= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 139= | 54.01 | 50.39 | 40.38 | 0.00 |
| 128= | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 114= | 53.96 | 48.07 | 7.71 | 75.00 |
| 128= | Opole University of Technology | Poland | 134= | 53.42 | 59.95 | 13.04 | 0.00 |
| 128= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 134= | 53.31 | 56.56 | 21.68 | 0.00 |
| 132= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 122= | 52.92 | 51.92 | 32.76 | 0.00 |
| 132= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 127= | 52.52 | 58.40 | 14.23 | 0.00 |
| 132= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 127= | 51.98 | 53.21 | 26.28 | 0.00 |
| 135= | University of Miskolc | Hungary | 139= | 51.83 | 46.67 | 43.22 | 0.00 |
| 135= | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | - | 51.75 | 54.41 | 22.36 | 0.00 |
| 135= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 134= | 51.59 | 56.07 | 17.43 | 0.00 |
| 135= | SIGMA Clermont | France | - | 50.91 | 52.77 | 24.02 | 0.00 |
| 139= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 127= | 50.78 | 53.13 | 22.65 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 134= | 50.68 | 49.31 | 32.45 | 0.00 |
| 139= | University of Salento | Italy | 133 | 50.65 | 55.30 | 16.47 | 0.00 |
| 139= | University of Pannonia | Hungary | 145= | 50.56 | 47.04 | 38.14 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 127= | 50.42 | 54.69 | 17.33 | 0.00 |
| 144= | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 122= | 49.51 | 48.74 | 30.19 | 0.00 |
| 144= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 141= | 48.76 | 50.36 | 23.48 | 0.00 |
| 146= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 145= | 48.44 | 49.18 | 25.57 | 0.00 |
| 146= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 151= | 48.23 | 44.34 | 12.01 | 50.00 |
| 146= | Technical University of Liberec | Czechia | 149= | 48.19 | 50.60 | 21.02 | 0.00 |
| 146= | Tomas Bata University in Zlin | Czechia | 141= | 47.62 | 50.50 | 19.43 | 0.00 |
| 150 | Military University of Technology Warsaw | Poland | 134= | 47.28 | 48.50 | 23.65 | 0.00 |
| 151= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 141= | 45.84 | 44.83 | 28.76 | 0.00 |
| 151= | University of Rijeka | Croatia | - | 45.81 | 45.79 | 26.09 | 0.00 |
| 151= | University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Sofia | Bulgaria | 161= | 44.99 | 37.60 | 32.35 | 25.00 |
| 151= | University of Pardubice | Czechia | 145= | 44.90 | 47.46 | 18.73 | 0.00 |
| 155= | University of Latvia | Latvia | 151= | 44.81 | 47.40 | 18.62 | 0.00 |
| 155= | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology | Poland | 151= | 44.75 | 47.44 | 18.30 | 0.00 |
| 155= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 141= | 44.65 | 49.07 | 13.66 | 0.00 |
| 155= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 154= | 44.53 | 43.56 | 27.92 | 0.00 |
| 155= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 154= | 43.84 | 46.95 | 16.67 | 0.00 |
| 160= | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 145= | 43.72 | 46.61 | 17.18 | 0.00 |
| 160= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 154= | 43.65 | 45.43 | 20.10 | 0.00 |
| 160= | Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem | Czechia | 161= | 43.41 | 43.72 | 23.87 | 0.00 |
| 163= | University of Zielona Gora | Poland | 157= | 41.20 | 46.03 | 10.58 | 0.00 |
| 163= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 157= | 41.17 | 46.28 | 9.83 | 0.00 |
| 165= | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | 161= | 40.03 | 44.99 | 9.59 | 0.00 |
| 165= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 160 | 39.15 | 42.28 | 13.97 | 0.00 |
| 167= | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 164= | 38.10 | 41.41 | 12.87 | 0.00 |
| 167= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 164= | 37.29 | 45.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 169= | Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | 166= | 33.78 | 36.88 | 10.97 | 0.00 |
| 169= | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | 166= | 33.27 | 36.72 | 9.76 | 0.00 |
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