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 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland | - | 100 | 81.97 | 86.50 | 100 |
| 2 | Aalborg University | Denmark | 2= | 94.42 | 100 | 67.14 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 2= | 91.99 | 89.47 | 85.51 | 0.00 |
| 4= | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 2= | 90.34 | 86.11 | 88.41 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 5= | 90.26 | 83.75 | 94.09 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | - | 90.21 | 86.56 | 86.82 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 1 | 90.12 | 84.95 | 90.59 | 0.00 |
| 8= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 8 | 88.02 | 78.41 | 100 | 0.00 |
| 8= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 5= | 87.93 | 79.83 | 96.11 | 0.00 |
| 10= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 11= | 86.24 | 77.12 | 97.23 | 0.00 |
| 10= | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | - | 86.11 | 79.72 | 90.23 | 0.00 |
| 10= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 20= | 86.01 | 75.94 | 62.81 | 81.25 |
| 10= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 11= | 85.70 | 73.77 | 81.34 | 50.00 |
| 14= | Aalto University | Finland | 9= | 84.86 | 84.26 | 74.54 | 0.00 |
| 14= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 9= | 84.05 | 79.71 | 83.29 | 0.00 |
| 16= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 5= | 83.36 | 67.31 | 67.18 | 100 |
| 16= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 14= | 82.50 | 65.30 | 75.00 | 87.50 |
| 18 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 14= | 81.94 | 63.45 | 74.94 | 93.75 |
| 19= | CentraleSupélec | France | 20= | 80.69 | 87.19 | 53.01 | 0.00 |
| 19= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 14= | 80.02 | 73.78 | 73.34 | 25.00 |
| 21= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 20= | 79.53 | 77.44 | 73.70 | 0.00 |
| 21= | EURECOM | France | 25= | 78.98 | 71.18 | 82.04 | 12.50 |
| 23= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 20= | 77.41 | 73.69 | 76.02 | 0.00 |
| 23= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 25= | 77.24 | 71.91 | 79.93 | 0.00 |
| 23= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 17= | 76.44 | 65.60 | 93.11 | 0.00 |
| 26= | Ghent University | Belgium | 25= | 76.02 | 67.66 | 63.99 | 50.00 |
| 26= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 19 | 75.64 | 71.78 | 69.20 | 12.50 |
| 28= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 20= | 74.98 | 78.57 | 55.44 | 0.00 |
| 28= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 30= | 74.66 | 77.89 | 44.81 | 25.00 |
| 28= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 45= | 74.41 | 68.42 | 59.43 | 43.75 |
| 28= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 35= | 74.25 | 66.98 | 82.22 | 0.00 |
| 32= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 30= | 73.13 | 74.80 | 58.72 | 0.00 |
| 32= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 30= | 73.10 | 62.23 | 45.27 | 100 |
| 32= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 30= | 73.07 | 65.54 | 62.16 | 43.75 |
| 32= | University of Salerno | Italy | 30= | 72.97 | 70.97 | 45.31 | 50.00 |
| 32= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 35= | 72.96 | 64.77 | 83.47 | 0.00 |
| 32= | École des mines Paris | France | 25= | 72.19 | 72.15 | 62.23 | 0.00 |
| 38= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 45= | 71.90 | 65.56 | 49.72 | 62.50 |
| 38= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 54= | 71.85 | 63.39 | 83.19 | 0.00 |
| 38= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 45= | 71.59 | 63.95 | 80.92 | 0.00 |
| 38= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 25= | 71.35 | 67.72 | 70.55 | 0.00 |
| 42= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 41= | 70.83 | 58.82 | 91.26 | 0.00 |
| 42= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 43= | 70.80 | 69.33 | 64.60 | 0.00 |
| 42= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 45= | 70.40 | 62.11 | 73.07 | 18.75 |
| 42= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 41= | 70.36 | 68.07 | 66.34 | 0.00 |
| 46= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 35= | 69.61 | 66.36 | 51.17 | 37.50 |
| 46= | University of Lisbon | Portugal | - | 68.67 | 70.78 | 42.49 | 25.00 |
| 48 | University of Porto | Portugal | - | 68.44 | 74.19 | 44.38 | 0.00 |
| 49= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 60= | 67.18 | 64.84 | 63.72 | 0.00 |
| 49= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 43= | 66.45 | 65.19 | 60.35 | 0.00 |
| 51= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 60= | 66.06 | 61.16 | 69.20 | 0.00 |
| 51= | Université de Lorraine | France | 51= | 65.57 | 69.71 | 40.34 | 12.50 |
| 51= | École polytechnique | France | 54= | 65.45 | 54.32 | 84.44 | 0.00 |
| 51= | University of Piraeus | Greece | 54= | 65.26 | 68.88 | 47.00 | 0.00 |
| 51= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 51= | 65.13 | 57.01 | 76.55 | 0.00 |
| 56= | University of Jaén | Spain | 54= | 65.05 | 73.06 | 7.57 | 62.50 |
| 56= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 54= | 64.95 | 71.01 | 34.92 | 12.50 |
| 56= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 51= | 64.72 | 66.11 | 29.65 | 50.00 |
| 56= | Bordeaux INP | France | 35= | 64.34 | 55.65 | 71.64 | 12.50 |
| 60= | Université de Lyon | France | 76= | 64.03 | 60.68 | 46.64 | 37.50 |
| 60= | IMT Atlantique | France | 60= | 63.68 | 59.06 | 55.19 | 25.00 |
| 62= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 95= | 63.01 | 60.05 | 61.67 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 76= | 62.82 | 59.17 | 63.27 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Télécom Paris | France | 82= | 62.61 | 60.30 | 59.70 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Paderborn University | Germany | 95= | 62.59 | 62.98 | 52.84 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies | Italy | 45= | 62.51 | 55.51 | 71.46 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 82= | 62.44 | 64.88 | 47.57 | 0.00 |
| 62= | Universität der Bundeswehr München | Germany | 95= | 62.34 | 52.03 | 79.68 | 0.00 |
| 62= | University of Patras | Greece | 82= | 62.28 | 59.54 | 60.50 | 0.00 |
| 62= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 76= | 62.01 | 67.67 | 33.42 | 12.50 |
| 71= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 60= | 61.84 | 57.56 | 55.56 | 18.75 |
| 71= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 72= | 61.78 | 61.84 | 52.99 | 0.00 |
| 71= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 95= | 61.66 | 58.53 | 60.93 | 0.00 |
| 71= | Centrale Nantes | France | 82= | 61.65 | 59.60 | 58.22 | 0.00 |
| 71= | Mid Sweden University | Sweden | 35= | 61.55 | 65.81 | 42.20 | 0.00 |
| 71= | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 65= | 61.31 | 63.39 | 47.53 | 0.00 |
| 71= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 95= | 61.22 | 60.26 | 43.84 | 25.00 |
| 71= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 72= | 60.95 | 54.75 | 68.09 | 0.00 |
| 71= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 76= | 60.89 | 60.79 | 41.38 | 25.00 |
| 71= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 110= | 60.85 | 64.52 | 43.07 | 0.00 |
| 71= | University of Split | Croatia | 131= | 60.84 | 64.72 | 42.55 | 0.00 |
| 82= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 103= | 60.64 | 62.04 | 48.64 | 0.00 |
| 82= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 65= | 60.41 | 65.08 | 40.18 | 0.00 |
| 82= | The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau | Germany | - | 60.31 | 60.41 | 51.65 | 0.00 |
| 82= | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 89= | 60.25 | 52.20 | 72.16 | 0.00 |
| 82= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 122= | 59.84 | 55.46 | 42.82 | 43.75 |
| 82= | Universite de Mons | Belgium | 65= | 59.70 | 57.76 | 45.00 | 25.00 |
| 88= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 54= | 59.52 | 53.36 | 32.98 | 75.00 |
| 88= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 35= | 59.39 | 58.71 | 52.81 | 0.00 |
| 88= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 82= | 58.85 | 57.55 | 53.92 | 0.00 |
| 88= | Télécom SudParis | France | 82= | 58.81 | 61.68 | 37.71 | 12.50 |
| 88= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 76= | 58.80 | 58.36 | 37.64 | 31.25 |
| 93* | Public University of Navarre | Spain | 72= | 58.41 | 60.77 | 38.65 | 12.50 |
| 93= | University of Calabria | Italy | 65= | 58.18 | 61.93 | 40.56 | 0.00 |
| 93= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 65= | 58.15 | 67.38 | 26.72 | 0.00 |
| 93= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 65= | 58.11 | 57.15 | 35.51 | 37.50 |
| 93= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 95= | 58.10 | 59.20 | 47.22 | 0.00 |
| 93= | Institut d'optique Graduate School | France | 95= | 58.04 | 51.49 | 66.46 | 0.00 |
| 93= | University of Sannio | Italy | 82= | 58.01 | 62.59 | 38.36 | 0.00 |
| 93= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 122= | 57.94 | 54.00 | 59.82 | 0.00 |
| 93= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 65= | 57.73 | 62.78 | 36.89 | 0.00 |
| 93= | Technological University Dublin | Ireland | 122= | 57.65 | 54.22 | 24.44 | 75.00 |
| 93= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 110= | 57.51 | 54.85 | 56.19 | 0.00 |
| 93= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 103= | 57.49 | 57.76 | 20.63 | 62.50 |
| 104= | University of Siegen | Germany | 122= | 57.05 | 53.95 | 56.91 | 0.00 |
| 104= | MINATEC | France | - | 57.02 | 50.91 | 64.48 | 0.00 |
| 104= | Université de Limoges | France | 95= | 57.01 | 46.74 | 66.52 | 18.75 |
| 104= | University of Wuppertal | Germany | 122= | 56.85 | 51.08 | 63.51 | 0.00 |
| 104= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 116= | 56.74 | 57.05 | 48.01 | 0.00 |
| 104= | University of Bremen | Germany | 103= | 56.69 | 55.04 | 52.93 | 0.00 |
| 104= | Université de Toulon | France | 103= | 56.33 | 54.80 | 52.35 | 0.00 |
| 104= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 110= | 56.27 | 51.54 | 54.73 | 12.50 |
| 112= | University of Kassel | Germany | 135= | 56.03 | 48.95 | 49.19 | 37.50 |
| 112= | University of Leoben | Austria | 103= | 55.98 | 46.06 | 73.22 | 0.00 |
| 112= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 89= | 55.85 | 57.66 | 43.48 | 0.00 |
| 112= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 130 | 55.54 | 51.02 | 59.20 | 0.00 |
| 112= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | 89= | 55.25 | 58.06 | 40.44 | 0.00 |
| 112= | University of Salento | Italy | 72= | 55.05 | 58.39 | 38.94 | 0.00 |
| 118= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 76= | 54.46 | 51.65 | 53.95 | 0.00 |
| 118= | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus | 116= | 54.44 | 52.72 | 51.18 | 0.00 |
| 118= | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | 135= | 54.17 | 43.92 | 33.04 | 87.50 |
| 118= | University of West Attica | Greece | - | 54.13 | 61.75 | 27.34 | 0.00 |
| 122= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 122= | 53.33 | 55.33 | 40.83 | 0.00 |
| 122= | Université d'Orléans | France | - | 53.28 | 53.85 | 44.39 | 0.00 |
| 122= | Université de technologie de Troyes | France | 103= | 52.45 | 51.37 | 33.75 | 31.25 |
| 125= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 131= | 52.19 | 49.66 | 48.47 | 6.25 |
| 125= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 110= | 52.16 | 54.66 | 38.55 | 0.00 |
| 125= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Strasbourg | France | - | 52.03 | 54.12 | 28.23 | 25.00 |
| 125= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 144= | 52.01 | 52.80 | 37.11 | 12.50 |
| 125= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 116= | 51.91 | 54.39 | 38.40 | 0.00 |
| 125= | Université de Poitiers | France | 122= | 51.47 | 54.29 | 37.18 | 0.00 |
| 131= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 139= | 50.89 | 59.30 | 19.74 | 6.25 |
| 131= | University of Minho | Portugal | 116= | 50.76 | 54.61 | 33.97 | 0.00 |
| 131= | Clausthal University of Technology | Germany | 116= | 50.72 | 51.51 | 41.62 | 0.00 |
| 131= | École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications | France | 147= | 50.68 | 44.71 | 47.44 | 25.00 |
| 131= | University Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria | Italy | 89= | 50.55 | 56.71 | 27.94 | 0.00 |
| 131= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 89= | 50.28 | 52.98 | 36.46 | 0.00 |
| 131= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 147= | 50.13 | 54.94 | 19.71 | 25.00 |
| 131= | École centrale de Marseille | France | 122= | 50.04 | 46.90 | 50.98 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Hellenic Mediterranean University | Greece | - | 49.79 | 51.24 | 39.18 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 131= | 49.78 | 52.24 | 36.61 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Óbuda University | Hungary | 144= | 49.64 | 54.27 | 31.02 | 0.00 |
| 139= | University of Malta | Malta | 161= | 49.58 | 51.32 | 38.26 | 0.00 |
| 139= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 135= | 49.57 | 50.43 | 40.49 | 0.00 |
| 139= | University of Rijeka | Croatia | - | 49.07 | 50.78 | 37.90 | 0.00 |
| 145= | Université de Haute-Alsace | France | 131= | 48.70 | 53.70 | 26.45 | 6.25 |
| 145= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 110= | 48.65 | 51.19 | 29.80 | 12.50 |
| 145= | École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen | France | 139= | 48.44 | 49.80 | 32.61 | 12.50 |
| 145= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 147= | 48.06 | 52.71 | 29.60 | 0.00 |
| 145= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 139= | 47.97 | 51.93 | 31.27 | 0.00 |
| 145= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 152= | 47.72 | 48.80 | 38.30 | 0.00 |
| 151= | Military University of Technology Warsaw | Poland | 139= | 47.45 | 44.27 | 31.97 | 37.50 |
| 151= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 165= | 47.27 | 48.94 | 36.47 | 0.00 |
| 151= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 157= | 47.11 | 51.03 | 30.64 | 0.00 |
| 151= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 152= | 46.78 | 54.08 | 21.83 | 0.00 |
| 151= | Helmut-Schmidt-University | Germany | 152= | 46.68 | 45.87 | 42.22 | 0.00 |
| 156= | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 135= | 46.19 | 54.12 | 19.72 | 0.00 |
| 156= | University of Latvia | Latvia | 157= | 46.10 | 47.85 | 35.25 | 0.00 |
| 158= | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology | Poland | 144= | 45.09 | 47.57 | 32.52 | 0.00 |
| 158= | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | 161= | 45.00 | 46.32 | 24.11 | 25.00 |
| 158= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 152= | 44.32 | 55.48 | 9.95 | 0.00 |
| 158= | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | 161= | 44.24 | 51.23 | 20.39 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Münster University of Applied Sciences | Germany | - | 43.69 | 45.37 | 33.36 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 157= | 43.61 | 46.66 | 7.28 | 50.00 |
| 164= | Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon | Portugal | 167= | 42.35 | 51.01 | 14.57 | 0.00 |
| 164= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 165= | 42.03 | 43.19 | 19.13 | 31.25 |
| 164= | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 164 | 41.89 | 46.17 | 25.22 | 0.00 |
| 164= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 152= | 41.65 | 46.92 | 0.00 | 50.00 |
| 164= | Opole University of Technology | Poland | 139= | 41.56 | 50.51 | 13.18 | 0.00 |
| 169= | University of Zielona Gora | Poland | 147= | 40.88 | 50.28 | 11.43 | 0.00 |
| 169= | Technical University of Liberec | Czechia | 175= | 40.36 | 51.13 | 7.53 | 0.00 |
| 171= | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | 157= | 38.12 | 44.58 | 16.48 | 0.00 |
| 171= | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 170 | 38.11 | 40.81 | 25.95 | 0.00 |
| 171= | Kielce University of Technology | Poland | 169 | 37.61 | 46.02 | 11.11 | 0.00 |
| 171= | University of Pitesti | Romania | 171= | 37.32 | 46.99 | 7.71 | 0.00 |
| 175= | Stefan Cel Mare University | Romania | 167= | 36.19 | 41.53 | 17.64 | 0.00 |
| 175= | University of Craiova | Romania | 174 | 35.89 | 42.61 | 13.92 | 0.00 |
| 175= | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | 171= | 35.20 | 43.41 | 9.57 | 0.00 |
| 178 | University of Oradea | Romania | - | 33.29 | 39.47 | 13.05 | 0.00 |
| 179 | Technical University of Varna | Bulgaria | 175= | 26.66 | 31.58 | 10.51 | 0.00 |
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