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 60% | Innovation 25% | Teaching 10% | SDG 5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 1 | 100 | 100 | 94.51 | 0.00 | 73.27 |
| 2= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland | - | 92.46 | 94.03 | 77.45 | 26.67 | 41.77 |
| 2= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 2= | 91.47 | 89.50 | 85.37 | 0.00 | 89.74 |
| 4= | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | - | 91.24 | 86.36 | 100 | 0.00 | 53.72 |
| 4= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 2= | 90.93 | 95.34 | 80.08 | 0.00 | 50.50 |
| 6 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 2= | 90.04 | 85.66 | 99.85 | 0.00 | 44.12 |
| 7 | Aalborg University | Denmark | 10= | 87.80 | 93.99 | 70.26 | 0.00 | 60.76 |
| 8= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | - | 86.65 | 94.45 | 66.54 | 0.00 | 56.16 |
| 8= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 6= | 86.20 | 73.67 | 63.06 | 100 | 56.76 |
| 10= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 13= | 85.60 | 92.27 | 53.74 | 26.67 | 62.39 |
| 10= | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 5 | 85.20 | 88.40 | 73.77 | 0.00 | 61.31 |
| 10= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 6= | 85.11 | 89.56 | 79.31 | 0.00 | 25.91 |
| 10= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 10= | 85.03 | 82.26 | 86.40 | 0.00 | 62.39 |
| 14= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 10= | 83.69 | 92.43 | 68.36 | 0.00 | 25.91 |
| 14= | Aalto University | Finland | 9 | 83.19 | 87.98 | 68.06 | 0.00 | 61.31 |
| 16= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 6= | 82.67 | 87.03 | 74.22 | 0.00 | 36.64 |
| 16= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 19= | 81.91 | 86.91 | 65.62 | 0.00 | 63.46 |
| 16= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 16 | 81.71 | 82.74 | 75.44 | 0.00 | 57.93 |
| 19= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 19= | 80.18 | 78.71 | 59.31 | 40.00 | 61.85 |
| 19= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 13= | 79.54 | 85.66 | 63.75 | 0.00 | 49.83 |
| 21= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 21= | 78.44 | 79.64 | 73.32 | 0.00 | 49.83 |
| 21= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 13= | 78.05 | 74.00 | 89.74 | 0.00 | 27.17 |
| 21= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 21= | 77.98 | 94.97 | 36.29 | 0.00 | 57.93 |
| 21= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 21= | 77.66 | 79.80 | 66.29 | 0.00 | 67.06 |
| 25= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 25= | 76.54 | 83.32 | 59.30 | 0.00 | 48.47 |
| 25= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 25= | 76.30 | 79.04 | 62.19 | 0.00 | 72.35 |
| 25= | University of Lisbon | Portugal | - | 76.09 | 83.93 | 44.27 | 0.00 | 100 |
| 25= | École polytechnique | France | 30= | 76.02 | 76.98 | 73.41 | 0.00 | 40.13 |
| 29= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 25= | 75.20 | 72.17 | 81.44 | 0.00 | 39.29 |
| 29= | Ghent University | Belgium | 30= | 75.17 | 77.85 | 61.08 | 0.00 | 72.35 |
| 29= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 21= | 75.16 | 79.55 | 63.15 | 0.00 | 47.77 |
| 29= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 25= | 75.09 | 75.34 | 68.15 | 0.00 | 64.51 |
| 29= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 17= | 74.86 | 80.51 | 63.59 | 0.00 | 32.77 |
| 29= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 36= | 74.68 | 89.82 | 45.63 | 0.00 | 20.07 |
| 35= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 39= | 73.93 | 76.13 | 63.24 | 0.00 | 61.85 |
| 35= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 36= | 73.92 | 79.11 | 66.57 | 0.00 | 20.07 |
| 35= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 30= | 73.88 | 73.27 | 74.88 | 0.00 | 38.43 |
| 35= | Université de Lorraine | France | 25= | 73.63 | 82.64 | 45.87 | 13.33 | 44.12 |
| 35= | University of Porto | Portugal | - | 73.14 | 81.01 | 48.11 | 0.00 | 69.51 |
| 35= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 36= | 73.09 | 81.51 | 49.26 | 13.33 | 32.77 |
| 41= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 46= | 72.24 | 76.74 | 59.99 | 0.00 | 46.34 |
| 41= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 41= | 71.98 | 82.13 | 51.28 | 0.00 | 29.54 |
| 41= | École des Ponts ParisTech | France | 46= | 71.83 | 66.52 | 83.29 | 0.00 | 36.64 |
| 41= | University of Borås | Sweden | 50= | 71.72 | 97.26 | 16.29 | 0.00 | 33.78 |
| 41= | University of Leoben | Austria | 30= | 71.39 | 70.69 | 76.23 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 41= | University of Stavanger | Norway | - | 71.28 | 73.73 | 64.68 | 0.00 | 40.96 |
| 47= | Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour | France | 30= | 69.55 | 69.31 | 72.18 | 0.00 | 25.91 |
| 47= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 50= | 69.31 | 79.77 | 50.30 | 0.00 | 18.32 |
| 47= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 53= | 69.22 | 75.82 | 45.58 | 26.67 | 20.07 |
| 47= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 46= | 68.79 | 73.41 | 59.56 | 0.00 | 30.65 |
| 47= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 81= | 68.75 | 70.85 | 66.83 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 52= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 46= | 67.87 | 76.05 | 41.46 | 0.00 | 70.00 |
| 52= | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Germany | 30= | 67.39 | 76.95 | 48.62 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 52= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 56= | 67.26 | 75.66 | 51.69 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 52= | Bordeaux INP | France | 61= | 67.11 | 76.85 | 51.77 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 52= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 56= | 66.94 | 70.45 | 40.32 | 26.67 | 60.20 |
| 52= | École des mines Paris | France | 67= | 66.90 | 72.23 | 63.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 58= | CentraleSupélec | France | 56= | 66.49 | 71.64 | 58.74 | 0.00 | 18.32 |
| 58= | IHE Delft Institute for Water Education | Netherlands | 50= | 66.08 | 79.33 | 29.76 | 0.00 | 63.98 |
| 58= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 67= | 66.01 | 84.28 | 30.46 | 0.00 | 14.19 |
| 61= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rouen Normandie | France | 41= | 65.25 | 68.38 | 61.02 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 61= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 67= | 65.11 | 68.91 | 57.52 | 0.00 | 29.54 |
| 61= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 91= | 64.85 | 78.75 | 38.76 | 0.00 | 14.19 |
| 61= | École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier | France | 39= | 64.52 | 77.96 | 36.04 | 0.00 | 28.38 |
| 61= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 91= | 64.51 | 70.10 | 57.18 | 0.00 | 11.59 |
| 61= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 74= | 64.27 | 83.48 | 27.88 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 67= | Université de Lyon | France | 53= | 64.11 | 73.85 | 41.07 | 0.00 | 39.29 |
| 67= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 74= | 63.98 | 72.96 | 34.02 | 0.00 | 75.53 |
| 67= | University of Salerno | Italy | 74= | 63.94 | 68.98 | 43.03 | 13.33 | 47.06 |
| 67= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 74= | 63.55 | 82.42 | 19.90 | 0.00 | 41.77 |
| 67= | University of Jaén | Spain | 81= | 63.45 | 76.34 | 23.40 | 20.00 | 41.77 |
| 67= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 67= | 63.39 | 68.16 | 46.23 | 20.00 | 20.07 |
| 73= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 91= | 63.08 | 70.08 | 52.50 | 0.00 | 11.59 |
| 73= | University of Calabria | Italy | 56= | 62.95 | 73.18 | 36.69 | 0.00 | 47.77 |
| 73= | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus | 86= | 62.77 | 77.55 | 32.36 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 73= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 86= | 62.67 | 69.76 | 40.98 | 0.00 | 57.35 |
| 73= | University of Patras | Greece | 61= | 62.26 | 67.41 | 44.27 | 0.00 | 59.64 |
| 73= | Centrale Nantes | France | 81= | 62.20 | 61.24 | 69.72 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 73= | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano | Italy | - | 62.09 | 72.32 | 39.81 | 0.00 | 30.65 |
| 80= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 61= | 62.02 | 63.01 | 61.40 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 80= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 91= | 61.55 | 70.82 | 40.12 | 0.00 | 35.71 |
| 80= | Clausthal University of Technology | Germany | 41= | 61.50 | 64.78 | 48.78 | 20.00 | 14.19 |
| 80= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 86= | 61.30 | 75.16 | 33.88 | 0.00 | 18.32 |
| 80= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | 86= | 61.12 | 70.30 | 37.63 | 0.00 | 44.87 |
| 80= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 61= | 61.06 | 74.62 | 31.61 | 0.00 | 29.54 |
| 86= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 74= | 61.00 | 69.53 | 45.20 | 0.00 | 18.32 |
| 86= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 74= | 60.81 | 62.12 | 39.96 | 26.67 | 53.09 |
| 86= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 91= | 60.44 | 70.64 | 40.11 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 86= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 99= | 60.29 | 69.63 | 47.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 86= | University of Minho | Portugal | 81= | 60.15 | 73.57 | 27.10 | 0.00 | 45.61 |
| 86= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 91= | 60.14 | 75.00 | 28.29 | 0.00 | 27.17 |
| 86= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 91= | 60.04 | 63.38 | 57.90 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 86= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 102= | 60.03 | 69.12 | 38.94 | 6.67 | 21.67 |
| 86= | Universite de Mons | Belgium | 67= | 60.00 | 64.38 | 49.28 | 13.33 | 8.19 |
| 95= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 56= | 59.82 | 71.88 | 34.07 | 0.00 | 27.17 |
| 95= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 74= | 59.68 | 65.42 | 51.43 | 0.00 | 11.59 |
| 95= | University of Split | Croatia | 132= | 59.54 | 74.01 | 28.20 | 0.00 | 28.38 |
| 95* | Public University of Navarre | Spain | 120= | 59.23 | 71.23 | 28.92 | 13.33 | 20.07 |
| 98= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 102= | 58.25 | 66.04 | 36.80 | 0.00 | 47.77 |
| 98= | University of Bergamo | Italy | - | 58.13 | 67.25 | 41.15 | 0.00 | 16.38 |
| 98= | University of Siegen | Germany | - | 57.82 | 74.69 | 27.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 98= | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 81= | 57.65 | 63.43 | 44.32 | 0.00 | 31.73 |
| 98= | University of Bremen | Germany | 67= | 57.52 | 61.68 | 48.24 | 0.00 | 29.54 |
| 98= | Université d'Orléans | France | - | 57.44 | 65.33 | 39.05 | 6.67 | 20.07 |
| 98= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 110= | 57.34 | 65.62 | 32.43 | 0.00 | 57.35 |
| 98= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 102= | 57.25 | 63.14 | 42.92 | 0.00 | 34.76 |
| 106= | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | - | 57.16 | 66.27 | 42.04 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 106= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 102= | 57.00 | 67.48 | 33.05 | 0.00 | 32.77 |
| 106= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 114= | 56.68 | 61.91 | 45.82 | 0.00 | 25.91 |
| 109= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 102= | 55.64 | 63.16 | 43.83 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 109= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 114= | 55.51 | 59.73 | 30.52 | 26.67 | 40.96 |
| 109= | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 86= | 55.31 | 63.69 | 38.76 | 0.00 | 20.07 |
| 109= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 114= | 54.79 | 61.70 | 43.40 | 0.00 | 11.59 |
| 109= | University of Malta | Malta | 132= | 54.67 | 65.30 | 32.74 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 114= | University of Sannio | Italy | 120= | 54.39 | 65.06 | 32.00 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 114= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 120= | 54.35 | 61.22 | 40.59 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 114= | University of Piraeus | Greece | 102= | 53.78 | 61.88 | 36.92 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 114= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 102= | 53.75 | 60.39 | 39.76 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 114= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 110= | 53.72 | 70.30 | 16.54 | 0.00 | 30.65 |
| 114= | IMT Atlantique | France | 114= | 53.55 | 60.17 | 39.57 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 120= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 128= | 53.16 | 58.30 | 32.59 | 13.33 | 39.29 |
| 120= | Université de Poitiers | France | 91= | 53.08 | 52.85 | 46.53 | 20.00 | 16.38 |
| 120= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 120= | 52.96 | 57.73 | 44.03 | 0.00 | 20.07 |
| 120= | Technological University Dublin | Ireland | - | 52.80 | 62.57 | 32.52 | 0.00 | 21.67 |
| 120= | University of Pannonia | Hungary | 99= | 52.77 | 58.63 | 38.67 | 0.00 | 31.73 |
| 120= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 132= | 52.52 | 62.62 | 29.91 | 0.00 | 28.38 |
| 120= | University Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria | Italy | 120= | 52.48 | 56.99 | 36.07 | 13.33 | 27.17 |
| 120= | University of Kassel | Germany | 114= | 52.24 | 60.74 | 32.81 | 0.00 | 29.54 |
| 128= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 138= | 51.74 | 58.15 | 39.95 | 0.00 | 16.38 |
| 128= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 142= | 51.69 | 62.65 | 31.88 | 0.00 | 8.19 |
| 128= | University of Salento | Italy | 128= | 51.64 | 60.19 | 31.77 | 0.00 | 30.65 |
| 128= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 132= | 51.40 | 60.95 | 19.91 | 0.00 | 70.47 |
| 132= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 138= | 50.14 | 61.09 | 22.62 | 0.00 | 40.13 |
| 132= | The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau | Germany | - | 49.83 | 60.29 | 23.53 | 0.00 | 39.29 |
| 132= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 138= | 49.57 | 58.64 | 31.70 | 0.00 | 16.38 |
| 132= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 142= | 49.42 | 66.04 | 11.40 | 0.00 | 31.73 |
| 132= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 146= | 49.40 | 61.82 | 16.26 | 0.00 | 49.83 |
| 137= | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | 156= | 49.06 | 53.20 | 20.35 | 46.67 | 14.19 |
| 137= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 149= | 48.65 | 57.63 | 26.99 | 0.00 | 32.77 |
| 137= | Université de Haute-Alsace | France | 120= | 48.57 | 61.53 | 16.64 | 0.00 | 39.29 |
| 137= | Université de Toulon | France | 132= | 48.48 | 53.02 | 38.79 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 141= | University of Rijeka | Croatia | - | 46.24 | 54.35 | 24.86 | 0.00 | 38.43 |
| 141= | Higher Institute of Engineering of Lisbon | Portugal | 149= | 46.11 | 62.95 | 11.33 | 0.00 | 14.19 |
| 141= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 156= | 45.96 | 51.61 | 33.22 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 141= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 142= | 45.56 | 55.77 | 24.74 | 0.00 | 16.38 |
| 141= | University of Western Macedonia | Greece | 153= | 45.36 | 55.47 | 21.09 | 0.00 | 31.73 |
| 141= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 142= | 45.26 | 57.44 | 8.73 | 13.33 | 37.54 |
| 141= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 153= | 45.25 | 49.66 | 32.52 | 0.00 | 35.71 |
| 148= | Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra | Portugal | 162= | 45.00 | 55.10 | 21.79 | 0.00 | 27.17 |
| 148= | University of Craiova | Romania | 166= | 44.61 | 60.55 | 11.13 | 0.00 | 16.38 |
| 148= | École nationale supérieure d'électrotechnique, d'électronique, d'informatique, d'hydraulique et des télécommunications | France | 166= | 44.17 | 54.96 | 20.69 | 6.67 | 8.19 |
| 151= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 149= | 43.87 | 52.73 | 21.68 | 0.00 | 33.78 |
| 151= | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | 172= | 43.86 | 53.37 | 24.89 | 0.00 | 14.19 |
| 151= | University of West Attica | Greece | - | 43.85 | 52.83 | 24.63 | 0.00 | 20.07 |
| 151= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 153= | 43.68 | 51.46 | 26.33 | 0.00 | 23.17 |
| 155* | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 162= | 42.23 | 53.56 | 11.27 | 0.00 | 47.06 |
| 155= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 158= | 42.16 | 55.86 | 9.89 | 0.00 | 30.65 |
| 156= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 158= | 40.91 | 56.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 47.77 |
| 156= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 166= | 40.91 | 53.45 | 10.10 | 0.00 | 34.76 |
| 158 | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 162= | 39.65 | 50.20 | 13.24 | 0.00 | 33.78 |
| 159= | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | 175 | 37.71 | 50.97 | 7.32 | 0.00 | 24.58 |
| 159= | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 166= | 37.55 | 47.44 | 17.61 | 0.00 | 11.59 |
| 159= | Gdynia Maritime University | Poland | 171 | 36.86 | 46.71 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 18.32 |
| 162* | Maritime University Of Szczecin | Poland | 176 | 32.12 | 46.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.19 |
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