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 | 88.73 | 83.95 | 0.00 |
| 1= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 1= | 99.85 | 89.02 | 82.89 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 3 | 98.86 | 80.13 | 100 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | - | 97.49 | 83.05 | 89.56 | 0.00 |
| 4= | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 5= | 96.72 | 84.14 | 84.96 | 0.00 |
| 4= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 13= | 96.59 | 71.21 | 70.14 | 100 |
| 4= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 5= | 96.51 | 84.63 | 77.85 | 12.50 |
| 8= | IMT Atlantique | France | 11= | 95.61 | 100 | 40.87 | 12.50 |
| 8= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 11= | 95.59 | 80.40 | 90.14 | 0.00 |
| 8= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 7= | 95.12 | 83.04 | 82.89 | 0.00 |
| 8= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | - | 94.62 | 89.27 | 67.53 | 0.00 |
| 12= | Aalborg University | Denmark | 13= | 93.94 | 89.38 | 65.35 | 0.00 |
| 12= | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland | 17= | 93.49 | 82.62 | 43.96 | 81.25 |
| 12= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 7= | 93.14 | 80.58 | 82.83 | 0.00 |
| 15= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland | - | 92.09 | 83.22 | 65.80 | 18.75 |
| 15= | Université de Lorraine | France | 22= | 92.08 | 78.69 | 54.20 | 68.75 |
| 15= | Aalto University | Finland | 7= | 91.16 | 82.69 | 72.47 | 0.00 |
| 15= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 26= | 91.14 | 69.86 | 68.60 | 75.00 |
| 19= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 10 | 90.30 | 78.14 | 80.23 | 0.00 |
| 19= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 13= | 90.15 | 78.02 | 80.09 | 0.00 |
| 21= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 30= | 89.19 | 71.72 | 69.78 | 50.00 |
| 21= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 4 | 89.13 | 76.46 | 69.87 | 25.00 |
| 23= | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 30= | 87.22 | 76.04 | 76.26 | 0.00 |
| 23= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 17= | 87.11 | 77.48 | 72.70 | 0.00 |
| 23= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 26= | 87.07 | 73.04 | 71.69 | 25.00 |
| 26= | Ghent University | Belgium | 30= | 85.79 | 76.75 | 65.20 | 12.50 |
| 26= | University of Leoben | Austria | 13= | 85.39 | 75.41 | 72.47 | 0.00 |
| 28= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 19= | 84.65 | 72.15 | 77.69 | 0.00 |
| 28= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 22= | 84.18 | 65.55 | 91.16 | 0.00 |
| 28= | École des mines Paris | France | 19= | 83.73 | 74.26 | 70.39 | 0.00 |
| 31= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | 53= | 82.72 | 74.76 | 47.39 | 43.75 |
| 31= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 22= | 82.52 | 67.44 | 82.24 | 0.00 |
| 31= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 26= | 82.28 | 72.39 | 70.44 | 0.00 |
| 34= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 30= | 81.60 | 72.36 | 68.62 | 0.00 |
| 34= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 35= | 81.52 | 71.26 | 70.84 | 0.00 |
| 34= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 30= | 81.47 | 74.16 | 64.21 | 0.00 |
| 34= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 41= | 81.46 | 79.42 | 52.40 | 0.00 |
| 34= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 41= | 81.43 | 66.32 | 81.67 | 0.00 |
| 34= | Université de Lyon | France | 35= | 81.13 | 73.04 | 54.90 | 25.00 |
| 34= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 35= | 81.05 | 68.13 | 76.53 | 0.00 |
| 41= | CentraleSupélec | France | 41= | 80.34 | 72.14 | 65.54 | 0.00 |
| 41= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 35= | 80.13 | 65.53 | 79.76 | 0.00 |
| 41= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 26= | 79.77 | 67.41 | 58.24 | 37.50 |
| 41= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 35= | 79.38 | 70.75 | 55.08 | 25.00 |
| 41= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 46= | 79.35 | 68.90 | 70.01 | 0.00 |
| 46= | Centrale Nantes | France | 35= | 79.21 | 69.84 | 62.06 | 12.50 |
| 46= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 46= | 79.16 | 74.27 | 57.43 | 0.00 |
| 48= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 41= | 78.00 | 69.88 | 55.85 | 18.75 |
| 48= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 57= | 77.91 | 67.76 | 57.65 | 25.00 |
| 48= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et des microtechniques de Besancon | France | 72= | 77.73 | 77.35 | 41.07 | 12.50 |
| 48= | École nationale des travaux publics de l'État | France | 57= | 77.62 | 65.06 | 73.69 | 0.00 |
| 52= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 53= | 76.92 | 68.50 | 61.31 | 6.25 |
| 52= | École polytechnique | France | 46= | 76.81 | 60.54 | 81.56 | 0.00 |
| 54= | University of Porto | Portugal | - | 75.66 | 72.21 | 46.71 | 12.50 |
| 54= | University of Lisbon | Portugal | - | 75.34 | 72.63 | 50.32 | 0.00 |
| 54= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne | France | 51= | 75.13 | 61.39 | 69.46 | 12.50 |
| 54= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 53= | 74.82 | 64.19 | 67.73 | 0.00 |
| 58= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 57= | 74.60 | 63.70 | 60.07 | 18.75 |
| 58= | Université d'Orléans | France | - | 74.29 | 66.57 | 47.37 | 31.25 |
| 58= | Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt | Germany | 100= | 74.21 | 63.77 | 66.97 | 0.00 |
| 58= | Mondragon University | Spain | 79= | 74.13 | 59.73 | 51.37 | 56.25 |
| 58= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 57= | 74.11 | 58.40 | 78.71 | 0.00 |
| 58= | Université du Maine | France | 72= | 74.05 | 65.93 | 61.67 | 0.00 |
| 58= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 72= | 73.87 | 62.56 | 68.71 | 0.00 |
| 58= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 79= | 73.68 | 66.84 | 58.58 | 0.00 |
| 66= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse | France | 46= | 72.68 | 64.47 | 61.06 | 0.00 |
| 66= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 65= | 72.66 | 63.80 | 48.93 | 31.25 |
| 66= | Bordeaux INP | France | 46= | 72.62 | 66.93 | 52.67 | 6.25 |
| 66= | Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace | France | 79= | 72.53 | 57.97 | 69.78 | 12.50 |
| 66= | University of Patras | Greece | 65= | 72.33 | 62.70 | 64.02 | 0.00 |
| 66= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 65= | 72.24 | 73.97 | 38.53 | 0.00 |
| 66= | University of Wuppertal | Germany | 100= | 72.02 | 64.61 | 58.87 | 0.00 |
| 66= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 72= | 71.94 | 65.71 | 42.63 | 31.25 |
| 74= | University of Salerno | Italy | 53= | 71.19 | 63.27 | 48.67 | 25.00 |
| 74= | École des mines de Saint-Étienne | France | 63= | 70.69 | 62.45 | 54.56 | 12.50 |
| 76= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rouen Normandie | France | 72= | 70.09 | 63.12 | 45.90 | 25.00 |
| 76= | Universität der Bundeswehr München | Germany | 65= | 69.88 | 55.34 | 73.60 | 0.00 |
| 76= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 63= | 69.37 | 59.83 | 40.40 | 50.00 |
| 76= | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 94= | 69.21 | 68.69 | 41.80 | 0.00 |
| 76= | ENSTA Bretagne | France | 87= | 69.21 | 61.34 | 58.26 | 0.00 |
| 76= | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano | Italy | - | 69.12 | 68.55 | 36.45 | 12.50 |
| 82= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 79= | 69.08 | 60.24 | 33.24 | 62.50 |
| 82= | University of Bremen | Germany | 94= | 68.84 | 58.55 | 63.48 | 0.00 |
| 82= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 57= | 68.76 | 58.80 | 62.68 | 0.00 |
| 82= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | 22= | 68.34 | 63.95 | 49.97 | 0.00 |
| 82= | IMT Mines Albi | France | 65= | 68.21 | 62.04 | 53.87 | 0.00 |
| 87= | Universite de Mons | Belgium | 72= | 68.07 | 63.17 | 50.95 | 0.00 |
| 87= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 72= | 67.98 | 70.57 | 34.12 | 0.00 |
| 87= | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 87= | 67.93 | 55.44 | 67.86 | 0.00 |
| 87= | École nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechnique | France | 79= | 67.81 | 59.60 | 58.21 | 0.00 |
| 87= | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar | Germany | 65= | 67.51 | 75.11 | 22.60 | 0.00 |
| 92= | University of Stavanger | Norway | - | 66.87 | 55.51 | 64.70 | 0.00 |
| 92= | Université de technologie de Troyes | France | 100= | 66.83 | 61.72 | 34.41 | 37.50 |
| 92= | École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest | France | 79= | 66.78 | 62.18 | 49.51 | 0.00 |
| 92= | University of Kassel | Germany | 57= | 66.77 | 64.29 | 44.74 | 0.00 |
| 92= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 135= | 66.75 | 52.00 | 47.78 | 56.25 |
| 92= | École des Ponts ParisTech | France | 79= | 66.73 | 56.65 | 61.75 | 0.00 |
| 92= | University of Jaén | Spain | 94= | 66.67 | 73.42 | 13.18 | 25.00 |
| 92= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 123= | 66.54 | 65.97 | 40.35 | 0.00 |
| 92= | Clausthal University of Technology | Germany | 87= | 66.53 | 57.26 | 48.96 | 25.00 |
| 92= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 100= | 66.43 | 56.84 | 60.49 | 0.00 |
| 92= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 94= | 66.43 | 66.56 | 33.30 | 12.50 |
| 92= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 94= | 66.34 | 68.43 | 28.86 | 12.50 |
| 92= | Freiberg University of Mining and Technology | Germany | 100= | 66.31 | 63.31 | 45.67 | 0.00 |
| 92= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 115= | 66.31 | 70.53 | 29.48 | 0.00 |
| 92= | University of Split | Croatia | 133= | 66.13 | 71.36 | 27.12 | 0.00 |
| 92* | Public University of Navarre | Spain | - | 66.05 | 62.48 | 46.76 | 0.00 |
| 107= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 110= | 65.83 | 54.17 | 64.79 | 0.00 |
| 107= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 87= | 65.73 | 58.49 | 54.80 | 0.00 |
| 107= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 128= | 65.65 | 65.65 | 38.54 | 0.00 |
| 107= | University of Naples Parthenope | Italy | 87= | 65.57 | 69.15 | 30.47 | 0.00 |
| 107= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 100= | 65.31 | 58.06 | 38.28 | 37.50 |
| 107= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 118= | 64.88 | 63.08 | 42.12 | 0.00 |
| 113= | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay | France | 100= | 64.80 | 60.15 | 48.48 | 0.00 |
| 113= | Université de Poitiers | France | 87= | 64.70 | 58.85 | 51.11 | 0.00 |
| 113= | Technical University of Crete | Greece | - | 64.41 | 62.77 | 41.48 | 0.00 |
| 113= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 118= | 64.28 | 60.60 | 45.98 | 0.00 |
| 113= | University of Siegen | Germany | 94= | 64.21 | 63.30 | 39.73 | 0.00 |
| 113= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 100= | 63.90 | 60.90 | 44.23 | 0.00 |
| 119= | Brandenburg University of Technology | Germany | 118= | 63.37 | 55.93 | 53.86 | 0.00 |
| 119= | Roma Tre University | Italy | 110= | 63.36 | 58.11 | 48.96 | 0.00 |
| 119= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 123= | 63.30 | 57.91 | 49.23 | 0.00 |
| 119= | Université de Toulon | France | 110= | 63.14 | 56.18 | 52.65 | 0.00 |
| 119= | West Pomeranian University of Technology | Poland | 115= | 63.04 | 60.49 | 31.87 | 25.00 |
| 119= | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies | Italy | 87= | 62.84 | 56.28 | 51.57 | 0.00 |
| 119= | University of Calabria | Italy | 100= | 62.84 | 60.40 | 36.93 | 12.50 |
| 119= | Transilvania University of Brasov | Romania | 128= | 62.75 | 45.03 | 33.09 | 100 |
| 119= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 100= | 62.56 | 62.36 | 37.17 | 0.00 |
| 128= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 123= | 62.29 | 61.29 | 38.79 | 0.00 |
| 128= | University of Sannio | Italy | 135= | 61.81 | 63.46 | 32.62 | 0.00 |
| 128= | Technical University of Cartagena | Spain | 118= | 61.80 | 64.39 | 30.48 | 0.00 |
| 128= | University of Minho | Portugal | 115= | 61.29 | 61.37 | 35.83 | 0.00 |
| 132= | Paderborn University | Germany | 128= | 61.23 | 54.55 | 50.91 | 0.00 |
| 132= | Université d'Artois | France | 118= | 61.22 | 61.81 | 34.64 | 0.00 |
| 132= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | 126= | 60.99 | 58.18 | 42.11 | 0.00 |
| 132= | The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau | Germany | - | 60.79 | 55.02 | 43.18 | 12.50 |
| 132= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 128= | 60.32 | 55.57 | 35.18 | 25.00 |
| 137= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 128= | 60.03 | 54.52 | 47.58 | 0.00 |
| 137= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Centre Val de Loire | France | - | 59.19 | 57.73 | 32.58 | 12.50 |
| 137= | Opole University of Technology | Poland | 138= | 59.08 | 69.16 | 12.10 | 0.00 |
| 140 | University of Cassino and Southern Lazio | Italy | 126= | 58.97 | 55.50 | 42.39 | 0.00 |
| 141= | École centrale de Marseille | France | 110= | 57.45 | 53.92 | 41.61 | 0.00 |
| 141= | University of Bergamo | Italy | 133= | 57.18 | 55.22 | 37.96 | 0.00 |
| 141= | Helmut-Schmidt-University | Germany | 138= | 57.17 | 50.86 | 47.69 | 0.00 |
| 141= | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 148= | 56.86 | 50.87 | 38.66 | 18.75 |
| 145= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 138= | 56.43 | 60.48 | 24.08 | 0.00 |
| 145= | University of Salento | Italy | 135= | 56.40 | 58.78 | 27.78 | 0.00 |
| 145= | Military University of Technology Warsaw | Poland | 143= | 55.46 | 51.90 | 13.41 | 62.50 |
| 148= | Cracow University of Technology | Poland | 142 | 54.85 | 59.68 | 21.40 | 0.00 |
| 148= | University of West Bohemia | Czechia | 143= | 54.26 | 49.38 | 42.78 | 0.00 |
| 148= | Technical University of Kosice | Slovakia | 151= | 54.02 | 46.52 | 18.66 | 68.75 |
| 151= | University of West Attica | Greece | - | 52.87 | 53.43 | 29.79 | 0.00 |
| 151= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | 146= | 52.21 | 59.37 | 11.91 | 6.25 |
| 153= | Politehnica University of Timisoara | Romania | 146= | 50.55 | 53.88 | 22.21 | 0.00 |
| 153= | University of Zielona Gora | Poland | - | 49.66 | 56.41 | 14.02 | 0.00 |
| 155= | University Institute of Architecture of Reggio Calabria | Italy | 138= | 49.44 | 50.20 | 27.33 | 0.00 |
| 155= | Białystok University of Technology | Poland | 151= | 49.26 | 50.06 | 0.00 | 62.50 |
| 155= | Lublin University of Technology | Poland | 148= | 48.93 | 57.30 | 9.98 | 0.00 |
| 155= | University of Rijeka | Croatia | - | 48.57 | 50.56 | 24.05 | 0.00 |
| 159= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 157= | 46.96 | 46.13 | 29.42 | 0.00 |
| 159= | University of Miskolc | Hungary | 148= | 46.56 | 41.45 | 38.80 | 0.00 |
| 159= | Óbuda University | Hungary | - | 46.37 | 43.29 | 34.11 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 160= | 45.31 | 46.95 | 22.92 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania | 143= | 45.22 | 45.05 | 26.92 | 0.00 |
| 162= | University of Latvia | Latvia | 157= | 45.17 | 50.45 | 14.69 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Rzeszów University of Technology | Poland | 151= | 45.11 | 46.23 | 23.98 | 0.00 |
| 162= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | 151= | 45.00 | 44.63 | 21.83 | 12.50 |
| 162= | Tomas Bata University in Zlin | Czechia | 155= | 44.99 | 46.45 | 23.14 | 0.00 |
| 168= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 157= | 43.05 | 49.35 | 5.74 | 12.50 |
| 168= | Częstochowa University of Technology | Poland | 155= | 43.04 | 49.09 | 11.72 | 0.00 |
| 168= | Technical University of Liberec | Czechia | 163= | 42.88 | 45.03 | 20.37 | 0.00 |
| 168= | Dunarea de Jos University of Galati | Romania | 160= | 42.31 | 42.54 | 24.30 | 0.00 |
| 172 | University of Zilina | Slovakia | 162 | 40.58 | 43.25 | 17.84 | 0.00 |
| 173 | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | 163= | 36.95 | 38.26 | 18.77 | 0.00 |
| 174= | University of Craiova | Romania | 167= | 35.85 | 41.79 | 7.72 | 0.00 |
| 174= | Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies | Latvia | 165 | 35.13 | 36.33 | 17.94 | 0.00 |
| 176 | University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Sofia | Bulgaria | 167= | 30.61 | 32.78 | 13.12 | 0.00 |
| 177 | Kielce University of Technology | Poland | 166 | 29.34 | 37.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 178 | University of Defence in Brno | Czechia | 169 | 25.27 | 31.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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