Best Engineering Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Engineering

#1 in United Kingdom #9 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Engineering

#2 in United Kingdom #18 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Engineering

#3 in United Kingdom #19 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

4

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Engineering

#1 in Switzerland #27 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

5

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Engineering

#4 in United Kingdom #31 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

6

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Engineering

#2 in Switzerland #32 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

7

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Engineering

#1 in Netherlands #44 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Engineering

#5 in United Kingdom #49 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

9

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Engineering

#1 in Belgium #51 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

10

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Engineering

#1 in Denmark #61 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

11

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Engineering

#1 in Germany #64 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

12

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Engineering

#1 in France #70 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

13

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Engineering

#1 in Sweden #97 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Engineering

#6 in United Kingdom #102 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

15

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Engineering

#2 in Germany #103 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

16

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#2 in Sweden #104 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

17

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#3 in Germany #107 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

18

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Engineering

#7 in United Kingdom #113 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Engineering

#8 in United Kingdom #115 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

20

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Engineering

#2 in Netherlands #119 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

21

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Engineering

#3 in Netherlands #120 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Engineering

#9 in United Kingdom #123 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

23

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Engineering

#10 in United Kingdom #126 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

24

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Engineering

#1 in Italy #128 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

25

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Engineering

#2 in Italy #129 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

26

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Engineering

#11 in United Kingdom #130 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

27

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Engineering

#2 in Belgium #132 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

28

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Engineering

#3 in Italy #135 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

29

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Engineering

#2 in Denmark #136 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Engineering

#12 in United Kingdom #137 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

31

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Engineering

#3 in Sweden #138 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

32

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Engineering

#4 in Germany #139 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

33

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Engineering

#4 in Netherlands #142 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

34

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Engineering

#5 in Germany #145 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

35

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

For Engineering

#1 in Austria #147 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

36

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Engineering

#4 in Italy #148 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

37

Sweden | Gothenburg

Chalmers University of Technology

For Engineering

#4 in Sweden #149 in the World

79% Acceptance

10,773 Enrollment

1829 Founded

38

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Engineering

#6 in Germany #152 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

39

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Engineering

#7 in Germany #155 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

40

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Engineering

#1 in Russia #159 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

41

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Engineering

#13 in United Kingdom #165 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

42

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#1 in Norway #166 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

43

Spain | Barcelona

Technical University of Catalonia

For Engineering

#1 in Spain #167 in the World

51% Acceptance

29,812 Enrollment

44

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Engineering

#8 in Germany #168 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

45

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Engineering

#5 in Netherlands #169 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

46

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Engineering

#3 in Denmark #171 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

47

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Engineering

#6 in Netherlands #172 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

48

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

For Engineering

#9 in Germany #173 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

49

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Engineering

#1 in Finland #177 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

50

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Engineering

#2 in France #179 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

51

Italy | Piedmont

Polytechnic University of Turin

For Engineering

#5 in Italy #181 in the World

40% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1859 Founded

52

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Engineering

#14 in United Kingdom #182 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

53

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Engineering

#4 in Denmark #187 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

54

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Engineering

#7 in Netherlands #192 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

55

Germany | Saxony

Dresden University of Technology

For Engineering

#10 in Germany #199 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

56

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Engineering

#6 in Italy #203 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

57

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Engineering

#3 in Switzerland #204 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

58

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Engineering

#3 in France #209 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

59

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Engineering

#11 in Germany #215 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

60

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Engineering

#12 in Germany #216 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

King’s College London

For Engineering

#15 in United Kingdom #219 in the World

43% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1829 Founded

62

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Engineering

#13 in Germany #220 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

63

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Engineering

#5 in Sweden #222 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

64

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Engineering

#7 in Italy #224 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

65

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Engineering

#2 in Spain #230 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

66

Germany | Hesse

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Engineering

#14 in Germany #231 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

67

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Engineering

#1 in Portugal #232 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

68

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Engineering

#2 in Austria #236 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Engineering

#16 in United Kingdom #245 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

70

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Engineering

#15 in Germany #250 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

71

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Engineering

#8 in Italy #251 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

72

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Engineering

#17 in United Kingdom #252 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

73

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Engineering

#1 in Greece #254 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

74

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Engineering

#2 in Norway #258 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

75

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Engineering

#18 in United Kingdom #259 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

76

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Engineering

#8 in Netherlands #260 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

77

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Engineering

#3 in Spain #261 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

78

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Engineering

#9 in Italy #262 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

79

Greece | Athens

National Technical University of Athens

For Engineering

#2 in Greece #264 in the World

20% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

80

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Engineering

#6 in Sweden #265 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

81

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Engineering

#3 in Belgium #266 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

82

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Engineering

#9 in Netherlands #268 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

83

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Engineering

#2 in Portugal #269 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

84

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Engineering

#4 in Spain #271 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

85

France | Occitanie

Paul Sabatier University – Toulouse III

For Engineering

#4 in France #272 in the World

25% Acceptance

29,680 Enrollment

1960 Founded

86

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Engineering

#16 in Germany #274 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

87

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Engineering

#4 in Switzerland #278 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

88

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Grenoble Alpes University

For Engineering

#5 in France #280 in the World

14% Acceptance

53,949 Enrollment

1339 Founded

89

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Engineering

#19 in United Kingdom #283 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

90

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

For Engineering

#20 in United Kingdom #288 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

91

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Strathclyde

For Engineering

#21 in United Kingdom #290 in the World

47% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1964 Founded

92

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Engineering

#17 in Germany #292 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

93

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Engineering

#18 in Germany #294 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

94

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Engineering

#4 in Belgium #297 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

95

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Engineering

#5 in Switzerland #299 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

96

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Engineering

#19 in Germany #301 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

97

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Engineering

#22 in United Kingdom #302 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

98

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Engineering

#7 in Sweden #304 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

99

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Engineering

#20 in Germany #308 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

100

Germany | Thuringia

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Engineering

#21 in Germany #311 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

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