Top Engineering Schools 2023
Education is a huge investment in both time and money. So, doing your research is really important.
Let’s start with what schools are considered the top in the Engineering profession.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject, a ranking that is released in February each year, covers five branches of engineering – chemical, civil and structural, electrical, mechanical and mineral, and mining, based on a methodology that assesses employer and academic reputations, research impact and more.
1. Academic Reputation. Since 2004, the QS World University Rankings® has been gathering data from 74,651 academic subjects worldwide; analyzing the massive amount of data collected from surveys and respondents to create an Academic Reputation
2. Employee Reputation. These rankings are unique in integrating employability as a primary factor for evaluating and ranking global Engineering and Technology schools. This year alone 40,643 survey responses were received from such employers worldwide, which were used to create an Employee Reputation score.
3. Citations Per Paper were evaluated, and its data was captured to create a score. To do this successfully, a publication limit is defined for every engineering and technology subject to avoid possible flaws arising from small quantities of highly cited publications. Both the lowest publications limit and also the weighting placed on the citations indicator are adapted to be able to create the best citation score for each discipline.
4. H-index Citations. The H-Index is used to measure the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or engineer, as well as the richness and impact of a group of engineers in any given university or country.
The rankings below are based on overall QS Ranking Scores.
Top 100 Best Engineering Schools in the World (based on data from QS World University Rankings®)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
* No. of students: 11,192
* International students: 33%
* Female:Male Ratio: 37 : 63
2. Stanford University
No. of students: 15,658
International students: 22%
Female:Male Ratio: 42 : 58
3. University of Cambridge
No. of students: 18,389
International students: 35%
Female:Male Ratio: 45 : 55
4. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
No. of students: 18,605
International students: 35%
Female:Male Ratio: 45 : 55
5. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
No. of students: 18,616
International students: 37%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
6. Imperial College London
No. of students: 15,236
International students: 52%
Female:Male Ratio: 37 : 63
7. National University of Singapore (NUS)
No. of students: 31,111
International students: 32%
Female:Male Ratio: 50 : 50
8. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
No. of students: 34,834
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 52 : 48
9. University of Oxford
No. of students: 19,718
International students: 35%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
10. Tsinghua University
No. of students: 41,537
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: 32 : 68
11. The University of Tokyo
No. of students: 26,080
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
12. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
No. of students: 9,750
International students: 54%
Female:Male Ratio: 27 : 73
13. Harvard University
No. of students: 21,000
International students: n/a
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
14. KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
No. of students: 9,464
International students: 9%
Female:Male Ratio: 20 : 80
15. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
No. of students: 10,214
International students: 31%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
16. Georgia Institute of Technology
No. of students: 20,773
International students: 27%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
17. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
No. of students: 2,209
International students: 27%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
18. Peking University
No. of students: 42,136
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 47 : 53
19. Tokyo Institute of Technology
No. of students: 9,570
International students: 13%
Female:Male Ratio: 14 : 86
20. Delft University of Technology
No. of students: 17,057
International students: 27%
Female:Male Ratio: 28 : 72
21. Seoul National University
No. of students: 26,470
International students: 11%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
22. Kyoto University
No. of students: 22,481
International students: 8%
Female:Male Ratio: 24 : 76
23. National Taiwan University (NTU)
No. of students: 31,758
International students: 8%
Female:Male Ratio: 40 : 60
24. Politecnico di Milano
No. of students: 42,496
International students: n/a
Female:Male Ratio:n/a
25. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
No. of students: 36,535
International students: 6%
Female:Male Ratio: 41 : 59
26. Technical University of Munich
No. of students: 36,929
International students: 22%
Female:Male Ratio: 33 : 67
27. The University of Hong Kong
No. of students: 20,095
International students: 39%
Female:Male Ratio: 51 : 49
28. The University of Melbourne
No. of students: 42,273
International students: 37%
Female:Male Ratio: 55 : 45
29. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
No. of students: 12,841
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
30. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
No. of students: 38,392
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 53 : 47
31. Carnegie Mellon University
No. of students: 12,311
International students: 38%
Female:Male Ratio: 38 : 62
32. The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
No. of students: 40,133
International students: 34%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
33. RWTH Aachen University
No. of students: 43,721
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 32 : 68
34. University of Toronto
No. of students: 69,427
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
35. Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
No. of students: 22,390
International students: 20%
Female:Male Ratio: 34 : 66
36. Universiti Malaya (UM)
No. of students: 21,990
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 66 : 34
37. Princeton University
No. of students: 7,955
International students: 24%
Female:Male Ratio: 45 : 55
38. KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
No. of students: 25,824
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 27 : 73
39. National Tsing Hua University
No. of students: 10,194
International students: 5%
Female:Male Ratio: 33 : 67
Considering an international college or university? Make sure you know everything required prior to filling in an application. Look into the visa application process first. Talk to professionals in this field if you have any concerns. But never give up on your dreams. Continue to follow your heart and don’t ever quit. Regardless of where in the world you are when you’re reading this article, write down your goals and do something every day that can help make your goals come true.
40. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
No. of students: 43,402
International students: 23%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
41. The University of Sydney
No. of students: 44,553
International students: 32%
Female:Male Ratio: 57 : 43
42. Zhejiang University
No. of students: 50,051
International students: 6%
Female:Male Ratio: 22 : 78
43. Technical University of Denmark
No. of students: 8,548
International students: 24%
Female:Male Ratio: 29 : 71
44. Monash University
No. of students: 46,846
International students: 28%
Female:Male Ratio: 57 : 43
45. University of Texas at Austin
No. of students: 48,561
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: 51 : 49
46. The Australian National University
No. of students: 15,986
International students: 35%
Female:Male Ratio: 52 : 48
47. Cornell University
No. of students: 21,850
International students: 24%
Female:Male Ratio: 49 : 51
48. Fudan University
No. of students: 32,859
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: 51 : 49
49. University of Michigan
No. of students: 41,818
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 48 : 52
50. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
No. of students: 18,072
International students: 31%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
51. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
No. of students: 21,773
International students: 25%
Female:Male Ratio: 51 : 49
52. Politecnico di Torino
No. of students: 9,928
International students: 55%
Female:Male Ratio: 28 : 72
53. UCL (University College London)
No. of students: 30,304
International students: 49%
Female:Male Ratio: 56 : 44
54. University of British Columbia
No. of students: 51,889
International students: 29%
Female:Male Ratio: 54 : 46
55. Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)
No. of students: 3,046
International students: 4%
Female:Male Ratio: 22 : 78
56. The University of Manchester
No. of students: 35,318
International students: 38%
Female:Male Ratio: 52 : 48
57. Osaka University
No. of students: 23,256
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
58. Purdue University
No. of students: 38,770
International students: 23%
Female:Male Ratio: 42 : 58
59. KU Leuven
No. of students: 44,412
International students: 15%
Female:Male Ratio: 50 : 50
Family Support: Getting the support of all family members, friends and counselors is also helpful. If you ever fall into a situation and can’t make a decision, don’t stay stuck. Focus on gathering more information and additional data that can help you decide well. If you still can’t make a logical decision; go with your heart.
60. The University of Queensland
No. of students: 38,968
International students: 26%
Female:Male Ratio: 55 : 45
61. University of Waterloo
No. of students: 32,000
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
62. Tohoku University
No. of students: 17,494
International students: 10%
Female:Male Ratio: 26 : 74
63. McGill University
No. of students: 30,940
International students: 26%
Female:Male Ratio: 57 : 43
64. Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
No. of students: 24,055
International students: 12%
Female:Male Ratio: 42 : 58
65. The University of Edinburgh
No. of students: 26,759
International students: 40%
Female:Male Ratio: 59 : 41
66. Columbia University
No. of students: 26,587
International students: 32%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
67. Korea University
No. of students: 23,037
International students: 19%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
68. National Chiao Tung University
No. of students: 12,639
International students: 7%
Female:Male Ratio: 28 : 72
69. The University of Auckland
No. of students: 30,348
International students: 29%
Female:Male Ratio: 54 : 46
Begin to eliminate colleges and universities from your final list. After talking with your parents, teachers, family, friends; you need to begin narrowing down your selections, aiming to compile a list of your final choices. There are many ways to narrow your list — from choice of majors to size to location.
70. Yonsei University
No. of students: 18,038
International students: 21%
Female:Male Ratio: 45 : 55
71. Aalborg University
No. of students: 15,512
International students: 13%
Female:Male Ratio: 49 : 51
72. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
No. of students:
International students:
Female:Male Ratio:
73. National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
No. of students: 7,284
International students: 1%
Female:Male Ratio: 20 : 80
74. Ecole Polytechnique
No. of students: 2,799
International students: 36%
Female:Male Ratio: 21 : 79
75. University of Pennsylvania
No. of students: 45,411
International students: 14%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
76. City University of Hong Kong
No. of students: 9,240
International students: 35%
Female:Male Ratio: 54 : 46
77. Yale University
No. of students: n/a
International students: n/a
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
78. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
No. of students: 9,870
International students: 1%
Female:Male Ratio: 17 : 83
79. CentraleSupélec
No. of students: 4,226
International students: 33%
Female:Male Ratio: 22 : 78
80. Universität Stuttgart
No. of students: 26,059
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
81. Politécnica de Madrid
No. of students: 40,371
International students: 12%
Female:Male Ratio: 32 : 68
82. Northwestern University
No. of students: 17,466
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 48 : 52
83. University of Science and Technology of China
No. of students: 16,032
International students: 3%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
84. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
No. of students: 21,581
International students: 12%
Female:Male Ratio: 27 : 73
85. University of Washington
No. of students: 44,945
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 52 : 48
86. Hanyang University
No. of students: 20,879
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: n/a
87. Pennsylvania State University
No. of students: 45,411
International students: 14%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
88. Eindhoven University of Technology
No. of students: 7,637
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: 28 : 72
89. Technische Universität Darmstadt
No. of students: 17,776
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 30 : 70
Networking Tip: Find friends on Facebook who will go to the same university as you, so you won’t be alone on the first day.
90. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
No. of students: 25,929
International students: 18%
Female:Male Ratio: 44 : 56
91. University of Wisconsin-Madison
No. of students: 38,960
International students: 12%
Female:Male Ratio: 51 : 49
92. RMIT University
No. of students: 31,465
International students: 25%
Female:Male Ratio: 47 : 53
93. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
No. of students: 25,975
International students: 8%
Female:Male Ratio: 63 : 37
94. University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
No. of students: 29,633
International students: 17%
Female:Male Ratio: 46 : 54
95. Hokkaido University
No. of students: 18,038
International students: 9%
Female:Male Ratio: 30 : 70
96. Kyushu University
No. of students: 18,696
International students: 12%
Female:Male Ratio: 29 : 71
97. Technische Universität Dresden
No. of students: 34,514
International students: 13%
Female:Male Ratio: 42 : 58
98. Chalmers University of Technology
No. of students: 9,112
International students: 16%
Female:Male Ratio: 31 : 69
99. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)
No. of students: 7,981
International students: 13%
Female:Male Ratio: 32 : 68
100. University of Birmingham
No. of students: 27,061
International students: 27%
Female:Male Ratio: 54 : 46