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Top 40 Engineering Schools Worldwide — 2026

Leading engineering faculties spanning mechanical, electrical, civil, aerospace, materials, and chemical disciplines, ranked by QS Engineering 2024.

How to use: Ranks reflect QS Engineering and Technology Subject Rankings 2024. Click each school for current admissions information.

#SchoolCountrySubject RankDisciplinesLocationSource
1MITUSA#1 QS EngineeringMech/Aero/Elec/CivilCambridge MAMIT Engineering
2StanfordUSA#3Engineering schoolStanford CAStanford Engineering
3UC BerkeleyUSA#5EngineeringBerkeley CABerkeley Engineering
4CaltechUSA#7Engineering and applied sciencePasadena CACaltech EAS
5Georgia TechUSA#11EngineeringAtlanta GAGT Engineering
6Carnegie MellonUSA#15EngineeringPittsburgh PACMU Engineering
7PrincetonUSA#23Engineering and applied sciencePrinceton NJPrinceton SEAS
8Cornell EngineeringUSA#22EngineeringIthaca NYCornell Engineering
9Michigan EngineeringUSA#13EngineeringAnn Arbor MIU-M Engineering
10Univ of Texas AustinUSA#16EngineeringAustin TXUT Cockrell
11Univ of Illinois UCUSA#17Grainger EngineeringChampaign ILUIUC Grainger
12Cambridge EngineeringUK#2Department of EngineeringCambridge UKCambridge Eng
13Oxford EngineeringUK#4Department of Engineering ScienceOxford UKOxford Eng
14Imperial CollegeUK#6EngineeringLondon UKImperial Eng
15ETH ZurichSwitzerland#7D-MECH/D-ITET/D-BAUGZurich CHETH Engineering
16EPFLSwitzerland#21School of EngineeringLausanne CHEPFL STI
17TU MunichGermany#19EngineeringMunich DETUM
18RWTH AachenGermany#25EngineeringAachen DERWTH
19KIT KarlsruheGermany#28EngineeringKarlsruhe DEKIT
20TechnionIsrael#23EngineeringHaifa ILTechnion
21TU DelftNetherlands#13EngineeringDelft NLTU Delft
22KU LeuvenBelgium#26EngineeringLeuven BEKU Leuven Eng
23NTU SingaporeSingapore#3College of EngineeringSingaporeNTU CoE
24NUS SingaporeSingapore#9College of Design and EngineeringSingaporeNUS CDE
25TsinghuaChina#10School of EngineeringBeijing CNTsinghua Eng
26Peking UniversityChina#16College of EngineeringBeijing CNPKU Eng
27Shanghai Jiao TongChina#17School of EngineeringShanghai CNSJTU
28Zhejiang UniversityChina#19EngineeringHangzhou CNZJU
29HKUSTHK#27EngineeringHong KongHKUST Engineering
30HKU EngineeringHK#22EngineeringHong KongHKU Engg
31KAISTS Korea#21EngineeringDaejeon KRKAIST Engineering
32Seoul National UniversityS Korea#26EngineeringSeoul KRSNU Engineering
33UTokyoJapan#13Faculty of EngineeringTokyo JPUTokyo Eng
34Kyoto UniversityJapan#28EngineeringKyoto JPKyoto Eng
35Toronto EngineeringCanada#14Faculty of Applied Science and EngineeringToronto CAUofT Eng
36UBC EngineeringCanada#27Faculty of Applied ScienceVancouver CAUBC Eng
37McGill EngineeringCanada#36Faculty of EngineeringMontreal CAMcGill Engg
38Univ of MelbourneAustralia#16Engineering and ITMelbourne AUMelbourne Eng
39UNSW SydneyAustralia#11Faculty of EngineeringSydney AUUNSW Eng
40IIT BombayIndia#28EngineeringMumbai INIIT Bombay

Sources: QS Subject Rankings 2024 plus each school official faculty page.

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