These are the world’s best universities for engineering

21 Oct 2019

Are you an aspiring engineer? Choosing the right university can set you on the path towards a successful career in the field.

Professionals in the field are highly sought-after. Last year, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that nearly 140,000 new jobs for engineers would emerge in the 2016–2026 decade.

According to the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for engineering and technology, the top institutions to set your sights on for engineering studies are primarily in the US.

Universities in the country dominate seven spots in the top 10.

The California Institute of Technology (CalTech) and Stanford University are tied in first place, rising from fourth and second positions respectively.

Meanwhile, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich are the only universities outside the US to land the top 10, ranked joint third, fifth and eight place respectively.

This year’s rankings highlight the universities that are leading across general engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical and aerospace engineering, civil engineering and chemical engineering subjects.

The table has expanded to include 1,008 universities, up from 903 last year.

Top 20 universities for an engineering degree 2020

2018 rank	2019 rank	University	Country
4	=1	California Institute of Technology	US
2	=1	Stanford University	US
6	=3	University of Cambridge	UK
3	=3	Harvard University	US
1	5	University of Oxford	UK
5	6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
7	7	Princeton University	US
9	8	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
13	=9	University of California, Los Angeles	US
10	=9	Georgia Institute of Technology	US
12	11	Imperial College London	UK
8	12	National University of Singapore	Singapore
14	13	Peking University	China
11	14	University of California, Berkeley	US
15	15	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
17	16	Carnegie Mellon University	US
16	17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	US
20	18	Tsinghua University	China
18	19	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland
21	20	Yale University	US

Source: THE

THE notes that China is the third-most represented country in the league table, ahead of the UK, Germany, Australia and Canada. Only Japan and the US have a higher number of universities present in the ranking.

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is Asia’s top university for engineering, but slipped down four spots to twelfth.