Chemical Engineering
ARWU

Chemical Engineering 2020

Academic Ranking of World Universities · · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research output and academic impact in chemical engineering.

ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.

How does Chemical Engineering evaluate universities?

Chemical Engineering, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2020 edition assessed 500 universities from 9 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Academic Ranking of World Universities recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Chemical Engineering 2020?

The top universities in Chemical Engineering 2020 are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Georgia Institute of Technology. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 500 universities from 9 countries and regions using indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Chemical Engineering differ from other ranking systems?

ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 as the world's first international university ranking, is based entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators and uses no reputation surveys: alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10%), faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20%), highly cited researchers across subject fields (20%), papers published in Nature and Science (20%), papers indexed in SCIE and SSCI (20%), and per-capita academic performance (10%). In contrast, QS and THE both incorporate reputation questionnaires as core weights, while US News combines reputation surveys with bibliometric data. ARWU's transparent methodology and reproducibility make it authoritative for evaluating research strength and academic prestige.

Current edition: published 2020-06
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🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇱 Chile
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇫🇮 Finland
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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇷🇸 Serbia
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Total 500 universities

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1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 325.6 100.0 92.1 78.3 50.9 66.9
2 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 278.0 73.4 100.0 72.6 42.4 47.7
3 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 272.7 0.0 81.7 58.2 100.0 79.3
4 Tianjin University logo Tianjin University (TJU) 🇨🇳 China 266.7 0.0 74.4 46.1 91.9 91.1
5 Georgia Institute of Technology logo Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) 🇺🇸 United States 256.4 55.5 83.2 75.5 48.1 54.5
6 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 256.3 0.0 73.2 51.2 84.1 88.7
7 University of Texas at Austin logo University of Texas at Austin 🇺🇸 United States 253.6 62.0 82.0 66.3 42.5 53.8
8 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 253.1 73.4 100.0 74.4 25.6 39.3
9 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 245.2 55.5 85.9 76.8 42.8 45.7
10 Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) 🇨🇳 China 244.8 0.0 69.8 43.9 66.2 100.0
11 East China University of Science and Technology logo East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 🇨🇳 China 240.5 0.0 66.5 44.8 77.1 87.9
12 South China University of Technology logo South China University of Technology (SCUT) 🇨🇳 China 239.2 0.0 84.7 53.1 73.6 70.3
13 University of Colorado Boulder logo University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 236.5 96.1 74.7 69.0 26.4 25.6
14 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 234.3 0.0 93.5 78.5 63.9 61.2
15 Princeton University logo Princeton University 🇺🇸 United States 233.7 62.0 86.9 81.2 37.5 31.1
16 Nanyang Technological University logo Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 🇸🇬 Singapore 229.9 0.0 100.0 88.3 61.3 50.9
17 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 224.8 39.2 73.3 79.4 45.9 50.5
18 University of Science and Technology of China logo University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 🇨🇳 China 223.2 0.0 87.7 51.9 67.8 57.3
19 Dalian University of Technology logo Dalian University of Technology (DUT) 🇨🇳 China 213.5 0.0 73.9 51.2 70.1 59.3
20 University of Delaware logo University of Delaware (UD) 🇺🇸 United States 211.4 62.0 73.9 71.3 29.0 32.3
21 Sichuan University logo Sichuan University (SCU) 🇨🇳 China 210.3 0.0 75.7 45.4 56.1 69.5
22 Pennsylvania State University logo Pennsylvania State University (PSU) 🇺🇸 United States 208.1 27.7 77.2 77.1 47.4 40.3
22 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 208.1 0.0 77.7 52.3 62.6 57.3
24 North Carolina State University logo North Carolina State University (NCSU) 🇺🇸 United States 207.3 55.5 72.2 76.9 35.1 29.1
25 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 205.9 0.0 80.3 80.1 54.0 55.6
26 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 🇨🇭 Switzerland 203.8 0.0 100.0 82.4 35.4 52.0
27 University of Minnesota logo University of Minnesota 🇺🇸 United States 199.6 39.2 71.5 72.3 35.7 38.8
28 China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing 🇨🇳 China 199.4 0.0 64.5 52.0 63.6 60.9
29 Xi'an Jiaotong University logo Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) 🇨🇳 China 199.0 0.0 76.5 50.7 62.3 50.1
30 Huazhong University of Science and Technology logo Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) 🇨🇳 China 198.5 0.0 83.1 51.9 65.7 39.3
30 University of Wisconsin–Madison logo University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 198.5 27.7 81.2 74.8 36.3 38.3
32 Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University 🇨🇳 China 197.6 0.0 71.2 52.6 56.9 58.9
33 King Abdulaziz University logo King Abdulaziz University (KAU) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 196.2 0.0 95.0 96.2 48.5 33.5
34 Soochow University logo Soochow University 🇨🇳 China 196.1 0.0 99.1 71.0 43.0 39.8
35 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology logo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 195.3 0.0 89.7 92.8 54.7 32.3
36 Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 🇩🇰 Denmark 194.9 0.0 72.6 82.4 52.4 53.5
37 Nanjing University logo Nanjing University (NJU) 🇨🇳 China 193.2 0.0 93.8 46.3 48.9 41.2
38 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 192.4 39.2 80.9 72.9 29.9 27.8
39 Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 191.8 0.0 100.0 65.2 30.2 48.5
40 Hunan University logo Hunan University 🇨🇳 China 190.3 0.0 100.0 54.4 47.8 31.7
41 Carnegie Mellon University logo Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) 🇺🇸 United States 189.8 27.7 73.5 80.8 33.6 38.8
42 Jiangsu University logo Jiangsu University 🇨🇳 China 188.8 0.0 96.6 44.4 52.3 31.1
43 Harbin Institute of Technology logo Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) 🇨🇳 China 188.0 0.0 82.4 54.0 66.4 28.5
44 Rice University logo Rice University 🇺🇸 United States 187.3 48.0 73.1 80.0 21.0 29.1
45 Monash University logo Monash University 🇦🇺 Australia 186.8 0.0 76.8 85.4 53.1 39.8
46 Fuzhou University logo Fuzhou University (FZU) 🇨🇳 China 185.8 0.0 93.6 47.3 44.0 38.8
47 KU Leuven logo KU Leuven (KUL) 🇧🇪 Belgium 185.6 0.0 83.1 88.6 47.5 37.3
47 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 185.6 0.0 91.2 66.3 36.3 44.8
47 Wuhan University of Technology logo Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) 🇨🇳 China 185.6 0.0 100.0 65.7 42.6 29.8
50 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 184.9 0.0 100.0 89.7 30.7 36.2