Engineering & Technology
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Engineering & Technology 2025

Times Higher Education World University Rankings · · Methodology · Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings official website · Editorial Standards

Evaluates universities worldwide for teaching and research performance in engineering and technology.

THE evaluates universities across five pillars — Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook — making it one of the most comprehensive ranking systems.

How does Engineering & Technology evaluate universities?

Engineering & Technology, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook, 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 2025 edition assessed 1485 universities from 13 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Times Higher Education World University Rankings 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 Engineering & Technology 2025?

The top universities in Engineering & Technology 2025 are: Harvard University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley. This edition, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluated 1485 universities from 13 countries and regions using indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Engineering & Technology differ from other ranking systems?

THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings is among the most comprehensive, evaluating universities across teaching (30%), research environment (30%), research quality (30%), industry income (2.5%), and international outlook (7.5%), with 18 fine-grained indicators. Data sources combine the Elsevier Scopus bibliometric database, academic reputation surveys, and institution-reported statistics. The methodology underwent a major 2024 revision, adding a Research Quality category to reduce reliance on sheer output volume. In comparison, QS leans more on reputation surveys, ARWU is built solely on objective research metrics (Nobel Prizes, highly cited researchers), and US News centers on research productivity and citation impact. THE suits applicants seeking a balanced view of a university's combined research and teaching strength.

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1 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 97.5 96.5 99.6 97.6 97.1 93.7
2 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 96.4 97.0 95.3 98.6 100.0 86.4
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 96.2 99.0 93.0 97.9 100.0 87.9
4 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 96.1 95.7 99.8 92.9 95.7 95.1
5 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 95.8 91.2 98.5 98.8 100.0 86.5
6 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 95.6 95.5 99.6 91.1 97.4 95.1
7 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 95.5 97.2 99.1 93.9 100.0 76.8
8 Princeton University logo Princeton University 🇺🇸 United States 94.5 94.7 93.6 97.4 92.6 88.6
9 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 93.4 86.7 94.7 97.0 100.0 92.5
10 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 92.6 90.8 96.0 94.6 81.5 90.8
11 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 92.3 97.1 95.7 95.1 87.8 55.7
12 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 91.9 92.8 92.8 88.7 92.0 96.2
13 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 91.0 98.2 97.7 89.5 100.0 34.1
14 Nanyang Technological University logo Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 🇸🇬 Singapore 90.8 82.1 90.6 96.3 100.0 93.7
15 Georgia Institute of Technology logo Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) 🇺🇸 United States 90.3 82.5 93.7 94.8 99.8 78.8
16 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 88.8 80.5 88.9 96.0 95.8 85.7
17 Delft University of Technology logo Delft University of Technology 🇳🇱 Netherlands 88.7 86.0 94.7 81.4 99.8 90.0
18 Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States 88.3 90.6 86.5 91.5 76.6 87.3
19 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 86.6 87.8 90.2 84.7 88.2 73.6
20 Carnegie Mellon University logo Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) 🇺🇸 United States 86.1 77.8 86.2 98.0 81.2 77.6
21 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne logo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 🇨🇭 Switzerland 85.7 82.7 83.9 85.0 99.1 92.3
22 Technical University of Munich logo Technical University of Munich (TUM) 🇩🇪 Germany 85.0 79.9 93.5 79.7 100.0 74.3
23 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 83.1 78.0 82.1 85.6 90.1 88.6
24 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 83.0 80.5 80.6 90.8 74.3 81.7
25 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign logo University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 🇺🇸 United States 82.6 80.0 88.7 80.2 97.9 60.9
26 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 82.4 78.9 91.0 81.0 99.9 47.8
27 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 82.3 79.8 88.5 82.0 100.0 49.2
28 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 81.6 73.6 74.9 89.8 98.6 89.5
29 University of Texas at Austin logo University of Texas at Austin 🇺🇸 United States 81.0 73.6 80.8 92.9 91.0 54.7
30 Purdue University West Lafayette logo Purdue University West Lafayette 🇺🇸 United States 80.7 81.3 85.6 72.6 95.1 74.0
31 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan 80.5 94.6 93.4 55.4 100.0 49.7
32 Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 77.7 67.9 70.9 94.1 76.4 82.3
33 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology logo Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 77.3 57.2 68.5 95.3 100.0 96.6
34 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 77.2 67.2 73.3 87.6 84.0 84.4
35 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology logo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 🇰🇷 South Korea 76.7 74.0 80.6 78.6 100.0 39.4
36 RWTH Aachen University logo RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) 🇩🇪 Germany 76.5 72.2 84.9 69.8 100.0 60.2
37 = Johns Hopkins University logo Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 🇺🇸 United States 75.9 67.4 74.9 82.9 86.9 74.3
37 = KTH Royal Institute of Technology logo KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) 🇸🇪 Sweden 75.9 69.9 75.9 78.5 88.5 75.2
39 University of Hong Kong logo University of Hong Kong (HKU) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 75.2 63.0 62.4 93.1 82.6 96.2
40 Seoul National University logo Seoul National University (SNU) 🇰🇷 South Korea 75.1 78.8 82.3 69.1 100.0 28.9
41 Hong Kong Polytechnic University logo Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 74.5 55.9 61.9 96.3 90.3 96.3
42 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 74.3 59.3 65.6 91.2 100.0 73.7
43 = Fudan University logo Fudan University 🇨🇳 China 74.2 68.3 61.5 94.9 99.9 42.0
43 = Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 74.2 85.6 84.2 53.7 98.4 42.5
45 University of Manchester logo University of Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 74.0 65.5 67.9 83.5 73.4 95.3
46 University of Science and Technology of China logo University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 🇨🇳 China 73.8 68.2 62.6 94.3 98.8 36.6
47 University of California, Santa Barbara logo University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 🇺🇸 United States 73.5 52.6 63.0 95.4 100.0 83.5
48 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 73.3 64.0 65.2 86.2 68.4 96.5
49 University of British Columbia logo University of British Columbia (UBC) 🇨🇦 Canada 73.2 60.1 67.1 83.6 87.4 92.5
50 KU Leuven logo KU Leuven (KUL) 🇧🇪 Belgium 72.1 57.0 71.1 79.1 100.0 76.8