World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Engineering

Top Engineering school rankings 2025: Leading universities for Engineering excellence globally

Discover the Engineering Rankings results with the definitive Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2025.

Highlights in the Engineering Subject Rankings 2025

• Harvard University maintains its leading position, followed by Stanford, MIT and Oxford
• MIT achieves the highest teaching score in engineering
• University of Oxford demonstrates exceptional research environment performance
• ETH Zurich returns to the top 10, improving from last year’s position
• King's College London makes a notable entry in the 126-150 band
• Strong representation from US, UK, and Asian institutions in the global top 20

The Engineering table evaluates universities across five core disciplines: General Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering. This year’s rankings include 1,488 institutions from 97 countries and territories, which have been assessed based on 18 rigorous performance indicators.

Engineering disciplines assessed in the 2025 Rankings

• General Engineering: core principles and foundational engineering concepts
• Electrical and Electronic engineering: power systems, electronics and communications
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: dynamics, thermodynamics and aeronautical systems
• Civil Engineering: structural design, construction and infrastructure development
• Chemical Engineering: process engineering and chemical systems design

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The Engineering subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.

Our detailed 2025 Subject Rankings methodology, trusted worldwide by students, teachers, academics, governments and industry experts, is based on:

• 157 million citations
• 18 million research publications
• Survey responses from more than 93,000 scholars globally

Our analysis shows that, despite their success elsewhere, Asia’s leading universities are still struggling to compete globally in arts and humanities.

To unlock the data behind THE’s rankings and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools, visit our data and insights page.