World's Best Universities
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering students take classes about chemistry, biology, math, and physics. After graduation, they often become designers and inventors, working with everything from nanotechnology to new energy. These are the world's top universities for chemical engineering. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
74.6 | 62.9 | 86.4 | 78.4 |
| #39 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
77.0 | 63.6 | 87.2 | 84.8 |
| #46 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
75.5 | 64.5 | 90.1 | 75.7 |
| #36 |
Columbia University
United States |
77.2 | 65.9 | 83.0 | 86.5 |
| #41 |
Northwestern University
United States |
76.6 | 67.0 | 76.4 | 89.5 |
| #45 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
75.9 | 67.8 | 85.7 | 76.9 |
| #42 | 76.4 | 68.1 | 82.1 | 81.9 | |
| #36 | 77.2 | 69.2 | 86.4 | 78.7 | |
| #47 | 75.3 | 70.3 | 86.1 | 71.3 | |
| #34 |
Cornell University
United States |
77.5 | 70.7 | 80.5 | 83.4 |
| #28 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
79.0 | 70.7 | 84.7 | 84.3 |
| #20 | 81.2 | 70.9 | 91.9 | 84.1 | |
| #42 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.4 | 70.9 | 85.7 | 74.4 |
| #23 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
80.1 | 71.2 | 89.1 | 83.0 |
| #40 |
Monash University
Australia |
76.7 | 71.8 | 87.8 | 72.1 |
| #50 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
74.3 | 72.0 | 68.0 | 83.8 |
| #28 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
79.0 | 72.3 | 84.3 | 82.6 |
| #30 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
78.6 | 72.8 | 88.2 | 76.7 |
| #31 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
78.5 | 72.8 | 86.3 | 78.3 |
| #24 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
80.0 | 72.8 | 78.1 | 91.6 |
| #36 |
McGill University
Canada |
77.2 | 73.5 | 83.3 | 76.0 |
| #48 | 74.6 | 74.1 | 73.7 | 76.2 | |
| #26 |
Purdue University
United States |
79.5 | 74.1 | 79.7 | 86.5 |
| #44 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
76.2 | 74.1 | 68.5 | 86.6 |
| #32 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
78.2 | 74.9 | 83.6 | 77.2 |













