World's Best Universities
Civil Engineering
Students who study civil engineering can specialize in fields such as construction or transportation engineering, and then after graduation, go on to design bridges, roads, buildings, and other structures. These are the world's top universities for civil engineering. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #24 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
75.1 | 82.7 | 75.6 | 55.4 |
| #29 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
73.4 | 84.1 | 65.8 | 58.2 |
| #44 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
71.5 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 58.6 |
| #9 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
81.7 | 84.5 | 91.1 | 60.6 |
| #22 | 75.7 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 60.7 | |
| #46 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
70.9 | 67.9 | 82.1 | 61.4 |
| #23 |
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Netherlands |
75.2 | 84.7 | 68.0 | 62.3 |
| #10 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
81.2 | 77.3 | 100.0 | 62.8 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
73.5 | 77.4 | 72.4 | 65.6 |
| #25 |
Purdue University
United States |
74.3 | 79.8 | 70.1 | 66.6 |
| #41 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.3 | 69.0 | 80.7 | 67.7 |
| #31 | 72.9 | 76.3 | 70.4 | 67.9 | |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
82.6 | 82.8 | 92.0 | 68.2 |
| #26 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
73.7 | 75.2 | 74.6 | 68.7 |
| #16 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
77.8 | 78.5 | 82.7 | 68.7 |
| #35 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
72.6 | 66.9 | 84.5 | 69.2 |
| #8 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
81.8 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 70.3 |
| #2 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
88.2 | 89.2 | 97.4 | 71.9 |
| #15 |
Tsinghua University
China |
78.0 | 77.0 | 83.5 | 72.1 |
| #17 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
77.3 | 77.3 | 80.4 | 72.7 |
| #43 |
Princeton University
United States |
72.1 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 73.0 |
| #31 |
University of Michigan
United States |
72.9 | 76.2 | 67.2 | 73.0 |
| #11 | 79.0 | 79.6 | 81.8 | 73.5 | |
| #12 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
78.9 | 88.3 | 66.6 | 73.7 |
| #18 | 77.0 | 71.8 | 87.5 | 74.1 |













