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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #27 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
73.5 | 70.8 | 76.5 | 75.6 |
| #30 | 73.0 | 66.5 | 77.3 | 82.6 | |
| #37 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
72.5 | 66.1 | 79.1 | 78.5 |
| #14 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
78.5 | 76.2 | 79.6 | 82.6 |
| #3 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
86.9 | 95.2 | 79.7 | 77.1 |
| #17 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
77.3 | 77.3 | 80.4 | 72.7 |
| #41 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.3 | 69.0 | 80.7 | 67.7 |
| #13 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
78.6 | 78.9 | 81.0 | 74.2 |
| #11 | 79.0 | 79.6 | 81.8 | 73.5 | |
| #22 | 75.7 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 60.7 | |
| #46 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
70.9 | 67.9 | 82.1 | 61.4 |
| #44 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
71.5 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 58.6 |
| #6 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
84.2 | 87.5 | 82.6 | 78.3 |
| #16 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
77.8 | 78.5 | 82.7 | 68.7 |
| #15 |
Tsinghua University
China |
78.0 | 77.0 | 83.5 | 72.1 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.0 | 84.3 | 84.2 | 87.9 |
| #35 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
72.6 | 66.9 | 84.5 | 69.2 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.4 | 71.6 | 85.3 | 74.9 |
| #18 | 77.0 | 71.8 | 87.5 | 74.1 | |
| #5 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
84.5 | 83.3 | 88.8 | 81.1 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.7 | 97.7 | 90.7 | 78.3 |
| #9 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
81.7 | 84.5 | 91.1 | 60.6 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
82.6 | 82.8 | 92.0 | 68.2 |
| #2 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
88.2 | 89.2 | 97.4 | 71.9 |
| #10 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
81.2 | 77.3 | 100.0 | 62.8 |














