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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong |
70.5 | 68.0 | 59.3 | 93.5 |
| #48 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 55.7 | 84.6 | |
| #48 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
70.6 | 71.4 | 64.0 | 78.4 |
| #47 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.7 | 58.3 | 71.7 | 100.0 |
| #46 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
70.9 | 67.9 | 82.1 | 61.4 |
| #44 | 71.5 | 64.5 | 68.6 | 93.3 | |
| #44 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
71.5 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 58.6 |
| #43 |
Princeton University
United States |
72.1 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 73.0 |
| #42 | 72.2 | 70.5 | 71.4 | 77.5 | |
| #41 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.3 | 69.0 | 80.7 | 67.7 |
| #39 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
72.4 | 78.0 | 53.7 | 86.2 |
| #39 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
72.4 | 65.9 | 76.4 | 82.5 |
| #37 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
72.5 | 66.1 | 79.1 | 78.5 |
| #37 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
72.5 | 75.4 | 65.6 | 75.4 |
| #35 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.6 | 67.6 | 76.3 | 79.7 |
| #35 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
72.6 | 66.9 | 84.5 | 69.2 |
| #34 |
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saudi Arabia |
72.8 | 78.2 | 59.5 | 79.1 |
| #31 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
72.9 | 66.4 | 76.4 | 83.7 |
| #31 | 72.9 | 76.3 | 70.4 | 67.9 | |
| #31 |
University of Michigan
United States |
72.9 | 76.2 | 67.2 | 73.0 |
| #30 | 73.0 | 66.5 | 77.3 | 82.6 | |
| #29 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
73.4 | 84.1 | 65.8 | 58.2 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
73.5 | 77.4 | 72.4 | 65.6 |
| #27 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
73.5 | 70.8 | 76.5 | 75.6 |
| #26 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
73.7 | 75.2 | 74.6 | 68.7 |













