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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
73.7 | 75.2 | 74.6 | 68.7 |
| #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 |
| #29 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
73.4 | 84.1 | 65.8 | 58.2 |
| #30 | 73.0 | 66.5 | 77.3 | 82.6 | |
| #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 |
| #34 |
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saudi Arabia |
72.8 | 78.2 | 59.5 | 79.1 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #41 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.3 | 69.0 | 80.7 | 67.7 |
| #42 | 72.2 | 70.5 | 71.4 | 77.5 | |
| #43 |
Princeton University
United States |
72.1 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 73.0 |
| #44 | 71.5 | 64.5 | 68.6 | 93.3 | |
| #44 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
71.5 | 70.2 | 82.3 | 58.6 |
| #46 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
70.9 | 67.9 | 82.1 | 61.4 |
| #47 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.7 | 58.3 | 71.7 | 100.0 |
| #48 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 55.7 | 84.6 | |
| #48 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
70.6 | 71.4 | 64.0 | 78.4 |
| #50 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong |
70.5 | 68.0 | 59.3 | 93.5 |













