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Top Electrical Engineering Schools in 2015
By Laura Tucker
Updated UpdatedDiscover the top electrical engineering schools based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.
This year QS World University Rankings by Subject has been extended to feature more institutions than ever before – and this includes an extension of the electrical engineering ranking to cover the world’s top 300 electrical engineering schools.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject is compiled annually, using a methodology which draws on major global surveys of academics and employers, alongside research citations data.
Read on for a rundown of the leadingelectrical engineering schoolsin each world region, or, click here to access the full interactive ranking table.
Top 10 Electrical Engineering Schools in the World
Based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015
Rank
Name of Institution
Location
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
2
Stanford University
United States
3
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
4
Harvard University
United States
5
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
6
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
7=
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
7=
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
9
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
10
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
See the full electrical engineering ranking >
Top electrical engineering schools in the US & Canada
Of Canada’s 14 representatives, four make it into the world’s top 100: the University of Toronto (20th in the world rankings), McGill University (21st in the world rankings), the University of British Colombia (43rd in the world rankings) and the University of Waterloo (169th in the world rankings).
Find out about studying abroad in the US and Canada with our country guides.
Top electrical engineering schools in Europe
Italy claims 12 entries in the electrical engineering ranking, including Politecnico di Torino in 36th place (365th in the world rankings) and Politecnico di Milano in 39th (229th in the world rankings). Germany claims 11 entrants, and similarly boasts two among the world’s top 50. These are Technische Universität München (TU Munich, 54th in the world rankings) and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin, 192nd in the world rankings).
Up next is Spain with nine top electrical engineering universities, of which just one, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (337th in the world rankings) is ranked within the top 100 worldwide. France meanwhile claims seven schools in the electrical engineering ranking; although none rank within the top 100, specialist engineering school Supélec comes within the 101-150 range.
Also with five schools featured is Sweden, including KTH, Royal Institute of Technology in 16th place (110th in the world rankings). Sticking with Scandinavia, you’ll also find two top electrical engineering schools in both Denmark and Finland, including the Danish Aalborg University in joint 41st (363rd in the world rankings) and the Finnish Aalto University at 101-150 (187th in the world rankings). Norway meanwhile offers just representative: the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ranked 151-200 (246th in the world rankings).
Heading southwest towards the Netherlands, there are three schools featured, including Delft University of Technology in 50th place (86th in the world rankings). Belgium also offers three top schools for electrical engineering, including KU Leuven in the top 100 (82nd in the world rankings).
Hungary, Portugal and Russia meanwhile each have one institution featured in this ranking, of which the leading entrant is Portugal’s University of Porto at 151-200 (293rd in the world rankings).
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Top electrical engineering schools in Asia
South Korea has the second-highest number of top electrical engineering universities in Asia, with 13. These include KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 22nd place (51st in the world rankings) and Seoul National University in 31st (SNU, 31st in the world rankings).
Both with eight institutions featured are Malaysia and India. In India, the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technology in Bombay (IITB, 222nd in the world rankings), Delhi (IITD, 235th in the world rankings) and Madras (IITM, 322nd in the world rankings) are all ranked within the top 100 for electrical engineering. Meanwhile in Malaysia, Universiti Malaya (UM, 151st in the world rankings) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM, 309th in the world rankings) are also in the world’s top 100.
While Thailand has four schools featured among the world’s top 300, including Chulalongkorn University (243rd in the world rankings), Singapore offers two. Both of these, NUS (22nd in the world rankings) and NTU (39th in the world rankings), are ranked within the world’s top 10 (see table above).
Lastly, both Pakistan and Indonesia have one institution each among the world’s 300 top electrical engineering schools. These are the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad (481-490 in the world rankings) and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB, 461-470 in the world rankings) respectively.
See the full range of country guides to find out more about studying in Asia, or to discover more leading universities in the region, see the latest QS University Rankings: Asia.
Top electrical engineering schools in Latin America
Chile and Mexico, meanwhile, boast two top electrical engineering universities each. Chile’s leader in this field is the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (167th in the world rankings) while Mexico’s highest entrant is the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, 175th in the world rankings).
The only other Latin American country featured in the electrical engineering school rankings is Colombia, represented by the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (316th in the world rankings) in the 201-250 range.
Find out about studying in Latin America with our country guides, or explore more leading universities in the region with the latest edition of the QS University Rankings: Latin America.
Top electrical engineering schools in Australia & New Zealand
New Zealand’s two representatives are both within the world’s top 200, and are the University of Auckland (92nd in the world rankings) and the University of Canterbury (242nd in the world rankings).
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Top electrical engineering schools in the Middle East
Of the two universities in Israel featured, the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (190th in the world rankings) is the highest ranked, also at 101-150.
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Laura is a former staff writer for TopUniversities.com, providing advice and guidance for students on a range of topics helping them to choose where to study, get admitted and find funding and scholarships. A graduate of Queen Mary University of London, Laura also blogs about student life.
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