Best Engineering and Technology Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field of Engineering and Technology was created using data derived from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were acquired on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Engineering and Technology research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a trustworthy account of leading scientists from the area of Engineering and Technology, created using a meticulous analysis of 166,880 scholars discovered from multiple bibliometric data sources. For the area of Engineering and Technology, over 27940 scholars were examined.

What is D-index inclusion threshold for Engineering and Technology
The D-index threshold for approving a scholar to be considered is set to 30 if most of their publications are in the area of Engineering and Technology. The approval factors for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, ratio of the publications made within the specific area in addition to the awards and achievements of the scientists. The D-index threshold for listing best scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scientists estimated for each discipline whilst making sure that the top 1% of leading researchers are considered into the ranking. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a scientist’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification methods
Since our leading mission is to make sure that only credible scholars are included in the ranking we are aware that numbers are never supposed to be a full tool to assess the output of researchers. Because of that we manually verify every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of reliable sources. Although it’s not a element contributing to a scholar’s position in the ranking, the amount of documents published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should form a reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is established using each researcher’s D-index using data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-established bibliometric databases of this type open to the scientific community. A comprehensive overview of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our goal
Our goal is to motivate scientists, entrepreneurs and decision-makers around the world to examine where leading experts are heading and to provide a way for the entire research community to get to know who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Engineering and Technology
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top scholars in the world is University of California System with 188 researchers affiliated with it being present in the Engineering and Technology ranking. It is followed by MIT with 82 researchers and Stanford University with 75 scientists.

The most prominent scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in the world are representing Quaid-i-Azam University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Swansea University, National University of Ireland, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Sunway University, Jiangnan University, Liaoning University of Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Université Djillali Liabes.

University of California System is featured as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking researchers at 9086. Ranking on the second place in the world is Stanford University with a total D-index of 4336. The third position in the world is taken by MIT with a total D-index of 3968.

The average total D-index for the top 10% universities is 1303 in comparison to an average of 254 for all 1161 institutions featured in our ranking.

The average number of publications in the field of Engineering and Technology by scientists affiliated with the top 3% of researchers in the ranking is 11239 in comparison to an average of 1316 for all 1161 universities.

The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 5% universities is 437342 against an average of 55727 for all 1161 universities.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
1 World 1 National Scholars 188 39,586 Σ D-index 9,086
2 World 2 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 75 20,494 Σ D-index 4,336
3 World 3 National
MIT

MIT

United States
Scholars 82 16,512 Σ D-index 3,968
4 World 1 National Scholars 65 17,860 Σ D-index 3,050
5 World 1 National Scholars 65 13,652 Σ D-index 2,762
6 World 4 National Scholars 56 12,957 Σ D-index 2,625
7 World 2 National Scholars 49 14,121 Σ D-index 2,470
8 World 5 National Scholars 53 13,530 Σ D-index 2,467
9 World 1 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 54 12,070 Σ D-index 2,384
10 World 6 National Scholars 50 11,101 Σ D-index 2,192
11 World 3 National Scholars 49 11,916 Σ D-index 2,124
12 World 1 National Scholars 50 11,319 Σ D-index 2,080
13 World 7 National
Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

United States
Scholars 46 11,863 Σ D-index 2,047
14 World 1 National Scholars 45 8,124 Σ D-index 1,971
15 World 2 National Scholars 47 10,562 Σ D-index 1,922
16 World 4 National Scholars 44 9,097 Σ D-index 1,875
17 World 5 National Scholars 43 10,060 Σ D-index 1,843
18 World 1 National
ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 38 10,736 Σ D-index 1,840
19 World 8 National Scholars 38 10,170 Σ D-index 1,776
20 World 9 National Scholars 38 10,044 Σ D-index 1,737
21 World 1 National Scholars 36 8,184 Σ D-index 1,679
22 World 2 National Scholars 37 10,889 Σ D-index 1,649
23 World 6 National Scholars 38 7,550 Σ D-index 1,617
24 World 1 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 36 11,277 Σ D-index 1,595
25 World 2 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 32 6,355 Σ D-index 1,560
26 World 10 National Scholars 28 7,497 Σ D-index 1,519
27 World 11 National Scholars 33 5,947 Σ D-index 1,484
28 World 7 National Scholars 31 6,215 Σ D-index 1,474
29 World 1 National Scholars 33 6,984 Σ D-index 1,473
30 World 12 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 24 6,796 Σ D-index 1,471
31 World 13 National Scholars 31 6,928 Σ D-index 1,449
32 World 3 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 29 7,820 Σ D-index 1,352
33 World 2 National Scholars 33 7,132 Σ D-index 1,336
34 World 3 National Scholars 26 6,803 Σ D-index 1,320
35 World 1 National Scholars 30 7,021 Σ D-index 1,290
36 World 14 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 27 6,017 Σ D-index 1,285
37 World 15 National Scholars 27 6,337 Σ D-index 1,274
38 World 16 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 26 5,427 Σ D-index 1,266
39 World 2 National Scholars 30 8,326 Σ D-index 1,264
40 World 2 National Scholars 29 5,160 Σ D-index 1,264
41 World 17 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 21 7,385 Σ D-index 1,239
42 World 1 National Scholars 27 6,127 Σ D-index 1,183
43 World 2 National Scholars 23 6,729 Σ D-index 1,169
44 World 1 National Scholars 28 4,907 Σ D-index 1,148
45 World 3 National Scholars 28 5,359 Σ D-index 1,143
46 World 18 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 21 5,989 Σ D-index 1,135
47 World 19 National Scholars 26 4,912 Σ D-index 1,127
48 World 1 National Scholars 28 8,571 Σ D-index 1,116
49 World 4 National Scholars 24 5,985 Σ D-index 1,111
50 World 8 National Scholars 25 5,327 Σ D-index 1,109
51 World 4 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 25 4,725 Σ D-index 1,106
52 World 9 National Scholars 24 6,431 Σ D-index 1,106
53 World 5 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 25 6,219 Σ D-index 1,093
54 World 20 National Scholars 25 4,766 Σ D-index 1,086
55 World 21 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 22 6,702 Σ D-index 1,076
56 World 22 National
Princeton University

Princeton University

United States
Scholars 19 5,015 Σ D-index 1,076
57 World 1 National Scholars 22 4,944 Σ D-index 1,057
58 World 6 National Scholars 21 6,607 Σ D-index 1,056
59 World 23 National Scholars 23 5,126 Σ D-index 1,039
60 World 10 National Scholars 22 6,185 Σ D-index 1,031
61 World 24 National Scholars 21 4,847 Σ D-index 1,021
62 World 3 National
University of Twente

University of Twente

Netherlands
Scholars 21 6,446 Σ D-index 1,015
63 World 1 National Scholars 25 9,515 Σ D-index 1,002
64 World 3 National Scholars 25 5,247 Σ D-index 1,001
65 World 25 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 22 4,225 Σ D-index 991
66 World 1 National Scholars 23 5,401 Σ D-index 975
67 World 5 National
University of Southampton

University of Southampton

United Kingdom
Scholars 21 5,912 Σ D-index 974
68 World 4 National Scholars 22 4,360 Σ D-index 973
69 World 26 National Scholars 21 3,979 Σ D-index 965
70 World 27 National
Northeastern University

Northeastern University

United States
Scholars 22 4,558 Σ D-index 962
71 World 11 National Scholars 18 4,810 Σ D-index 942
72 World 1 National Scholars 21 4,673 Σ D-index 924
73 World 6 National
University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom
Scholars 21 4,880 Σ D-index 914
74 World 28 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 21 4,465 Σ D-index 903
75 World 1 National Scholars 18 4,393 Σ D-index 896
76 World 1 National Scholars 21 4,889 Σ D-index 893
77 World 12 National Scholars 22 3,551 Σ D-index 884
78 World 13 National Scholars 19 3,744 Σ D-index 871
79 World 29 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 19 4,214 Σ D-index 869
80 World 7 National
University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

United Kingdom
Scholars 21 3,601 Σ D-index 868
81 World 5 National Scholars 19 4,027 Σ D-index 849
82 World 2 National Scholars 22 5,351 Σ D-index 845
83 World 2 National Scholars 20 5,383 Σ D-index 842
84 World 1 National Scholars 21 4,228 Σ D-index 834
85 World 7 National Scholars 18 4,512 Σ D-index 814
86 World 4 National Scholars 18 4,011 Σ D-index 812
87 World 1 National Scholars 20 4,688 Σ D-index 806
88 World 2 National Scholars 17 4,274 Σ D-index 805
89 World 1 National Scholars 18 5,349 Σ D-index 800
90 World 8 National
University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom
Scholars 17 3,763 Σ D-index 796
91 World 3 National
Korea University

Korea University

South Korea
Scholars 19 5,295 Σ D-index 788
92 World 8 National
Curtin University

Curtin University

Australia
Scholars 16 4,511 Σ D-index 786
93 World 2 National Scholars 20 6,275 Σ D-index 785
94 World 1 National Scholars 19 4,015 Σ D-index 778
95 World 1 National Scholars 18 5,204 Σ D-index 775
96 World 30 National
University of Utah

University of Utah

United States
Scholars 18 3,914 Σ D-index 761
97 World 31 National
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech

United States
Scholars 19 3,889 Σ D-index 756
98 World 9 National Scholars 17 4,139 Σ D-index 740
99 World 32 National
Arizona State University

Arizona State University

United States
Scholars 16 4,049 Σ D-index 737
100 World 14 National Scholars 18 3,530 Σ D-index 731

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