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Engineering - Civil & Structural Ranking
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
52 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 95.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 89.7 | 78.5 | — | |
| 2 | 1 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 93.5 | 92.1 | 99.1 | 90.9 | 88.7 | — |
| 3 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 92.6 | 98.1 | 91.2 | 88.5 | 84.9 | — | |
| 4 | 2 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 92.2 | 94.4 | 96.0 | 86.7 | 83.9 | — |
| 5 | 1 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 92.1 | 98.5 | 89.3 | 85.8 | 87.0 | — |
| 6 | 3 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 90.5 | 86.8 | 95.4 | 92.7 | 88.1 | — |
| 7 | 4 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 90.4 | 93.4 | 89.7 | 89.4 | 85.1 | — |
| 8 | 3 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 89.8 | 89.2 | 87.6 | 88.8 | 96.7 | — |
| 9 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 89.6 | 92.4 | 97.1 | 82.8 | 74.1 | — |
| 9 | 2 | Stanford University | United States of America | 89.6 | 93.9 | 96.6 | 85.4 | 68.4 | — |
| 11 | 1 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 88.5 | 89.1 | 92.1 | 86.1 | 81.8 | — |
| 12 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 87.1 | 83.5 | 97.1 | 90.1 | 73.4 | — | |
| 13 | 7 | Tongji University | China (Mainland) | 86.7 | 89.7 | 77.3 | 84.4 | 100.0 | — |
| 14 | 1 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | 85.4 | 88.3 | 87.0 | 77.1 | 82.6 | — |
| 15 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 85.0 | 89.6 | 87.1 | 78.2 | 75.2 | — | |
| 16 | 5 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 84.7 | 89.6 | 84.3 | 83.2 | 74.1 | — |
| 17 | 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States of America | 84.5 | 93.3 | 77.3 | 81.6 | 78.2 | — |
| 18 | 1 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong SAR, China | 84.1 | 85.9 | 72.4 | 90.0 | 96.5 | — |
| 19 | — | Institute of Science Tokyo | Japan | 83.3 | 83.9 | 92.0 | 77.2 | 70.6 | — |
| 20 | 7 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 82.5 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 89.9 | 85.1 | — |
| 20 | 5 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 82.5 | 81.3 | 80.9 | 87.4 | 84.1 | — |
| 22 | 2 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 82.4 | 80.2 | 78.8 | 89.7 | 87.9 | — |
| 22 | 5 | University of Toronto | Canada | 82.4 | 80.8 | 84.8 | 84.8 | 79.5 | — |
| 24 | 1 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States of America | 82.2 | 86.7 | 78.2 | 85.2 | 75.2 | — |
| 25 | 9 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China (Mainland) | 81.7 | 76.0 | 80.6 | 89.1 | 91.5 | — |
| 25 | 8 | UCL | United Kingdom | 81.7 | 82.1 | 77.4 | 87.3 | 83.4 | — |
| 27 | 8 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.6 | 80.6 | 79.0 | 89.5 | 81.8 | — |
| 28 | 3 | Purdue University | United States of America | 81.2 | 85.7 | 75.4 | 83.1 | 79.2 | — |
| 29 | 16 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | 80.8 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 82.9 | 82.0 | — |
| 29 | 2 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 80.8 | 76.7 | 81.5 | 88.6 | 82.3 | — |
| 31 | 3 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 80.7 | 78.6 | 78.4 | 88.6 | 82.9 | — |
| 32 | 3 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 80.1 | 77.8 | 85.7 | 78.6 | 76.3 | — |
| 33 | 12 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 80.0 | 80.2 | 78.8 | 87.8 | 73.8 | — |
| 34 | 1 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 79.8 | 80.4 | 75.6 | 87.2 | 79.2 | — |
| 35 | — | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 79.7 | 70.1 | 87.0 | 91.3 | 78.9 | — |
| 36 | 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 79.4 | 81.6 | 68.9 | 93.2 | 80.9 | — |
| 37 | 1 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 79.3 | 80.5 | 79.2 | 80.1 | 75.6 | — |
| 38 | 1 | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | 78.2 | 76.7 | 76.8 | 81.0 | 82.0 | — |
| 39 | 3 | Monash University | Australia | 78.0 | 73.8 | 75.5 | 89.9 | 82.0 | — |
| 40 | 1 | Kyoto University | Japan | 77.9 | 82.9 | 76.2 | 72.5 | 73.4 | — |
| 41 | 9 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | Chile | 77.7 | 76.8 | 81.2 | 80.6 | 70.1 | — |
| 42 | 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | India | 77.6 | 76.2 | 82.2 | 78.7 | 71.0 | — |
| 42 | 9 | McGill University | Canada | 77.6 | 71.6 | 83.7 | 86.2 | 72.6 | — |
| 44 | — | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France | 77.1 | 76.9 | 78.5 | 82.6 | 69.3 | — |
| 45 | 24 | Zhejiang University | China (Mainland) | 77.0 | 72.6 | 72.8 | 83.7 | 90.4 | — |
| 46 | 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | India | 76.8 | 76.1 | 81.0 | 75.7 | 71.4 | — |
| 46 | 9 | Harbin Institute of Technology | China (Mainland) | 76.8 | 70.7 | 72.3 | 85.6 | 93.2 | — |
| 48 | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | 76.5 | 73.3 | 76.7 | 84.2 | 76.9 | — | |
| 49 | 2 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan | 76.2 | 74.3 | 77.7 | 82.1 | 72.2 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) | India | 76.1 | 73.6 | 81.4 | 78.1 | 70.1 | — |
| 50 | 13 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America | 76.1 | 82.6 | 84.9 | 62.8 | 54.7 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
95.2·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 100.0
21
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
93.5·Acad: 92.1·Empl: 99.1
3
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
92.6·Acad: 98.1·Empl: 91.2
42
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
92.2·Acad: 94.4·Empl: 96.0
51
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
92.1·Acad: 98.5·Empl: 89.3
63
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
90.5·Acad: 86.8·Empl: 95.4
74
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
90.4·Acad: 93.4·Empl: 89.7
83
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
89.8·Acad: 89.2·Empl: 87.6
91
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
89.6·Acad: 92.4·Empl: 97.1
92
Stanford University
United States of America
89.6·Acad: 93.9·Empl: 96.6
111
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
88.5·Acad: 89.1·Empl: 92.1
12
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
87.1·Acad: 83.5·Empl: 97.1
137
Tongji University
China (Mainland)
86.7·Acad: 89.7·Empl: 77.3
141
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
85.4·Acad: 88.3·Empl: 87.0
15
The University of Tokyo
Japan
85.0·Acad: 89.6·Empl: 87.1
165
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
84.7·Acad: 89.6·Empl: 84.3
171
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States of America
84.5·Acad: 93.3·Empl: 77.3
181
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, China
84.1·Acad: 85.9·Empl: 72.4
19—
Institute of Science Tokyo
Japan
83.3·Acad: 83.9·Empl: 92.0
207
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
82.5·Acad: 78.4·Empl: 82.9
205
University of British Columbia
Canada
82.5·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 80.9
222
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
82.4·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 78.8
225
University of Toronto
Canada
82.4·Acad: 80.8·Empl: 84.8
241
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States of America
82.2·Acad: 86.7·Empl: 78.2
259
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China (Mainland)
81.7·Acad: 76.0·Empl: 80.6
258
UCL
United Kingdom
81.7·Acad: 82.1·Empl: 77.4
278
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong SAR, China
81.6·Acad: 80.6·Empl: 79.0
283
Purdue University
United States of America
81.2·Acad: 85.7·Empl: 75.4
2916
Texas A&M University
United States of America
80.8·Acad: 80.1·Empl: 80.1
292
The University of Melbourne
Australia
80.8·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 81.5
313
The University of Sydney
Australia
80.7·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 78.4
323
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
80.1·Acad: 77.8·Empl: 85.7
3312
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 78.8
341
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
79.8·Acad: 80.4·Empl: 75.6
35—
Peking University
China (Mainland)
79.7·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 87.0
366
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
79.4·Acad: 81.6·Empl: 68.9
371
Technical University of Munich
Germany
79.3·Acad: 80.5·Empl: 79.2
381
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
78.2·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 76.8
393
Monash University
Australia
78.0·Acad: 73.8·Empl: 75.5
401
Kyoto University
Japan
77.9·Acad: 82.9·Empl: 76.2
419
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Chile
77.7·Acad: 76.8·Empl: 81.2
429
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
India
77.6·Acad: 76.2·Empl: 82.2
429
McGill University
Canada
77.6·Acad: 71.6·Empl: 83.7
44—
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
France
77.1·Acad: 76.9·Empl: 78.5
4524
Zhejiang University
China (Mainland)
77.0·Acad: 72.6·Empl: 72.8
465
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
India
76.8·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 81.0
469
Harbin Institute of Technology
China (Mainland)
76.8·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 72.3
48
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
76.5·Acad: 73.3·Empl: 76.7
492
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
76.2·Acad: 74.3·Empl: 77.7
501
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
India
76.1·Acad: 73.6·Empl: 81.4
5013
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States of America
76.1·Acad: 82.6·Empl: 84.9
20261
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