Top Universities for civil engineering in the world
Based on THE World University Rankings 2018 by Subject (engineering and technology)
ET stands for engineering and technology, CE stands for civil engineering
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| ET Rank | CE Rank | University | Location |
| 1 | 1 | Stanford University | United States |
| 3 | 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 4 | 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States |
| 5 | 4 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 6 | 5 | Princeton University | United States |
| 8 | 6 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 9 | 7 | ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland |
| 10 | 8 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 11 | 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States |
| 12 | 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
| 13 | 11 | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
| 14= | 12= | école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 14= | 12= | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States |
| 16 | 14 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Singapore |
| 17 | 15 | University of Michigan | United States |
| 18= | 16= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 18= | 16= | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
| 20= | 18= | Cornell University | United States |
| 20= | 18= | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| 22 | 20 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 23 | 21 | Northwestern University | United States |
| 24 | 22 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
| 25 | 23 | Purdue University | United States |
| 26 | 24 | Columbia University | United States |
| 27 | 25 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | South Korea |
| 28 | 26 | University of Texas at Austin | United States |
| 29 | 27 | University of Toronto | Canada |
| 30 | 28 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 32 | 29 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 33 | 30 | University of California, San Diego | United States |
| 34 | 31 | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
| 35 | 32 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 36 | 33 | University College London | United Kingdom |
| 40 | 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States |
| 41 | 35 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
| 42 | 36 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 43 | 37 | Technical University of Berlin | Germany |
| 44 | 38 | University of Washington | United States |
| 45 | 39 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 46 | 40 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
| 47= | 41 | Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) | South Korea |
| 49 | 42 | Rice University | United States |
| 50 | 43 | Zhejiang University | China |
| 52= | 44 | Ohio State University | United States |
| 54 | 45 | Pennsylvania State University | United States |
| 56 | 46 | Texas A&M University | United States |
| 57 | 47 | Monash University | Australia |
| 58 | 48 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
| 60 | 49 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 61 | 50 | Tohoku University | Japan |
| 62 | 51 | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| 63= | 52= | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| 63= | 52= | University of Southern California | United States |
| 65 | 54 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 67 | 55 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong |
| 69 | 56 | University of New South Wales | Australia |
| 70 | 57 | University of California, Davis | United States |
| 71 | 58 | McGill University | Canada |
| 72 | 59 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States |
| 73 | 60 | University of Queensland | Australia |
| 74 | 61 | University of Minnesota | United States |
| 75 | 62 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
| 76 | 63 | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 77 | 64 | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| 78 | 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | United States |
| 79 | 66 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden |
| 81 | 67 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan |
| 82 | 68 | école Polytechnique | France |
| 83 | 69 | University of Waterloo | Canada |
| 84 | 70 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
| 86 | 71 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway |
| 87 | 72 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
| 89= | 73= | Indian Institute of Science | India |
| 89= | 73= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy |
| 91 | 75 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States |
| 92 | 76 | Tongji University | China |
| 93= | 77= | North Carolina State University | United States |
| 93= | 77= | TU Dresden | Germany |
| 96= | 79 | University of Wollongong | Australia |
| 99= | 80= | Aalto University | Finland |
| 99= | 80= | University of Delaware | United States |
| 99= | 80= | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Alberta | Canada |
| 101-125 | 83= | Arizona State University | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of California, Irvine | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Florida | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | Ghent University | Belgium |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Massachusetts | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | Michigan State University | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | Nagoya University | Japan |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Notre Dame | United States |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
| 101-125 | 83= | Technical University of Darmstadt | Germany |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Technology Sydney | Australia |
| 101-125 | 83= | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland |
| 101-125 | 83= | University of Twente | Netherlands |
| 101-125 | 83= | Wuhan University | China |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Bath | United Kingdom |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Bologna | Italy |
| 126-150 | 99= | Case Western Reserve University | United States |
| 126-150 | 99= | Colorado School of Mines | United States |
| 126-150 | 99= | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | India |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Newcastle | Australia |
| 126-150 | 99= | Southeast University | China |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Surrey | United Kingdom |
| 126-150 | 99= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Virginia | United States |
| 126-150 | 99= | University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
| 151-175 | 112= | Florida State University | United States |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 151-175 | 112= | Harbin Institute of Technology | China |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of Liège | Belgium |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of Macau | Macao |
| 151-175 | 112= | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland |
| 151-175 | 112= | Newcastle University | United Kingdom |
| 151-175 | 112= | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | United States |
| 151-175 | 112= | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of South Australia | Australia |
| 151-175 | 112= | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | United States |
| 151-175 | 112= | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| 151-175 | 112= | Victoria University | Australia |
| 176-200 | 126= | University at Buffalo | United States |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Calgary | Canada |
| 176-200 | 126= | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Connecticut | United States |
| 176-200 | 126= | Drexel University | United States |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Duisburg-Essen | Germany |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
| 176-200 | 126= | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China |
| 176-200 | 126= | Kyung Hee University | South Korea |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom |
| 176-200 | 126= | McMaster University | Canada |
| 176-200 | 126= | National Chiao Tung University | Taiwan |
| 176-200 | 126= | Northeastern University | United States |
| 176-200 | 126= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain |
| 176-200 | 126= | Qatar University | Qatar |
| 176-200 | 126= | Queen’s University | Canada |
| 176-200 | 126= | Queen’s University Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 176-200 | 126= | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | United States |
| 176-200 | 126= | RMIT University | Australia |
| 176-200 | 126= | Technion Israel Institute of Technology | Israel |
| 176-200 | 126= | University of Trento | Italy |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Arizona | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | Curtin University | Australia |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus |
| 201-250 | 147= | école des Ponts ParisTech | France |
| 201-250 | 147= | Florida International University | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | George Washington University | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Hawai’i at Mānoa | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Houston | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India |
| 201-250 | 147= | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | India |
| 201-250 | 147= | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Innsbruck | Austria |
| 201-250 | 147= | Leibniz University of Hanover | Germany |
| 201-250 | 147= | Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Montreal | Canada |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Padua | Italy |
| 201-250 | 147= | Queensland University of Technology | Australia |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of South Carolina | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of South Florida | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | Stony Brook University | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | Swansea University | United Kingdom |
| 201-250 | 147= | Swinburne University of Technology | Australia |
| 201-250 | 147= | University College Cork | Ireland |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Utah | United States |
| 201-250 | 147= | University of Victoria | Canada |
| 201-250 | 147= | Xiamen University | China |
| 201-250 | 147= | York University | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | Carleton University | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | Concordia University | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | Dalhousie University | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | Federico Santa María Technical University | Chile |
| 251-300 | 177= | Grenoble Alpes University | France |
| 251-300 | 177= | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom |
| 251-300 | 177= | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India |
| 251-300 | 177= | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | India |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Iowa | United States |
| 251-300 | 177= | Iowa State University | United States |
| 251-300 | 177= | James Cook University | Australia |
| 251-300 | 177= | National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) | Taiwan |
| 251-300 | 177= | Northumbria University | United Kingdom |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Ottawa | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | Paris Diderot University – Paris 7 | France |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Pisa | Italy |
| 251-300 | 177= | Plymouth University | United Kingdom |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Salerno | Italy |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of S?o Paulo | Brazil |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
| 251-300 | 177= | Syracuse University | United States |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Tehran | Iran |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Trieste | Italy |
| 251-300 | 177= | Tufts University | United States |
| 251-300 | 177= | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Waikato | New Zealand |
| 251-300 | 177= | Washington State University | United States |
| 251-300 | 177= | Western University | Canada |
| 251-300 | 177= | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
| 301-400 | 206= | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Arkansas | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Beijing Institute of Technology | China |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Brescia | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Calabria | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Catania | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | Chung-Ang University | South Korea |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Cincinnati | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Coimbra | Portugal |
| 301-400 | 206= | Colorado State University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | COMSATS Institute of Information Technology | Pakistan |
| 301-400 | 206= | Dalian University of Technology | China |
| 301-400 | 206= | école Centrale de Lyon | France |
| 301-400 | 206= | école Normale Supérieure de Cachan | France |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Ferrara | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Florence | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | George Mason University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Granada | Spain |
| 301-400 | 206= | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | India |
| 301-400 | 206= | ITMO University | Russian Federation |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Kaiserslautern | Germany |
| 301-400 | 206= | Laval University | Canada |
| 301-400 | 206= | Lehigh University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Limerick | Ireland |
| 301-400 | 206= | Liverpool John Moores University | United Kingdom |
| 301-400 | 206= | Louisiana State University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Manitoba | Canada |
| 301-400 | 206= | Marche Polytechnic University | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Canada |
| 301-400 | 206= | Middle East Technical University | Turkey |
| 301-400 | 206= | Missouri University of Science and Technology | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | Mexico |
| 301-400 | 206= | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | New Mexico State University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Oklahoma | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Old Dominion University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Oregon State University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Palermo | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Parma | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom |
| 301-400 | 206= | Pusan National University | South Korea |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Rome II – Tor Vergata | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Salento | Italy |
| 301-400 | 206= | Sejong University | South Korea |
| 301-400 | 206= | Sharif University of Technology | Iran |
| 301-400 | 206= | Université de Sherbrooke | Canada |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Siegen | Germany |
| 301-400 | 206= | South China University of Technology | China |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Southern Queensland | Australia |
| 301-400 | 206= | State University of Campinas | Brazil |
| 301-400 | 206= | Stevens Institute of Technology | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Texas at Arlington | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Texas at San Antonio | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Texas Tech University | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | University of Toledo | United States |
| 301-400 | 206= | Ulster University | United Kingdom |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Alabama | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Alabama at Birmingham | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | American University of Beirut | Lebanon |
| 401-500 | 266= | American University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates |
| 401-500 | 266= | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran |
| 401-500 | 266= | Auburn University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of the Basque Country | Spain |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Canterbury | New Zealand |
| 401-500 | 266= | Carlos III University of Madrid | Spain |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Castilla-La Mancha | Spain |
| 401-500 | 266= | Central South University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | Chonbuk National University | South Korea |
| 401-500 | 266= | City, University of London | United Kingdom |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Concepción | Chile |
| 401-500 | 266= | Dublin Institute of Technology | Ireland |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Dundee | United Kingdom |
| 401-500 | 266= | Federal University of Ceará (UFC) | Brazil |
| 401-500 | 266= | Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Genoa | Italy |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Greenwich | United Kingdom |
| 401-500 | 266= | Hosei University | Japan |
| 401-500 | 266= | Hunan University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | Inha University | South Korea |
| 401-500 | 266= | Isfahan University of Technology | Iran |
| 401-500 | 266= | Istanbul Technical University | Turkey |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| 401-500 | 266= | King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi | Thailand |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of La Laguna | Spain |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Maribor | Slovenia |
| 401-500 | 266= | Marquette University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | Mississippi State University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Missouri | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | Nanjing Tech University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Nantes | France |
| 401-500 | 266= | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India |
| 401-500 | 266= | National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) | Russian Federation |
| 401-500 | 266= | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan |
| 401-500 | 266= | Northeastern University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | NOVA University of Lisbon | Portugal |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Patras | Greece |
| 401-500 | 266= | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | Chile |
| 401-500 | 266= | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 401-500 | 266= | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Salford | United Kingdom |
| 401-500 | 266= | San Diego State University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Seville | Spain |
| 401-500 | 266= | Shaanxi Normal University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | Shinshu University | Japan |
| 401-500 | 266= | Sichuan University | China |
| 401-500 | 266= | Stellenbosch University | South Africa |
| 401-500 | 266= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia |
| 401-500 | 266= | Universiti Teknologi Petronas | Malaysia |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Texas at El Paso | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | Tezpur University | India |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of Ulsan | South Korea |
| 401-500 | 266= | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates |
| 401-500 | 266= | Villanova University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland |
| 401-500 | 266= | Wayne State University | United States |
| 401-500 | 266= | University of the Witwatersrand | South Korea |
| 401-500 | 266= | Yeungnam University | South Korea |