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Electrical engineering is one of the most common engineering areas. Electronics, automated devices, power engineering, networking, control structures, RF engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, and microelectronics are all subfields of electrical engineering.
Electrical engineers usually have a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Admission to top colleges to study electrical engineering is a positive on your resume because these universities have outstanding resources to pursue newer arenas in the engineering industry.
The QS World University Rankings by Topic 2020, which was recently released, comprises 507 of the best higher education institutions for studying electrical and computer engineering.
The QS Topic Rankings are calculated by four factors: academic credibility, employer reputation, study citations per article, and the H-index (a way of measuring the productivity and published work of a scientist or scholar).
The best electronic engineering colleges in the United States and Canada
Of the 500 schools ranked in the electrical engineering table, 81 are in the United States and 21 are in Canada, making up a remarkable fifth of the table. The United States is host to the world’s largest three universities: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB).
Most top-tier colleges in the United States include Harvard University (10th), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) (13th), and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) (14th).
Moving north to Canada, two schools are ranked in the global top 50: the University of Toronto, which is ranked 23rd, and the University of British Columbia, which is ranked 38th. Such prominent Canadian universities include McGill University (51-100), the University of Waterloo (51-100), and the University of Alberta (51-100). (101-150).
Europe’s best electrical engineering colleges
There are 191 electrical engineering schools ranked in Europe, with European schools accounting for half of the top ten. The United Kingdom has 37 colleges in the ranks, with many in the top ten: the University of Cambridge is first in Europe and fourth in the nation, Imperial College London is seventh in the world, and the University of Oxford is eighth (8th place globally).
Switzerland has two schools in the world top ten, with ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) placing fifth and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ranking ninth. After the United Kingdom, France has the most rated schools in Europe (20), with CentraleSupélec ranking in joint 42nd position.
Other German schools in the top 50 (out of 18 total) include Technische Universität München in joint 20th position and Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen in 34th place. Similarly, Italy has two institutions in the top 50, with Politecnico di Milano in joint 17th place and Politecnico di Torino in joint 38th spot.
Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and KTH, Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden both make the global top 20, ranking 16th and 17th, respectively. Aalborg University in Denmark is the last European school to make the global top 50, ranking 50th.
Best electrical engineering colleges in Australia and New Zealand
The electrical engineering ranks include 21 Australian schools and 5 New Zealand schools. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is Australia’s top rated university, ranking 35th nationally, led by the University of Melbourne (36th place). The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s top rated university, ranking 51-100 in the world and scoring especially well in the citations per paper indicator.
Asia’s top electrical engineering colleges
This year, Asian schools performed well in electrical engineering classes, with 15 Asian schools placing among the top 50 in the world. Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is the best rated Asian institution, ranking sixth internationally – the only Asian school in the top ten.
The mainland With 35 schools included in the rankings, China is the most well-represented nation in Asia. Tsinghua University is the top ranking university in China this year, moving one notch to 11th. Peking University (27th), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (joint 29th), and Zhejiang University are all among the top 50 Chinese universities (47th).
Japan and South Korea are the next greatest countries in Asia for electrical engineering, with both having 18 schools on the list. The University of Tokyo is Japan’s top rated school, ranking joint 20th, with Tokyo Institute of Technology ranking 37th. South Korea also has two colleges ranked in the top 50 in the world: KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (17th) and Seoul National University (SNU) (joint 29th).
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is ranked 12th; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is ranked 22nd; The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is ranked joint 32nd; National Taiwan University (NTU) is ranked joint 44th; Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM) is ranked 46th; and India’s Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) is ranked 49th.
Latin America’s top electrical engineering colleges
There are no Latin American universities in the top 50 for electrical engineering, but 23 schools are included in this year’s rankings. The top ranking university in Latin America is Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, which ranks 51-100.
Having nine schools featured, Brazil is the most well-represented nation for electrical engineering. Chile and Mexico each have five schools ranked, Colombia has three, and Argentina has one – Universidad de Buenos Aires (201-250).
Best electrical engineering colleges in Africa and the Middle East
This year’s electrical engineering rankings include eight African institutions, four from Egypt and four from South Africa. Cairo University is the top rated African school, with a rating of 151-200.
The Middle East is marked by 23 universities in the electrical engineering rankings, with Iran being the most well-represented nation with 8 universities in the rankings. Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is the top rated university in the country, with a rating of 101-150.
