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Students at the National University of Singapore. Photo from the school website |
Mainland China accounted for seven of the top 10 universities. Tsinghua University ranked first, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University, which tied for third.
Singapore had two universities in the top 10. Nanyang Technological University ranked second, while the National University of Singapore placed eighth.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University was the only other representative, ranking sixth.
Mainland China continued to dominate the next tier of the ranking, with 5 institutions placing between 11th and 20th.
The highest-ranked school outside Asia was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S., which placed 12th.
Stanford University ranked 15th, while Switzerland's ETH Zurich and the U.K.'s Imperial College London placed 14th and 19th.
Top 10 universities in the 2026–2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities for engineering
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Rank |
University |
Location |
|
1 |
Tsinghua University |
Beijing, China |
|
2 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
|
3 (tie) |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Shanghai, China |
|
3 (tie) |
Zhejiang University |
Hangzhou, China |
|
5 |
Harbin Institute of Technology |
Harbin, China |
|
6 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
|
7 |
Tongji University |
Shanghai, China |
|
8 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
|
9 |
Southeast University |
Nanjing, China |
|
10 |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Wuhan, China |
Engineering was the largest of the 51 subject rankings published by U.S. News in June, evaluating 1,614 universities worldwide. The ranking assessed engineering research performance based on publications from 2020 to 2024 and citations through Nov. 25, 2025. Universities were assessed across 12 indicators and were required to publish at least 250 engineering papers during the five-year period to qualify.
Universities from Asia also occupied many of the highest positions in fields including artificial intelligence, chemical engineering, computer science and materials science.
