Chemical engineering is one of the most sought after academic subjects for students interested in science, technology and innovation. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 highlight over 450 universities offering great chemical engineering programmes worldwide. The rankings this year reflect significant shifts and changes across the globe, with top universities from Asia, Europe and the US representing the best institutions for students wanting to study chemical engineering. The Tsinghua University in China has jumped into the global top 10 this year, indicating the increasing strength of institutions in Asia that are emerging in leading the global endeavour into chemical engineering studies.The following table lists over 60 globally ranked universities for pursuing your interest in chemical engineering, along with their location, academic score, AR (academic rank), employer score, and ER (employer rank).2025InstitutionCountry / TerritoryAcademicAR rankEmployerER Rank1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)United States of America100.01100.012Stanford UniversityUnited States of America94.7297.043University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom92.6597.834National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore91.01094.565ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologySwitzerland91.57=96.656University of California, Berkeley (UCB)United States of America94.0390.787Tsinghua UniversityChina (Mainland)87.81592.078University of OxfordUnited Kingdom88.812=98.229Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom91.57=89.31310Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)Singapore83.52590.19=11Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea91.57=85.72012EPFLSwitzerland85.62289.712=13California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States of America91.6688.814=13Princeton UniversityUnited States of America93.1486.11815Peking UniversityChina (Mainland)81.03390.19=16The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom87.21882.031=17The University of TokyoJapan87.316=87.715=18Yale UniversityUnited States of America84.12489.811=18Zhejiang UniversityChina (Mainland)78.542=87.61620UCLUnited Kingdom82.42883.62621Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands86.11979.04922University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States of America82.03183.328=23Northwestern UniversityUnited States of America83.02678.254==23University of TorontoCanada76.95087.417=25KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany87.316=74.188==25Technical University of DenmarkDenmark88.812=69.0101+27University of Minnesota Twin CitiesUnited States of America90.61172.2101+28Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States of America85.82076.86929Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina (Mainland)74.669=86.019=30KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & TechnologyRepublic of Korea82.129=82.430=30University of Texas at AustinUnited States of America85.72176.074=32Fudan UniversityChina (Mainland)76.752=83.72533KU LeuvenBelgium79.73680.142=34University of PennsylvaniaUnited States of America80.43585.022=34University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States of America87.91474.188=36Cornell UniversityUnited States of America76.65581.73337Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States of America77.845=85.22138Kyoto UniversityJapan79.63778.751=39The University of QueenslandAustralia76.55676.172==39University of ChicagoUnited States of America82.129=79.745=41Politecnico di MilanoItaly80.93480.936==41Tianjin UniversityChina (Mainland)82.72766.9101+43Purdue UniversityUnited States of America79.138=79.347=44McGill UniversityCanada76.752=80.738==44University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States of America77.44878.15746Yonsei UniversityRepublic of Korea77.845=77.96047The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Australia71.58482.031=48University of British ColumbiaCanada74.669=82.629=49Columbia UniversityUnited States of America76.45779.148=49Monash UniversityAustralia74.86777.76251The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, China71.08984.323=52The University of MelbourneAustralia73.97483.527=53Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States of America75.36477.067==53Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)Republic of Korea78.542=77.464=55Technical University of MunichGermany76.15976.77056University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUnited States of America75.265=78.254=57Korea UniversityRepublic of Korea75.265=74.982=58National Taiwan University (NTU)Taiwan74.37278.352=59Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands78.840=69.4101+=60KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden76.35871.4101+=60University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)United States of America81.83265.5101+62Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)Germany78.34468.1101+63The University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom74.76878.058=The 2025 QS rankings provide clarity and reveal how chemical engineering is becoming a fully global endeavour, with world class institutions across various regions. Students can now access an opportunity to study at institutions that are shaping the future of technology.
