# Rankings
**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/about-the-university/world-leading-university-in-cooperation-with-industry/rankings/
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/why-study-at-tue/strong-ties-with-industry
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) takes a **top position in various global and national rankings**. Below is an overview of leading rankings that include TU/e.
While rankings don’t show the complete performance of a university, they offer a snapshot of how our university ranks in education, research, and valorization. Different rankings have their own specific focus and choose indicators which, in their view, reflect the performance of a university.
## Actual position TU/e in international rankings
- [### QS-World University Ranking 2026 (overall score)
The TU/e is ranked 140th worldwide
Read more](https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?search=eindhoven%20university%20of%20technology)
- [### QS-World University Ranking Engineering & Technology 2025 (subject score)
TU/e is ranked 95th worldwide
Read more](https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-technology?search=eindhoven%20university%20of%20technology)
- [### ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2025 (overall score)
TU/e is ranked 301-400
Read more](https://www.shanghairanking.com/)
- [### Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (2026)
TU/e is ranked 192nd worldwide
Read more](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking#!/length/25/name/eindhoven/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats)
- [### Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025
TU/e is ranked 34th on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 2025
Read more](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings)
- [### CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024
TU/e is ranked 1st on Collaborative publications with industry (PP industry, min. 5000 pub) in the Netherlands!
Read more](https://www.leidenranking.com/)
- [### QS Sustainability University Rankings 2025
TU/e is ranked 257th worldwide
Read more](https://www.topuniversities.com/sustainability-rankings)
## FAQ International
- [a - QS World University Rankings 2026 (overall score)](#item_162575)
In the latest [QS World University Rankings 2026](https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?search=eindhoven%20university%20of%20technology), TU/e is impressively ranked **140th worldwide**. This ranking follows about 1,500 universities worldwide and assess universities at both academic education and research level. Part of the ranking is based on hard data (faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, proportion of international students by faculty). Another important part is based on data obtained from two large global surveys – one among academics and another among employers (academic reputation, employer reputation).
- [b - QS World University Rankings 2025 (subject score)](#item_162583)
- [Engineering & Technology](https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-technology?search=eindhoven%20university%20of%20technology): we are ranked **95th worldwide**. The ranking is based on the employer and academic reputation, citations per paper , H-index Citations and international research network.The broad subject area of engineering & technology encompasses eight individual subjects:
- Computer Science and Information Systems
- Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Engineering – Chemical
- Engineering – Civil and Structural
- Engineering – Electrical and Electronic
- Engineering – Petroleum
- Engineering – Mechanical
- Engineering – Mineral and Mining
- [c - ARWU Shanghai Ranking 2025](#item_162587)
[ARWU](https://www.shanghairanking.com/) targets only the assessment of research and not the quality of the education. It uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of highly cited researchers selected by Clarivate, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded™ and Social Sciences Citation Index™ in the Web of Science™, and per capita performance of a university. More than 2500 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year and...
- [Read more](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/about-the-university/world-leading-university-in-cooperation-with-industry/rankings/c-arwu-shanghai-ranking-2024)
- [d - Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026](#item_162589)
The [Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE)](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking#!/length/25/name/eindhoven/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats)currently follows about 2000 universities worldwide and places TU/e at **192nd worldwide** (overall). This ranking is based on five performance indicators: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.
- [e - Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025](#item_162591)
The[Times Higher Education Impact Rankings](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings)assess 2152 universities from 125 countries/regions against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rankings emphasize the importance of holistic approaches to global challenges and the critical role of academia in driving sustainable change. TU/e is ranked 34th in 2024 on SDG 9 - **industry, innovation and infrastructure** whichmeasuring universities' research into industry and innovation, their number of patents and spin-off companies and their research income from industry.
- [f - CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024](#item_162593)
The [CWTS Leiden Ranking](http://www.leidenranking.com/) assesses universities only in respect of measurable facets that are related to academic publication output. It ignores other indicators like reputation or quality of education. TU/e scores **number one** on Collaborative publications with industry (PP industry, min. 5000 pub) in the Netherlands!
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| Netherlands | 1st |
| Europe | 3rd |
| World | 7th |
## FAQ National
- [a - Keuzegids](#item_162599)
The [Keuzegids](https://keuzegids.nl/) compares the quality of programs at Dutch educational institutions, among which Universities. The ranking is based on a number of sources, including the National Student Survey (NSE) and labour market data from ROA . \
NSE results for TU/e can be found in the BI portal, which is only accessible for staff members.
## Contact
- ### Staff Secretariat General Affairs
[rankings@tue.nl](#)