KIT Rankings

As the Mechanical Engineering College of the KIT, Carl Benz School offers teaching at the highest academic level. The exceptional quality of both research and teaching at KIT is repeatedly proved by different international rankings.
QS World University Ranking 2026 

 

Source: QS World University Rankings 2026: Top Global Universities | Top Universities

  • #5 in Germany
  • #35 in Europe
  • #98 Worldwide

 

The QS World University Ranking is based on the characteristics of universities. The main categories are the size, age, status (public, private, etc.), research and its intensity, and focus (categorization of faculty areas and programs) of the universities. These five main topics are then broken down into smaller subtopics in order to rank each university.

 

To find out further information about the 2026 ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

QS World University Ranking 2025 - by Subject: Mechanical Engineering 

 

Top 50 in the World, QS subject Rankings 2025

Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Mechanical Engineering 2025

  • #3 in Germany
  • #16 in Europe
  • #45 Worldwide

 

The QS World University Ranking is based on the characteristics of universities. The main categories are the size, age, status (public, private, etc.), research and its intensity, and focus (categorization of faculty areas and programs) of the universities. These five main topics are then broken down into smaller subtopics in order to rank each university.

 

To find out further information about the 2025 ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

 

Shanghai Ranking 2025

Source: Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking 2025

  • #3 of Top 50 Subjects
  • #51-75 Mechanical Engineering
  • #301-400 World Universities

 

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the "Shanghai" ranking, evaluates research indicators and individual disciplines.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

European Engineering Studies Ranking EngiRank 2023

Source: EngiRank Institutional Rankings 2025

  • #12 in Europe

 

EngiRank, the European Engineering Studies Ranking, offers students and industry a detailed and focused evaluation of engineering schools within the EU.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2024

Source: THE World University Rankings 2024 by subject: Engineering

  • #64 in the world for Engineering
  • #3 in Germany for Engineering

 

Times Higher Education (THE) rankings are based on citations, industry outcome, international outlook, research, & teaching, with the exact weighting and methodology recalibrated to suit the individual fields.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the Times Higher Education website.

 

QS World University Ranking 2022 - Employability 

 

QS Ranking KIT

Source: QS World University Rankings, 2022

  • #1 in Germany
  • #10 in Europe
  • #46 Worldwide

 

The QS World University Ranking is based on the characteristics of universities. The main categories are the size, age, status (public, private, etc.), research and its intensity, and focus (categorization of faculty areas and programs) of the universities. These five main topics are then broken down into smaller subtopics in order to rank each university.

 

To find out further information about the 2022 ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

educations.com Ranking 2023

Source: educations.com Rankings, 2023

  • Germany: #3 country to study abroad in Europe
  • Germany: #2 best study abroad country in Europe to access higher quality teaching
  • Germany: #6 country to study abroad in the world

 

The educations.com ranking comes from their survey of over 30,000 international students based on 7 factors. 

 

To find out further information about the 2023 ranking, visit the educations.com website.

 

Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020

Source: Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking 2020

  • Germany: #1 in Energy Sciences
  • Worldwide: #35 in Energy Sciences
  • Worldwide: Top 100 in Engineering Sciences (including Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences...) and Natural Sciences (Physics and Chemistry)

 

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the "Shanghai" ranking, evaluates research indicators and individual disciplines.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

US News Best Global Universities

Source: US News Best Global Uni 2012-2023

  • Engineering: #124

 

The US News ranks universities on 13 different criteria to measure academic research preformance and their global/regional reputation.

 

National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking

Source: NTU Ranking, 2019

  • In the Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences the KIT ranks first among the German universities
  • #124 worldwide in Engineering
  • #67 worldwide in Natural Sciences
  • #228 in the overall ranking of the 800 best universities in the world

 

The NTU Ranking is based on publication data in the natural sciences and in the engineering sciences.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

WirtschaftsWoche Ranking

Source: WirtschaftsWoche Ranking 2022

  • The KIT reputation among HR managers remains high
  • Top group in all subjects relating to engineering sciences
  • #4 in Germany for Mechanical Engineering
  • #4 in Germany for Informatics

 

The WirtschaftsWoche Ranking ranks German universities.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

EU-Multirank

Source: EU-Multirank, 2018

  • #1 in Germany in Knowledge Transfer: Granted Patents
  • #2 in Germany in Internationalization: International Academic Staff
  • Leading in Research worldwide
  • Leading in International Orientation worldwide

 

(Leading = better than average)

 

EU-Multirank, funded by the EU Commission, judges universities by their publications, third-party funding, number of post-docs, and more. They also break down subjects to give a more intensive look into the programs. This includes Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production/Industrial Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, among others. U-Multirank covers universities worldwide by using a variety of criteria and subjects.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

CHE University Ranking

Source: CHE Ranking 2017

  • Students are Highly Satisfied at KIT
  • Top in the groups "Support at the beginning of the studies" and "Teaching offers" in Germany

 

CHE University Ranking analyzes German universities about their studies, academic education, research, and student judgements in regards to the study conditions at their universities.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the KIT website.

 

Nature Index

Source: Nature Index, 2016-17

  • Leads the Helmholtz Association to 8th place worldwide

 

The Nature Index tracks universities worldwide and their research outputs every year, tracked from February until the next year in January (February 2016 - 31 January 2017). They also look into the output in each field and group them by subject, which are organized by journal and then title.

 

To find out further information about the ranking, visit the Nature Index website.

 

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