About Delft University of Technology:

Delft University of Technology (Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft) also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technological university, located in Delft, Netherlands. With eight faculties and numerous research institutes, it hosts over 19,000 students (undergraduate and postgraduate), more than 2,900 scientists, and more than 2,100 support and management staff. The university was established on 8 January 1842 by William II of the Netherlands as a Royal Academy, with the main purpose of training civil servants for the Dutch East Indies. The school rapidly expanded its research and education curriculum, becoming first a Polytechnic School in 1864, Institute of Technology in 1905, gaining full university rights, and finally changing its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.



World University Rankings

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By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agriculture - - 289 242 - 235 227 182 162 162 166 178 157 145 201 166 189 204
Engineering 30 42 39 29 31 36 30 31 34 35 42 49 49 54 63 93 99 88
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 401-450 401-450 451-500 451-500 - 451-500 -
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Natural Sciences 109 136 113 118 146 170 161 145 132 153 162 178 181 178 189 167 147 152
Social Sciences - - - - - - 275 248 255 221 197 173 145 129 122 164 163 142

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 351-400 401-450 451-500 - 401-450 451-500 451-500
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - 275 277 - - 351-400
Chemistry 102 110 124 134 122 106 109 120 134 127 148 150 240 222 215
Chemical Engineering 20 33 45 38 48 44 37 40 50 45 40 39 81 89 83
Civil Engineering 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 8 7 6 8 7 9
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Computer Science 66 48 71 68 51 74 74 81 84 84 108 114 125 214 224
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - 107 165 214 210 195
Electrical Engineering 41 43 52 51 49 51 55 67 72 79 86 78 99 101 99
Environment / Ecology 105 87 100 99 73 67 71 72 89 75 66 97 92 112 131
Geosciences 111 87 83 91 80 84 74 72 79 70 60 65 83 69 84
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 45 52 53 59 62 66 70 78 86 93 96 99 100 106 101
Mathematics 142 191 230 171 147 229 193 206 134 141 182 297 293 301-350 301-350
Mechanical Engineering 18 14 19 10 12 22 15 16 20 26 33 32 39 42 33
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 188 227 209 197 237 189 210
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Physics 97 133 174 158 147 150 165 182 215 223 212 202 190 193 210
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 198 144 136 137 130 146 122
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 76 94 79 82 91
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 35 59 73 91 85
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - 124 132