Ranked 3rd in the world for Architecture & Built Environment
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Architecture & Built Environment, 2026
Full ranking profile 49 placements
Every placement the Index records for Delft University of Technology. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Civil & Structural Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =9 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =27 |
| THE Impact 2025 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =28 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | =37 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =40 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =50 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =57 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =59 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =61 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =75 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =78 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =80 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =80 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =86 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =88 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =105 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =106 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =110 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =125 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =132 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =135 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =138 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =141 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =141 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =142 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =143 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =148 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =152 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =152 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =176 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =177 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =181 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =204 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =205 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =205 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =213 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =232 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =285 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =384 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =440 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =442 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =468 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =501 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.