Ranked 25th in the world for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, 2026
Full ranking profile 50 placements
Every placement the Index records for RWTH Aachen University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Materials Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =37 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =39 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =63 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =89 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =90 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =92 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =102 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =104 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =108 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =114 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =128 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =130 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =132 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =141 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =158 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =159 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =172 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =177 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =184 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =187 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =192 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =196 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =222 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =229 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =231 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =232 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =232 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =234 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =244 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =257 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =261 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =351 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =360 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =361 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =369 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =376 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =406 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =410 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =436 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =446 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =455 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =472 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =513 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =635 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =703 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =725 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =975 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.