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TOP universities for materials science in Europe according to QS World University Rankings offer undergraduate and graduate courses for international students. Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field that combines physical, chemical, (bio) engineering, mechanical concepts to develop new materials. You will learn how different materials work and how they can be improved for a variety of applications, from food packaging to spacecraft coatings.
TOP universities in Europe offer hybrid materials science courses that will give you a deep understanding of materials and their uses. Knowledge of materials science is applicable in (bio) medicine, construction, packaging, electrical.
TOP university materials science programs include modules in chemistry, physics, mathematics, more specific modules for testing various physical and chemical properties (elongation, stiffness, thermal behavior), development of new materials.
Programs that are more focused on materials engineering place an emphasis on product design and / or industrial manufacturing processes. Many programs include hands-on, research sessions where you can work on a related project at a university, research center, or company.
Best Materials Sciences universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | University of Cambridge |
| 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | ETH Zurich |
| 4 | Imperial College London |
| 5 | EPFL 鈥� 脡cole polytechnique f茅d茅rale de Lausanne |
| 6 | Delft University of Technology |
| 7 | The University of Manchester |
| 8 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 9 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 10 | RWTH Aachen University |
| 11 | Technical University of Munich |
| 12 | Technische Universit盲t Dresden |
| 13 | KU Leuven |
| 14 | Politecnico di Milano |
| 15 | Technical University of Denmark |
| 16 | UCL |
| 17 | The University of Sheffield |
| 18 | Politecnico di Torino |
| 19 | Ghent University |
| 20 | Technische Universit盲t Berlin (TU Berlin) |
| 21 | University of Birmingham |
| 22 | Chalmers University of Technology |
| 23 | Link枚ping University |
| 24 | University of Nottingham |
| 25 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology |
| 26 | Universit茅 PSL |
| 27 | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 28 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universit盲t Erlangen-N眉rnberg |
| 29 | Uppsala University |
| 30 | Sorbonne University |
| 31 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin |
| 32 | Universit茅 Paris-Saclay |
| 33 | Aalto University |
| 34 | Queen Mary University of London |
| 35 | University of Leeds |
| 36 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
| 37 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen |
| 38 | University of Twente |
| 39 | Universit茅 de Strasbourg |
| 40 | Lulea University |
| 41 | University of Glasgow |
| 42 | Swansea University |
| 43 | Sapienza University of Rome |
| 44 | Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 45 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 46 | Universitat Polit猫cnica de Catalunya 路 BarcelonaTech (UPC) |
| 47 | Brno University of Technology |
| 48 | Institut National des Sciences Appliqu茅es de Lyon (INSA) |
| 49 | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology |
| 50 | Lund University |
