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Engineering research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Engineering research in 2022-now (#260 worldwide), followed by TU Wien and Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Austria's world rank
#20
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
13k
Top-10% rate
7.8%
Ranked institutions
28

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Engineering in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #26036.010.2%583
2TU WienVienna #29734.47.8%2,058
3Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #39631.110.6%357
4Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #46229.37.1%570
5Graz University of TechnologyGraz #58526.66.7%1,636
6Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #81622.85.9%820
7Montanuniversität LeobenLeoben #90121.68.8%766
8BOKU UniversityVienna #99520.513.6%357
9Institute of Science and Technology AustriaKlosterneuburg #1,10319.311.2%79
10International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisLaxenburg #1,30217.421.5%64
11University of GrazGraz #1,33417.110.7%209
12Medical University of ViennaVienna #1,37516.811.1%179
13Austrian Institute of TechnologyVienna #1,45216.15.7%471
14University of KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #1,63914.86.9%177
15University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaWels #2,13311.74.4%222
16Silicon Austria Labs (Austria)Graz #2,44010.25.4%233
17University of SalzburgSalzburg #2,6109.45.0%119
18Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List (Austria)Graz #3,3356.63.6%181
19Voestalpine (Austria)Linz #3,6985.47.0%103
20Linz Center of Mechatronics (Austria)Linz #4,0414.44.2%64
21Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)Graz #4,1224.15.0%104
22FH KärntenSpittal an der Drau #4,1993.95.1%79
23Materials Center Leoben (Austria)Leoben #4,2303.86.8%78
24Joanneum ResearchGraz #4,2993.72.6%80
25AC2T Research (Austria)Wiener Neustadt #4,3193.610.7%68
26FH JOANNEUM University of Applied SciencesGraz #4,7532.56.2%63
27University of Applied Sciences Technikum WienVienna #4,8172.34.5%109
28Medical University of GrazGraz #4,8432.312.4%66

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Austria?

Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, Reinhard Pıppan and Richard F. Hartl rank highest among researchers based in Austria, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi#89,578 worldwide overall87.2 of 296 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Reinhard Pıppan#263,358 worldwide overall74.7 of 353 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Richard F. Hartl#84,283 worldwide overall49.0 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Siegfried Bauer#132,706 worldwide overall53.2 of 189 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5P.H. Mayrhofer#377,184 worldwide overall70.7 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Wei Wu#214,522 worldwide overall62.1 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gerhard A. Holzapfel#101,726 worldwide overall53.1 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Yoshihide Wada#1,643 worldwide overall35.2 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Stefan A. Freunberger#103,930 worldwide overall35.0 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Karl F. Doerner#119,869 worldwide overall34.6 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Aleksandr Ovsianikov#78,119 worldwide overall33.8 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Helmut Pottmann#81,888 worldwide overall38.3 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Hermann Hofbauer#311,823 worldwide overall45.7 of 231 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Austria on their work in Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Austria compares with other countries in Engineering