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Engineering research in Finland

Aalto University ranks first in Finland for Engineering research in 2022-now (#132 worldwide), followed by University of Oulu and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology.

Finland's world rank
#19
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
9.1k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
16

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

What is the best university for Engineering in Finland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Aalto UniversityEspoo #13243.812.9%2,028
2University of OuluOulu #30134.313.0%1,250
3Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyLappeenranta #35532.413.2%762
4Tampere UniversityTampere #47129.111.1%1,123
5University of HelsinkiHelsinki #54127.510.7%460
6VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandEspoo #68724.810.3%577
7Nokia (Finland)Espoo #69224.711.3%628
8University of VaasaVaasa #90421.617.3%247
9University of TurkuTurku #1,00720.410.2%362
10University of JyväskyläJyväskylä #1,04919.910.7%195
11Åbo Akademi UniversityTurku #1,59715.110.7%248
12University of Eastern FinlandJoensuu #1,76313.910.2%222
13Tampere University of Applied SciencesTampere #2,25411.18.0%92
14Turku University of Applied SciencesTurku #3,5915.78.0%66
15Geological Survey of FinlandEspoo #4,1983.910.7%65
16Natural Resources Institute FinlandHelsinki #4,4023.47.7%65

Institutions in Finland 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 Finland?

Miadreza Shafie‐khah, Matti Lehtonen and Christian Breyer rank highest among researchers based in Finland, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Miadreza Shafie‐khah#50,720 worldwide overall133.1 of 506 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Matti Lehtonen#301,543 worldwide overall130.2 of 737 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Christian Breyer#4,067 worldwide overall66.0 of 115 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Mika E. T. Sillanpää#35,492 worldwide overall79.4 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Orlando José Rojas#46,025 worldwide overall73.2 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Mirja Illikainen#74,394 worldwide overall52.2 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Hélder A. Santos#19,543 worldwide overall48.0 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8K. Nordlund#157,657 worldwide overall62.5 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Mikko Ritala#350,749 worldwide overall69.7 of 293 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Zhipei Sun#24,500 worldwide overall46.2 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Paavo V. Komi#52,245 worldwide overall41.5 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Markku A. Leskelä#644,048 worldwide overall66.6 of 285 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Peter D. Lund#353,332 worldwide overall53.6 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mingyang Zhang#26,073 worldwide overall37.2 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Zhengmao Li#64,997 worldwide overall36.5 of 79 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Finland 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 Finland compares with other countries in Engineering