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Engineering research in Greece

National Technical University of Athens ranks first in Greece for Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#347 worldwide), followed by University of Patras and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Greece's world rank
#33
of 134 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
12k
Top-10% rate
17.4%
Ranked institutions
30

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

What is the best university for Engineering in Greece?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Technical University of AthensAthens #34733.515.4%2,144
2University of PatrasPátrai #38332.419.3%1,153
3Aristotle University of ThessalonikiThessaloniki #40131.916.3%1,516
4National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens #73325.020.4%633
5University of West AtticaAthens #80224.021.0%529
6Democritus University of ThraceKomotini #89722.719.4%532
7University of ThessalyVolos #95822.019.2%526
8International Hellenic UniversityThessaloniki #1,21319.322.6%284
9Centre for Research and Technology HellasThessaloniki #1,36817.917.9%307
10Technical University of CreteChania #1,85114.517.2%357
11University of the AegeanMytilene #1,86114.422.4%203
12University of Western MacedoniaKozani #1,90114.217.1%276
13University of PiraeusPiraeus #2,07313.220.9%206
14School of Pedagogical and Technological EducationMarousi #2,10913.031.3%79
15Hellenic Mediterranean UniversityHeraklion #2,37211.721.7%199
16University of IoanninaIoannina #2,37811.714.3%258
17Foundation for Research and Technology HellasHeraklion #2,54510.916.3%226
18Agricultural University of AthensAthens #2,64110.521.4%102
19National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos"Athens #2,72310.114.5%196
20University of PeloponneseTripoli #3,0608.811.4%188
21Hellenic Open UniversityPátrai #3,1078.617.8%149
22University of MacedoniaThessaloniki #3,2398.123.5%94
23Information Technologies InstituteThessaloniki #3,5187.221.6%99
24University of CreteRethymno #3,5247.215.0%130
25Quality and Reliability (Greece)Marousi #3,7876.410.9%116
26Environmental Protection Engineering (Greece)Piraeus #4,1605.317.9%115
27Harokopio University of AthensAthens #4,4794.524.4%71
28Athens University of Economics and BusinessAthens #5,0893.014.1%72
29Industrial Systems InstitutePátrai #5,2222.716.1%62
30Institute of Communication and Computer SystemsZografos #5,4202.314.7%67

Institutions in Greece above the floor of 40 fractional works in Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Greece?

George Chryssolouris, George K. Karagiannidis and Nikos Hatziargyriou rank highest among researchers based in Greece.

  1. 1George Chryssolouris#9,956 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 103 works
  2. 2George K. Karagiannidis#14,313 worldwide overall3k citations · 259 works
  3. 3Nikos Hatziargyriou#15,399 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 180 works
  4. 4Markos Papageorgiou#83,770 worldwide overall983 citations · 141 works
  5. 5George C. Alexandropoulos#290,766 worldwide overall584 citations · 164 works
  6. 6P. S. Theocaris#331,587 worldwide overall559 citations · 161 works
  7. 7Ioannis Tomkos#333,450 worldwide overall389 citations · 193 works
  8. 8H. Avramopoulos#375,834 worldwide overall422 citations · 192 works
  9. 9Spyros G. Tzafestaş#438,938 worldwide overall406 citations · 104 works
  10. 10Nikos Pleros#484,478 worldwide overall324 citations · 169 works
  11. 11Dimitrios Tzovaras#585,656 worldwide overall685 citations · 123 works
  12. 12Gerasimos Rigatos#736,894 worldwide overall267 citations · 149 works
  13. 13Theodore E. Simos#776,453 worldwide overall505 citations · 302 works
  14. 14Shigeru Aoki#790,156 worldwide overall218 citations · 133 works
  15. 15George Psihoyios#823,981 worldwide overall242 citations · 207 works

How Greece compares with other countries in Engineering