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Engineering research in Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology ranks first in Sweden for Engineering research in 2022-now (#103 worldwide), followed by Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University.

Sweden's world rank
#14
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
34

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

What is the best university for Engineering in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #10346.613.5%2,904
2Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #12644.312.4%2,205
3Lund UniversityLund #26135.910.6%1,316
4Uppsala UniversityUppsala #33133.210.6%1,118
5Linköping UniversityLinköping #34632.712.2%861
6Stockholm UniversityStockholm #51128.214.6%252
7Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #56127.111.7%1,040
8University of GothenburgGothenburg #56727.014.2%319
9Umeå UniversityUmeå #62725.813.6%266
10Mälardalen UniversityVästerås #79623.114.4%231
11Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #88521.913.6%204
12RISE Research Institutes of SwedenGothenburg #1,20118.38.3%448
13Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #1,24517.916.0%138
14Volvo (Sweden)Gothenburg #1,45616.17.5%187
15Ericsson (Sweden)Kista #1,58515.110.7%330
16Jönköping UniversityJönköping #1,80313.79.5%150
17University WestTrollhättan #1,83513.412.2%159
18University of GävleGävle #1,83813.414.5%140
19Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #2,00212.413.2%149
20Mid Sweden UniversitySundsvall #2,05012.211.8%144
21Örebro UniversityÖrebro #2,06312.111.0%76
22Blekinge Institute of TechnologyKarlskrona #2,35210.67.8%112
23Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #2,36010.610.4%166
24Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Stockholm #2,36210.612.8%101
25Halmstad UniversityHalmstad #2,43510.213.8%87
26Dalarna UniversityFalun #2,6239.312.5%68
27Scania (Sweden)Södertälje #2,8318.510.0%71
28University of SkövdeSkövde #3,2986.712.8%73
29Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteLinköping #3,4076.39.3%92
30University of BoråsBorås #3,4616.212.2%68
31World Maritime UniversityMalmo #3,5285.922.7%65
32Vattenfall (Sweden)Stockholm #3,7435.25.8%62
33Swedish Defence Research AgencyStockholm #3,8534.93.4%83
34Malmö UniversityMalmo #4,8542.27.9%73

Institutions in Sweden 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 Sweden?

Jinyue Yan, Lars Hultman and Lihui Wang rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jinyue Yan#17,585 worldwide overall137.0 of 378 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Lars Hultman#57,407 worldwide overall134.7 of 450 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Lihui Wang#218,107 worldwide overall177.1 of 771 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Feng wei Gao#47,761 worldwide overall120.5 of 400 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Anders Hagfeldt#2,788 worldwide overall97.0 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Olle Inganäs#21,323 worldwide overall105.9 of 274 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Kristina Edström#86,037 worldwide overall104.8 of 331 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Licheng Sun#33,124 worldwide overall81.1 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Bengt Ake Sunden#308,696 worldwide overall144.1 of 858 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Karl Henrik Johansson#239,403 worldwide overall116.6 of 469 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Lennart Ljung#148,978 worldwide overall84.8 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12JENS KVIST NIELSEN#12,166 worldwide overall63.5 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Magnus Berggren#35,200 worldwide overall68.2 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Hailong Li#72,192 worldwide overall69.7 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Xiaobo Qu#21,260 worldwide overall66.6 of 184 papers here in the top 10%

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