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Civil and Structural Engineering research in Belgium

Ghent University ranks first in Belgium for Civil and Structural Engineering research in 2022-now (#94 worldwide), followed by KU Leuven and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Belgium's world rank
#17
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1k
Top-10% rate
9.2%
Ranked institutions
4

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

What is the best university for Civil and Structural Engineering in Belgium?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Ghent UniversityGhent #9433.312.9%255
2KU LeuvenLeuven #13827.710.1%198
3Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels #40411.95.3%67
4University of LiègeLiège #5307.97.7%94

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

Who are the top Civil and Structural Engineering researchers in Belgium?

Nele De Belie, Geert De Schutter and Didier Snoeck rank highest among researchers based in Belgium, on their papers in Civil and Structural Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Nele De Belie#556,857 worldwide overall86.2 of 359 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Geert De Schutter#701,495 worldwide overall74.3 of 403 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Didier Snoeck#371,744 worldwide overall40.8 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Guido De Roeck#527,607 worldwide overall42.3 of 235 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ruben Snellings#104,117 worldwide overall19.6 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Samir Khatir#127,620 worldwide overall25.9 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Magd Abdel Wahab#559,226 worldwide overall38.4 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Kim Van Tittelboom#485,730 worldwide overall24.3 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Elke Gruyaert#448,032 worldwide overall21.5 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Xiaodi Dai#153,253 worldwide overall11.6 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Yiannis Pontikes#344,858 worldwide overall14.8 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Özlem Çizer#414,621 worldwide overall16.2 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Edwin P. B. Reynders#1,702,531 worldwide overall20.3 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Philip Van den Heede#514,421 worldwide overall13.5 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Wim Cornelis#1,697,826 worldwide overall14.9 of 56 papers here in the top 10%

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

How Belgium compares with other countries in Civil and Structural Engineering