EngiRank combines a regional approach with a focus on the education of competent and creative engineers. It serves as a tool to compare the quality of engineering and technology programs offered by universities across all 27 EU countries, as well as Norway and Switzerland. The Ranking considers indicators specific to these regions, such as universities’ participation in the Erasmus+ and Horizon programs. Evaluating universities in countries with similar legal and cultural backgrounds, as well as those involved in joint research programs (European Research Council) and academic cooperation initiatives (consortia of European universities), ensures a reliable presentation of their strengths and weaknesses.

EngiRank considers 13 indicators grouped in the following five areas:

RESEARCH (28%)

• Publications: The number of publications in Engineering and Technology (as per the FORD classification) from 2019 to 2023 in the Scopus database that are affiliated with the institution. Source: Scopus/SciVal (10%).
• Publications in Top 10% Journals: The percentage of the institution’s publications in Engineering and Technology published in the top 10% of journals by CiteScore from 2019 to 2023. Source: Scopus/SciVal (6%).
• Citations: The ratio of citations received by the institution’s publications in Engineering and Technology from 2019 to 2023 (indexed in the Scopus database) to the total number of these publications. Source: Scopus/SciVal (6%).
• Change of Impact: A dynamic indicator, calculated as the ratio of the field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) for the institution’s publications in Engineering and Technology from 2019 to 2023 to the FWCI of publications from 2014 to 2018 in the same field. Source: Scopus/SciVal (6%).

INNOVATION (25%)

• Research and Innovation Funding: The total value of grants awarded to the institution through EU framework programs for research and innovation from 2019 to 2023. Source: CORDIS (10%).
• Patents: The number of patents granted to the institution by the European Patent Office from 2019 to 2023. Source: EPO-PATSTAT (5%).
• Patent-Citation Count per Scholarly Output: The average number of patent citations received per scholarly output published by the institution in the field of Engineering and Technology from 2019 to 2023. Source: Scopus/SciVal (5%).
• Academic-Corporate Collaboration: The percentage of publications in the field of Engineering and Technology, published from 2019 to 2023, that are co-authored by researchers affiliated with institutions outside of academia. Source: Scopus/SciVal (5%).

SDG9 - INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE (10%)

The single-indicator criterion measures the institution’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 9 by counting publications from 2019 to 2023 simultaneously assigned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) and the field of Engineering and Technology (FORD classification). Source: Scopus/SciVal (10%).

INTERNATIONALISATION (16%)

• International Collaboration: The percentage of the institution’s publications in the field of Engineering and Technology from 2019 to 2023 that have co-authors from multiple countries. Source: Scopus/SciVal (10%).
• International Collaboration Impact: The citation impact of the institution’s publications in the field of Engineering and Technology from 2019 to 2023 that involve international co-authorship. Source: Scopus/SciVal (2%).
• European University: A binary flag indicating whether the institution is a full member of any European university alliance as of August 14, 2024. Source: European Education Area website (4%).

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY (21%)

This criterion links the institutional ranking with subject rankings, rewarding institutions that are classified in a larger number of subject rankings and achieve higher scores in these rankings. EngiRank subject rankings (3% per subject).