Research field intelligence
Chemical Engineering Research Strength
Explore universities with the strongest current Chemical Engineering topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.
Research landscape
Chemical Engineering currently has 210 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 94,361 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 62.2, while average five-year publication growth is 19.5%.
The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.
Leading universities in Chemical Engineering
| Rank | University | Country | Field score | Field signal | Overall works | Growth |
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| #1 | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Germany | 87.1 | 17,491 | 15,505 | -0.7% |
| #2 | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 82.9 | 7,833 | 7,721 | 52.6% |
| #3 | Université Paris 8 | France | 81.5 | 15,710 | 9,416 | -45.4% |
| #4 | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 76.9 | 4,946 | 7,128 | -2.6% |
| #5 | Université Clermont Auvergne | France | 76.7 | 5,093 | 15,821 | -46.8% |
| #6 | East China University of Science and Technology | China | 72.4 | 1,586 | 25,981 | 1.6% |
| #7 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | Saudi Arabia | 71.5 | 1,511 | 21,808 | -7.0% |
| #8 | Taiyuan University of Technology | China | 70.8 | 1,095 | 23,499 | 34.9% |
| #9 | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain | 69.4 | 1,168 | 23,260 | -5.5% |
| #10 | Dalian University | China | 69.2 | 892 | 20,449 | 26.4% |
| #11 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India | 67.0 | 875 | 21,139 | -8.9% |
| #12 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Portugal | 66.7 | 783 | 25,442 | -7.1% |
| #13 | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 66.5 | 778 | 23,218 | -9.3% |
| #14 | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan | 64.7 | 717 | 12,513 | -14.3% |
| #15 | Ain Shams University | Egypt | 64.5 | 673 | 35,923 | -29.4% |
| #16 | Universidade de Vigo | Spain | 64.3 | 580 | 16,207 | -3.3% |
| #17 | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | India | 64.2 | 392 | 12,245 | 77.0% |
| #18 | Michigan Technological University | United States | 63.9 | 596 | 7,412 | 10.3% |
| #19 | National Taipei University of Technology | Taiwan | 63.8 | 641 | 8,187 | -0.3% |
| #20 | Université d'Orléans | France | 63.8 | 551 | 9,530 | 18.3% |
| #21 | Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology | China | 63.7 | 359 | 6,008 | 96.8% |
| #22 | University of Akron | United States | 63.6 | 826 | 3,286 | -24.3% |
| #23 | Brunel University of London | United Kingdom | 63.6 | 541 | 12,621 | -7.1% |
| #24 | Lehigh University | United States | 63.3 | 575 | 7,175 | -1.3% |
| #25 | Ningxia University | China | 63.2 | 444 | 12,807 | 33.6% |
| #26 | Dublin City University | Ireland | 63.2 | 603 | 10,849 | -15.4% |
| #27 | North Bengal University | India | 62.6 | 620 | 3,133 | 25.1% |
| #28 | Åbo Akademi University | Finland | 62.2 | 497 | 7,272 | 0.3% |
| #29 | Universiti Teknologi Petronas | Malaysia | 61.9 | 557 | 9,336 | -26.6% |
| #30 | University of Toyama | Japan | 61.4 | 456 | 7,583 | -3.4% |
| #31 | Liaoning University | China | 60.7 | 325 | 8,230 | 32.6% |
| #32 | Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah | Malaysia | 60.6 | 398 | 10,688 | -6.4% |
| #33 | Shizuoka University | Japan | 60.5 | 463 | 5,361 | -5.3% |
| #34 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Japan | 60.1 | 406 | 7,036 | -12.4% |
| #35 | Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology | China | 60.0 | 353 | 4,747 | 26.0% |
| #36 | Shiraz University | Iran | 59.9 | 436 | 12,668 | -37.5% |
| #37 | Universidad de Burgos | Spain | 59.9 | 421 | 5,097 | 0.8% |
| #38 | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | Slovakia | 59.8 | 418 | 6,166 | -10.0% |
| #39 | FH Aachen | Germany | 59.7 | 395 | 2,456 | 22.1% |
| #40 | Himachal Pradesh University | India | 59.6 | 317 | 3,128 | 55.6% |
| #41 | Aditya University | India | 59.5 | 129 | 3,342 | 188.2% |
| #42 | Payame Noor University | Iran | 59.4 | 474 | 7,380 | -30.4% |
| #43 | Razi University | Iran | 59.1 | 431 | 4,625 | -18.6% |
| #44 | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Rouen Normandie | France | 58.7 | 385 | 2,659 | 4.1% |
| #45 | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology | Taiwan | 58.5 | 333 | 5,948 | -8.7% |
| #46 | Jamia Millia Islamia | India | 58.4 | 328 | 10,629 | -30.2% |
| #47 | Shenyang University of Chemical Technology | China | 58.4 | 206 | 4,456 | 70.4% |
| #48 | Guru Nanak Dev University | India | 58.2 | 288 | 6,235 | 3.7% |
| #49 | Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes | China | 58.2 | 233 | 1,438 | 74.6% |
| #50 | Wittenberg University | United States | 58.2 | 452 | 724 | 26.4% |
| #51 | Kwangwoon University | South Korea | 57.7 | 325 | 3,563 | -11.3% |
| #52 | Shenyang Normal University | China | 57.5 | 236 | 3,966 | 45.9% |
| #53 | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | India | 57.5 | 239 | 10,757 | -2.4% |
| #54 | Solapur University | India | 57.5 | 139 | 3,127 | 133.2% |
| #55 | Toyohashi University of Technology | Japan | 57.4 | 405 | 2,519 | -28.5% |
| #56 | National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology | Italy | 57.3 | 351 | 3,337 | -37.3% |
| #57 | University of Yamanashi | Japan | 57.3 | 283 | 4,876 | -7.0% |
| #58 | University of Mumbai | India | 57.3 | 202 | 7,036 | 36.0% |
| #59 | Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University | India | 57.0 | 378 | 1,345 | 7.5% |
| #60 | Hanoi University of Science and Technology | Vietnam | 56.7 | 268 | 11,943 | -16.8% |
| #61 | University of Pardubice | Czechia | 56.4 | 303 | 3,127 | -9.5% |
| #62 | École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris | France | 56.3 | 309 | 3,361 | -27.6% |
| #63 | Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science | India | 56.2 | 220 | 6,710 | 15.7% |
| #64 | University of Brighton | United Kingdom | 56.2 | 291 | 3,949 | -29.2% |
| #65 | Kurukshetra University | India | 55.9 | 239 | 3,758 | 5.5% |
| #66 | Bu-Ali Sina University | Iran | 55.8 | 273 | 4,798 | -26.9% |
| #67 | KLE Technological University | India | 55.8 | 175 | 4,091 | 45.4% |
| #68 | Clarkson University | United States | 55.7 | 270 | 2,861 | -22.7% |
| #69 | Doshisha University | Japan | 55.5 | 256 | 4,185 | -8.5% |
| #70 | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | India | 55.5 | 235 | 4,684 | -8.0% |
| #71 | Maharshi Dayanand University | India | 55.5 | 210 | 5,470 | -2.3% |
| #72 | Veer Narmad South Gujarat University | India | 55.4 | 151 | 1,418 | 99.5% |
| #73 | Tezpur University | India | 55.3 | 186 | 4,530 | 19.4% |
| #74 | Acharya Nagarjuna University | India | 55.2 | 241 | 2,927 | 11.1% |
| #75 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar | India | 55.2 | 198 | 5,771 | 1.2% |
| #76 | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | 55.1 | 235 | 5,481 | -21.8% |
| #77 | École d'Ingénieurs en Chimie et Sciences du Numérique | France | 54.9 | 358 | 1,539 | -62.8% |
| #78 | Sophia University | Japan | 54.9 | 225 | 2,339 | 9.7% |
| #79 | Najran University | Saudi Arabia | 54.8 | 210 | 7,400 | -24.4% |
| #80 | Kyoto Bunkyo University | Japan | 54.7 | 229 | 917 | -0.6% |
| #81 | Azerbaijan Technical University | Azerbaijan | 54.7 | 74 | 2,214 | 195.8% |
| #82 | Gebze Technical University | Türkiye | 54.6 | 179 | 5,248 | 4.6% |
| #83 | Universidad Nacional del Litoral | Argentina | 54.4 | 242 | 4,181 | -25.8% |
| #84 | National Institute of Technology Agartala | India | 54.3 | 183 | 3,287 | 16.5% |
| #85 | Yazd University | Iran | 53.9 | 219 | 4,906 | -28.6% |
| #86 | Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University | India | 53.7 | 151 | 1,632 | 59.1% |
| #87 | Lanzhou Petrochemical Polytechnic | China | 53.7 | 98 | 991 | 128.6% |
| #88 | Tomas Bata University in Zlín | Czechia | 52.9 | 177 | 2,804 | -7.6% |
| #89 | D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia | Russia | 52.8 | 240 | 2,896 | -37.2% |
| #90 | Ivanovo State University | Russia | 52.8 | 357 | 941 | -38.5% |
| #91 | Majmaah University | Saudi Arabia | 52.7 | 152 | 6,679 | -15.9% |
| #92 | Louisiana Tech University | United States | 52.5 | 158 | 1,632 | -1.6% |
| #93 | École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille | France | 52.4 | 277 | 370 | -35.3% |
| #94 | Taiyuan Normal University | China | 52.3 | 87 | 2,543 | 95.8% |
| #95 | Graduate University of Advanced Technology | Iran | 52.1 | 205 | 1,797 | -31.2% |
| #96 | Vinayaka Missions University | India | 52.1 | 90 | 4,107 | 81.9% |
| #97 | National Chi Nan University | Taiwan | 51.8 | 173 | 1,442 | -5.1% |
| #98 | University of Sistan and Baluchestan | Iran | 51.8 | 192 | 2,377 | -32.0% |
| #99 | Batman University | Türkiye | 51.6 | 133 | 3,628 | 12.9% |
| #100 | University of Sindh | Pakistan | 51.6 | 140 | 4,620 | -8.9% |
How to interpret this field page
Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.
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ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.
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