Two European institutions have climbed into the top 10 of this year’s chemical engineering table. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) has risen seven places to fifth, becoming the highest-ranked university outside of the UK and the US, and Delft University of Technology has climbed eight places to 10th. However, the world’s best university for studying chemical engineering continues to be Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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