Vietnam Leads Southeast Asia with Two Global Top 10 Universities in Electrical Engineering

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) topped the 2026–2027 Best Global Universities subject ranking for electrical and electronic engineering, while the National University of Singapore (NUS) placed eighth. Universities from mainland China occupied the other eight positions in the top 10, led by Tsinghua University in second place. Electrical and electronic engineering covers the study and application of electricity and related technologies, including electronics, semiconductors, electromagnetics, signal processing and microelectronics. U.S. News world’s top 10 universities for electrical and electronic engineering Rank University Country 1 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 2 Tsinghua University China 3 Southeast University 4 Xidian University 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 6 Zhejiang University 7 Harbin Institute of Technology 8 National University of Singapore 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 10 Northwestern Polytechnical University Students at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. Photo courtesy of the university Released in June, the U.S. News electrical and electronic engineering ranking assessed 829 universities that met its publication threshold, with the top 750 ranked based on academic research performance across 10 research and citation indicators. To qualify, universities had to publish at least 250 papers in the field between 2020 and 2024. Outside Asia, U.K.'s Queen Mary University of London was the highest-ranked institution at 11th, followed by Australia’s University of Technology Sydney at 12th. Princeton University was the highest-ranked U.S. institution, placing 15th. Another 11 Southeast Asian universities made the ranking, including eight from Malaysia and three from Vietnam. Beyond electrical and electronic engineering, Singapore, ranked the world’s second-richest country by GDP per capita by The Economist in 2025, has universities in the global top 10 across 10 other subjects, including artificial intelligence, engineering, computer science and chemistry. In the overall U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings, NUS placed 16th worldwide and second in Asia, while NTU ranked 27th globally and fourth in Asia. Subsidiary of VnExpress License number: 71/GP-CBC, Ministry of Information andCommunications, September 22, 2021 Editor-in-Chief: Pham Van Hieu Email: [email protected]: 028 7300 9999 - Ext 8556 10th floor, Block A FPT Tower, 10 Pham Van Bach, Cau Giay Ward, Hanoi