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Of the 5 Civil Engineering universities in Finland, Aalto University ranks highest at #114 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (QS World #397) and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (#13 in Finland). Across the whole list there are 9 courses to choose from.
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2 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #114 (Aalto University) to #397 (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Aalto University has the largest research record in this group, with 3,588,412 citations and an h-index of 495. 2 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 5 public to 0 private institutions. The biggest concentrations are in Helsinki (2), Lappeenranta (1) and Vaasa (1). The oldest is Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, founded in 1969. Tampere University is the largest, with 23,000 students.
By level: 8 master's and 1 bachelor's. The usual length is 2 years and 5 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (71% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (14% of courses with a stated intake). Tampere University offers the widest choice, with 3 of these courses.
Aalto University (QS World #114), Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT (QS World #397) and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (#13 in Finland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
5 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 2 years, with 5 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 71% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Tampere University, with 3, ahead of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (2).
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