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Delft University of Technology tops our list of 3 Built Environment universities in the Netherlands at #47 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim and Aeres Hogeschool Almere complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 5 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Delft University of Technology at #47 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. Delft University of Technology has the largest research record in this group, with 11,198,719 citations and an h-index of 802. 2 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 3 public to 0 private institutions. By location, South Holland (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is Delft University of Technology, founded in 1842. Delft University of Technology is the largest, with 27,000 students.
By level: 3 bachelor's and 1 master's. The usual length is 4 years and 24 months. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (50% of courses with a stated intake). Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim offers the widest choice, with 2 of these courses.
Delft University of Technology (QS World #47), Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim and Aeres Hogeschool Almere lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
3 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 24 months the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim, with 2, ahead of Delft University of Technology (2).
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