Best universities in Europe 2025

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 15 May, 2025

Top universities in Europe 2025

Europe Rank 2025WUR Rank 2025UniversityOverallTeachingResearch EnvironmentResearch QualityIndustryInternational Outlook
11University of Oxford98.596.810098.899.697.3
25University of Cambridge97.495.999.997.688.497.1
39Imperial College London94.489.394.998.590.898.3
411ETH Zurich9387.397.295.18495.3
5=22UCL87.777.686.298.474.997.7
626Technical University of Munich83.570.48691.710083.1
729University of Edinburgh82.572.277.195.772.296.6
832École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne80.473.672.488.510095.3
9=36King’s College London78.860.174.397.276.297.2
1038LMU Munich78.765.276.591.710076.4
1142Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris77.774.472.88299.480.4
1243KU Leuven7759.574.992.410080.6
13=47Universität Heidelberg76.265.663.495.299.378.5
1449Karolinska Institute76.159.967.196.195.983.8
15=50London School of Economics and Political Science75.9607294.745.194.2
16=53University of Manchester75.560.367.793.473.395.5
17=56Delft University of Technology74.863.276.176.810093.6
18=58University of Amsterdam73.854.563.897.177.293.4
1964Université Paris-Saclay73.468.466.981.59177.5
20=67Wageningen University & Research72.756.759.392.99992.8
2171Institut Polytechnique de Paris71.369.260.873.498.397
22=73Leiden University70.746.862.893.898.787.7
2376Sorbonne University70.464.661.182.471.580.8
2478University of Bristol7049.856.996.871.192.6
25=80University of Groningen69.846.457.594.899.993.5
26=84Humboldt University of Berlin6853.363.584.965.576.8
27=87University of Glasgow67.847.551.4967296
2889University of Bonn67.651.857.489.286.272.4
2992RWTH Aachen University67.253.964.27810070.3
=30=93Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin67.147.34997.810074.6
=30=93University of Birmingham67.146.750.595.175.395.1
=32=95KTH Royal Institute of Technology66.952.358.381.597.382.9
=32=95Lund University66.948.458.48699.879.3
3497University of Copenhagen66.649.151.89290.479.3
35=98University of Sheffield66.348.749.190.19491.8
36=100University of Tübingen66.247.855.18999.873
=37=104Free University of Berlin65.849.959.682.77181.7
=37=104University of Bern65.846.147.992.899.187.1
39106University of Warwick65.747.951.58969.396.2
=40=107Erasmus University Rotterdam65.637.253.396.788.788.5
=40=107University of Helsinki65.648.85890.968.259.2
=42=110Aarhus University65.544.259.484.399.779.4
=42=110University of Vienna65.5486178.674.594.6
44=112Ghent University65.447.759.584.299.964.7
45115University of Southampton65.347.247.791.272.796.7
46=116University of Oslo65.246.652.491.674.577.7
47121University of Göttingen64.849.25488.270.770.5
48123University of Leeds64.546.4518771.294.6
49124Technical University of Denmark64.449.846.88499.892.2
50126University of Basel64.250.542.78699.795.1
51=128University of Freiburg63.845.451.386.910073.1
52=130Uppsala University63.644.255.483.496.174.6
=53=132Maastricht University63.240.346.788.698.397.1
=53=132University of Hamburg63.244.553.585.299.666.3
55=134University of Lausanne63414689.59989.8
=56=136University of Nottingham62.743.646.288.371.893.6
=56=136Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam62.737.449.692.97386.2
58139Trinity College Dublin62.543.347.785.883.591.6
59140Technical University of Berlin62.445.454.779.599.771.4
60=141Queen Mary University of London62.336.142.397.172.598
61=143Radboud University Nijmegen62.238.450.490.48179
=62=146University of Bologna62.153.147.783.879.857
=62=146University of York62.142.444.290.666.892.9
64=149University of Barcelona6241.650.190.280.565.6
65=154Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa61.759.546.582.636.459
=66=157Newcastle University61.437.142.99382.990.8
=66=157University of Cologne61.442.947.58696.570.5
=68=160TU Dresden61.147.250.678.699.865.9
=68=160University of Liverpool61.140.140.792.165.795.5
70=163University of Würzburg60.939.844.192.799.961
71=166Karlsruhe Institute of Technology60.845.856.971.110073.1
=72=168Lancaster University60.741.640.889.166.496.2
=72=168University of Antwerp60.738.144.689.998.575.3
74171University of Geneva60.643.23986.48496.5
=75=172Durham University60.443.643.983.762.595.5
=75=172University of Exeter60.434.842.394.95694.9
77175Université Catholique de Louvain60.239.449.481.19482.6
78=176Pompeu Fabra University60.13644.69083.982.2
79=180University of Twente59.743.646.474.699.393.1
80=183Université Paris Cité59.644.737.890.76773.8
=81=185Eindhoven University of Technology59.546.2516810088.4
=81=185Sapienza University of Rome59.553.450.873.79342.6
=81=185University of St Andrews59.547.44476.965.594.8
84188University of Münster59.44447.983.982.254.7
=85=191Stockholm University59.232.84989.365.179.6
=85=191University of Leicester59.234.934.996.169.795.5
87=196Aalto University58.941.743.181.388.282.7
=88=199Ulm University58.739.740.587.999.765.3
=88=199Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)58.743.942.484.172.470.3
=88=199University of Mannheim58.736.644.887.194.466.6
=91201-250Cardiff University55.8–58.637.638.988.370.291.9
=91201–250Chalmers University of Technology55.8–58.641.7467494.678.6
=91201–250Friedrich Schiller University Jena55.8–58.642.642.3837864.2
=91201–250Goethe University Frankfurt55.8–58.642.543.382.583.968.7
=91201–250Linköping University55.8–58.629.841.288.495.373
=91201–250Medical University of Graz55.8–58.630.534.69296.682.6
=91201–250Medical University of Vienna55.8–58.639.729.793.997.581
=91201–250Politecnico di Milano55.8–58.643.349.669.496.364.4
=91201–250Queen’s University Belfast55.8–58.635.237.889.867.698.3
=91201–250Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa55.8–58.649.939.580.292.360
=91201–250Université Libre de Bruxelles55.8–58.636.345.582.968.688.3
=91201–250University College Dublin55.8–58.632.741.285.97689.4
=91201–250University of Aberdeen55.8–58.634.83681.979.197.4
=91201–250University of Erlangen-Nuremberg55.8–58.642.148.478.510061.8
=91201–250University of Gothenburg55.8–58.634.643.490.277.364.4
=91201–250University of Luxembourg55.8–58.639.239.577.181.392.7
=91201–250University of Padua55.8–58.645.639.982.380.754.5
=91201–250University of Potsdam55.8–58.637.745.281.891.266.3
=91201–250University of Reading55.8–58.638.638.586.666.695.3
=91201–250University of Surrey55.8–58.633.834.78973.396.8
=91201–250University of Sussex55.8–58.631.83689.662.795.5
=91201–250Vita-Salute San Raffaele University55.8–58.634.233.59967.248
=91201–250Vrije Universiteit Brussel55.8–58.637.642.781.190.478.3
=114251–300Aalborg University53.7–55.731.744.780.987.673.5
=114251–300École Normale Supérieure de Lyon53.7–55.756.745.45386.367.1
=114251–300Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf53.7–55.737.134.685.484.269.1
=114251–300Humanitas University53.7–55.732.22898.464.365.8
=114251–300Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz53.7–55.738.733.281.882.965.7
=114251–300Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT53.7–55.731.735.687.280.770.1
=114251–300Medical University of Innsbruck53.7–55.731.530.289.89988.5
=114251–300RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences53.7–55.73236.682.680.491.6
=114251–300Semmelweis University53.7–55.74529.680.174.778.5
=114251–300Technical University of Darmstadt53.7–55.742.7486599.968.8
=114251–300Tilburg University53.7–55.728.243.876.680.585.7
=114251–300University of Bath53.7–55.737.535.581.366.694.5
=114251–300University of Bergen53.7–55.735.237.182.176.777.4
=114251–300University of Duisburg-Essen53.7–55.735.43682.990.165
=114251–300University of East Anglia53.7–55.731.531.390.159.788.8
=114251–300University of Konstanz53.7–55.738.643.273.496.674.6
=114251–300University of Liège53.7–55.73442.872.996.774.5
=114251–300University of Navarra53.7–55.737.232.384.58775.9
=114251–300University of Oulu53.7–55.734.338.984.769.763.6
=114251–300University of Southern Denmark53.7–55.730.33588.39576.8
=114251–300University of Stuttgart53.7–55.743.549.762.999.961.1
=135301–350Birkbeck, University of London51.1–53.634.732.277.864.691.6
=135301–350Hasselt University51.1–53.633.138.273.488.572.1
=135301–350Loughborough University51.1–53.635.633.976.270.291.2
=135301–350Norwegian University of Science and Technology51.1–53.635.339.375.472.366.3
=135301–350Ruhr University Bochum51.1–53.635.839.371.874.961.9
=135301–350St George’s, University of London51.1–53.6232795.970.777.5
=135301–350Swansea University51.1–53.627.630.589.158.489.8
=135301–350Tampere University51.1–53.630.238.980.493.553.7
=135301–350TU Wien51.1–53.64546.755.19387.7
=135301–350Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore51.1–53.636.531.688.877.448.2
=135301–350Università della Svizzera italiana51.1–53.636.126.58187.598.4
=135301–350University of Bayreuth51.1–53.638.941.266.181.767.5
=135301–350University of Bremen51.1–53.640.840.670.363.764.3
=135301–350University of Dundee51.1–53.626.232.284.679.992.2
=135301–350University of Hohenheim51.1–53.635.636.679.973.961.7
=135301–350University of Innsbruck51.1–53.633.235.968.68394.1
=135301–350University of Kiel51.1–53.631.933.982.463.562.8
=135301–350University of Milan51.1–53.635.432.886.970.846.7
=135301–350University of Pavia51.1–53.638.334.480.381.851.5
=135301–350University of Rome II – Tor Vergata51.1–53.64036.472.185.567.8
=135301–350University of Tartu51.1–53.63532.485.464.361.4
=135301–350University of Trento51.1–53.633.735.178.970.761.7
=135301–350University of Turku51.1–53.631.735.682.665.653
=158351–400Aston University49.4–51.020.426.586.764.296.2
=158351–400Autonomous University of Madrid49.4–51.040.131.175.266.460.7
=158351–400Brunel University of London49.4–51.024.727.980.660.798.3
=158351–400City, University of London49.4–51.027.830.376.858.595.1
=158351–400Dublin City University49.4–51.02837.578.669.472.9
=158351–400Free University of Bozen-Bolzano49.4–51.033.323.185.946.178.9
=158351–400IMT Atlantique49.4–51.047.435.751.397.785.4
=158351–400Institut Agro49.4–51.047.735.660.770.763.8
=158351–400Justus Liebig University Giessen49.4–51.034.739.472.570.663.8
=158351–400Leibniz University Hannover49.4–51.037.84264.684.258.7
=158351–400Montpellier University49.4–51.038.434.772.368.568.8
=158351–400Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences49.4–51.03334.777.785.854.2
=158351–400Umeå University49.4–51.029.132.879.96264.1
=158351–400Université Grenoble Alpes49.4–51.041.737.764.569.770.1
=158351–400University College Cork49.4–51.027.132.377.374.479.9
=158351–400University of Brescia49.4–51.034.723.48973.442.8
=158351–400University of Essex49.4–51.028.930.779.158.897.6
=158351–400University of Florence49.4–51.036.935.875.675.749.9
=158351–400University of Galway49.4–51.025.634.976.486.878.7
=158351–400University of Kent49.4–51.030.628.677.862.993.7
=158351–400University of Milan-Bicocca49.4–51.03026.589.866.346.2
=158351–400University of Naples Federico II49.4–51.037.829.885.971.434.7
=158351–400University of Pisa49.4–51.036.132.579.366.243.2
=158351–400University of Siena49.4–51.038.732.672.975.448.2
=158351–400University of St Gallen49.4–51.031.722.283.166.793.7
=158351–400University of Strathclyde49.4–51.03335.26979.592.3
=184401–500Aix-Marseille University46.0–49.243.527.566.763.876.6
=184401–500Bangor University46.0–49.228.725.770.761.988.3
=184401–500Bournemouth University46.0–49.22420.887.839.788.8
=184401–500Charles University46.0–49.2373364.561.465.5
=184401–500Claude Bernard University Lyon 146.0–49.239.826.963.371.163.6
=184401–500Heriot-Watt University46.0–49.234.733.962.38395.4
=184401–500Johannes Kepler University of Linz46.0–49.235.735.361.39874.2
=184401–500Leuphana University of Lüneburg46.0–49.225.726.683.828.563.1
=184401–500Northumbria University46.0–49.223.1258047.390.2
=184401–500Polytechnic University of Turin46.0–49.230.530.574.286.953.8
=184401–500Royal Holloway, University of London46.0–49.231.129.372.86594.2
=184401–500SOAS University of London46.0–49.240.634.563.929.281.2
=184401–500TU Dortmund University46.0–49.235.542.160.176.956.9
=184401–500University of Bordeaux46.0–49.236.830.568.365.866.5
=184401–500University of Coimbra46.0–49.230.840.361.480.255.3
=184401–500University of Cyprus46.0–49.227.42674.163.276.2
=184401–500University of Fribourg46.0–49.236.134.263.370.983.4
=184401–500University of Genoa46.0–49.237.330.674.876.346.9
=184401–500University of Greifswald46.0–49.235.133.473.461.752.1
=184401–500University of Hull46.0–49.223.624.277.455.588.6
=184401–500University of Jyväskylä46.0–49.229.434.276.647.548.6
=184401–500University of Lisbon46.0–49.230.439.666.471.460
=184401–500University of Marburg46.0–49.236.731.87068.560.5
=184401–500University of Porto46.0–49.231.336.969.866.457.4
=184401–500University of Portsmouth46.0–49.223.82086.650.395.4
=184401–500University of Stirling46.0–49.223.325.679.842.591.8
=184401–500University of Toulouse46.0–49.230.431.165.768.773.9
=184401–500University of Turin46.0–49.224.231.782.273.744.1
=184401–500University of Vaasa46.0–49.223.927.790.231.866.7
=184401–500Verona University46.0–49.233.228.981.36844.6
=214501–600Åbo Akademi University43.3–45.926.832.162.164.368.6
=214501–600Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)43.3–45.920.61582.429.193.3
=214501–600Ca’ Foscari University of Venice43.3–45.936.737.952.854.666.3
=214501–600Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome43.3–45.934.625.674.249.431.6
=214501–600Centrale Nantes43.3–45.94131.347.185.187.1
=214501–600Complutense University of Madrid43.3–45.940.632.458.956.547.2
=214501–600Constructor University43.3–45.935.33449.183.793.9
=214501–600École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées - Institut Polytechnique de Paris43.3–45.941.52648.687.483.2
=214501–600Edinburgh Napier University43.3–45.918.21978.841.795.8
=214501–600ENSTA Bretagne43.3–45.940.229.352.989.762.2
=214501–600Goldsmiths, University of London43.3–45.926.523.776.840.982.1
=214501–600Hamburg University of Technology43.3–45.936.526.859.385.561.1
=214501–600Keele University43.3–45.92222.872.763.683.1
=214501–600Maynooth University43.3–45.921.333.871.551.976.6
=214501–600Middlesex University43.3–45.924.318.278.342.393.6
=214501–600National and Kapodistrian University of Athens43.3–45.922.224.47889.155.8
=214501–600NOVA University of Lisbon43.3–45.930.234.160.272.963
=214501–600Örebro University43.3–45.920.723.980.350.655.3
=214501–600Paderborn University43.3–45.932.338.853.77849.3
=214501–600Polytechnic University of Bari43.3–45.924.428.873.169.142
=214501–600Roskilde University43.3–45.921.734.16776.555.6
=214501–600Royal Veterinary College43.3–45.930.42072.359.394.3
=214501–600TU Braunschweig43.3–45.935.325.559.883.759.1
=214501–600University of Bradford43.3–45.920.42276.157.591.7
=214501–600University of Eastern Finland43.3–45.928.829.872.566.549.1
=214501–600University of Ferrara43.3–45.931.725.473.665.843
=214501–600University of Graz43.3–45.931.923.564.249.681.8
=214501–600University of Greenwich43.3–45.918.21883.637.497.7
=214501–600University of Huddersfield43.3–45.926.624.769.844.289.6
=214501–600University of Iceland43.3–45.924.535.268.682.155.3
=214501–600University of Klagenfurt43.3–45.932.820.66749.687
=214501–600University of Limerick43.3–45.926.233.260.96777.8
=214501–600University of Messina43.3–45.932.828.37661.533.8
=214501–600University of Modena and Reggio Emilia43.3–45.932.225.276.478.139.5
=214501–600University of Neuchâtel43.3–45.931.825.763.946.585.9
=214501–600University of Nicosia43.3–45.92223.275.839.790.5
=214501–600University of Passau43.3–45.932.73758.969.759.2
=214501–600University of Plymouth43.3–45.922.822776581.6
=214501–600University of Salerno43.3–45.930.626.972.559.637.6
=214501–600University of Siegen43.3–45.931.63760.256.457.2
=214501–600University of Trieste43.3–45.93326.470.854.850.4
=214501–600University of Valencia43.3–45.927.9277268.653.8
=214501–600University of Wuppertal43.3–45.931.231.461.46455.2
=214501–600Wroclaw Medical University43.3–45.943.417.274.84337.1
=258601–800Aberystwyth University38.2–43.225.721.963.25785.3
=258601–800Coventry University38.2–43.221.615.368.23994.9
=258601–800Cyprus International University38.2–43.21511.481.917.172.6
=258601–800Cyprus University of Technology38.2–43.226.923.871.433.169.9
=258601–800De Montfort University38.2–43.217.715.773.34493.7
=258601–800Eastern Mediterranean University38.2–43.223.114.874.835.984.9
=258601–800École Centrale de Lyon38.2–43.237.227.835.290.278.5
=258601–800École des Mines de Saint-Étienne38.2–43.242.631.532.576.869.8
=258601–800École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)38.2–43.237.337.737.175.772
=258601–800Graz University of Technology38.2–43.239.921.349.493.781.7
=258601–800Harokopio University of Athens38.2–43.218.528.878.241.540.1
=258601–800ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon38.2–43.229.235.2565652.3
=258601–800Jagiellonian University38.2–43.241.232.351.25144.3
=258601–800Jönköping University38.2–43.220.220.173.328.964.8
=258601–800Liverpool John Moores University38.2–43.219.319.579.745.481.4
=258601–800London Metropolitan University38.2–43.216.513.572.730.391.5
=258601–800London South Bank University38.2–43.218.612.874.348.694.9
=258601–800Manchester Metropolitan University38.2–43.219.818.778.83981.7
=258601–800Marche Polytechnic University38.2–43.223.722.97567.636.5
=258601–800Masaryk University38.2–43.226.232.452.945.767.4
=258601–800Nantes Université38.2–43.227.222.466.666.160.2
=258601–800National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon)38.2–43.237.124.237.992.771.9
=258601–800Near East University38.2–43.22419.37054.193.1
=258601–800Nottingham Trent University38.2–43.219.913.983.33790.4
=258601–800Obuda University38.2–43.218.526.769.222.148.3
=258601–800Open University of Catalonia38.2–43.218.219.675.126.251
=258601–800Oxford Brookes University38.2–43.225.82056.929.888.5
=258601–800Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg38.2–43.232.121.153.647.193.5
=258601–800Parthenope University of Naples38.2–43.22022.577.729.232
=258601–800Polytechnic University of Valencia38.2–43.229.825.552.985.757.7
=258601–800Rovira i Virgili University38.2–43.228.225.26654.159.8
=258601–800Sciences Po38.2–43.228.326.562.718.585.5
=258601–800SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)38.2–43.225.813.77928.163.9
=258601–800Tallinn University of Technology38.2–43.228.320.263.358.969
=258601–800UiT The Arctic University of Norway38.2–43.227.92366.948.765.7
=258601–800Ulster University38.2–43.221.722.463.252.784.9
=258601–800Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya38.2–43.233.420.85874.761.3
=258601–800Université Côte d'Azur38.2–43.227.222.664.164.480.3
=258601–800University of Aveiro38.2–43.229.230.154.952.647.7
=258601–800University of Bari Aldo Moro38.2–43.219.825.774.461.737.5
=258601–800University of Beira Interior38.2–43.221.222.967.34252.2
=258601–800University of Brighton38.2–43.219.219.466.464.186.8
=258601–800University of Cagliari38.2–43.233.122.66762.141
=258601–800University of Calabria38.2–43.236.520.364.955.642.2
=258601–800University of Crete38.2–43.22025.470.56446.1
=258601–800University of Derby38.2–43.219.113.87330.378.3
=258601–800University of Granada38.2–43.228.826.462.255.255.1
=258601–800University of Hertfordshire38.2–43.218.613.27241.792.7
=258601–800University of Insubria38.2–43.218.423.180.746.940.8
=258601–800University of Kaiserslautern38.2–43.234.930.355.38351.8
=258601–800University of L’Aquila38.2–43.233.423.666.177.838.3
=258601–800University of Lille38.2–43.231.82457.465.567.7
=258601–800University of Lincoln38.2–43.220.218.775.931.583.4
=258601–800University of Lorraine38.2–43.227.820.157.467.770.8
=258601–800University of Minho38.2–43.227.632.757.681.549.6
=258601–800University of Mons38.2–43.225.831.459.564.273
=258601–800University of Palermo38.2–43.232.425.864.751.336.6
=258601–800University of Parma38.2–43.220.423.773.86638.2
=258601–800University of Rennes 138.2–43.233.120.453.271.462.5
=258601–800University of Santiago de Compostela38.2–43.230.221.758.744.948.1
=258601–800University of Sassari38.2–43.232.526.263.948.641.1
=258601–800University of Stavanger38.2–43.225.416.471.630.475.4
=258601–800University of the Basque Country38.2–43.227.823.966.360.245.2
=258601–800UWE Bristol (University of the West of England)38.2–43.218.715.180.25581.9
=258601–800University of the West of Scotland38.2–43.22416.1696689.6
=258601–800University of Tuscia38.2–43.223.123.766.353.743.8
=258601–800University of Udine38.2–43.228.920.568.357.841.5
=258601–800University of Warsaw38.2–43.234.831.653.636.446.1
=326801–1000Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont34.5–38.113.323.471.651.249.5
=326801–1000Aristotle University of Thessaloniki34.5–38.121.319.364.660.636.8
=326801–1000Arts et Métiers34.5–38.13120.138.475.968.2
=326801–1000Birmingham City University34.5–38.118.312.166.623.384.9
=326801–1000Bucharest University of Economic Studies34.5–38.118.911.679.618.629.8
=326801–1000Carlos III University of Madrid34.5–38.130.821.643.76562.9
=326801–1000Catholic University of Portugal34.5–38.1182159.33256.7
=326801–1000CY Cergy Paris University34.5–38.125.32546.257.791.8
=326801–1000Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)34.5–38.121.816.86048.678.8
=326801–1000Eötvös Loránd University34.5–38.130.22153.536.951.6
=326801–1000European University Cyprus34.5–38.12115.661.819.591.6
=326801–1000Gabriele d‘Annunzio University34.5–38.11720.266.355.239
=326801–1000Glasgow Caledonian University34.5–38.118.513.763.947.479.4
=326801–1000Jaume I University34.5–38.125.4225347.545.9
=326801–1000Kingston University34.5–38.12015.553.148.491
=326801–1000Leeds Beckett University34.5–38.117.815.566.147.871.8
=326801–1000Lithuanian University of Health Sciences34.5–38.128.913.359.92756.3
=326801–1000Medical University of Lodz34.5–38.12911.365.14332
=326801–1000Montanuniversität Leoben34.5–38.136.422.837.979.976.9
=326801–1000National Technical University of Athens34.5–38.130.323.555.154.435.4
=326801–1000National Veterinary School of Alfort (EnvA)34.5–38.144.311.844.346.455.7
=326801–1000Norwegian University of Life Sciences34.5–38.130.815.159.73968.6
=326801–1000Pablo de Olavide University34.5–38.123.618.35952.252
=326801–1000Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 134.5–38.13433.837.134.166.4
=326801–1000Reykjavík University34.5–38.117.12562.829.761.5
=326801–1000Robert Gordon University34.5–38.117.213.461.43888.3
=326801–1000Sheffield Hallam University34.5–38.118.9146233.772
=326801–1000Sumy State University34.5–38.117.915.569.822.457.8
=326801–1000Teesside University34.5–38.11914.268.828.286.9
=326801–1000The Open University34.5–38.11715.267.548.463.3
=326801–1000Universitat Internacional de Catalunya34.5–38.122.616.557.123.969.5
=326801–1000Universitat Ramon Llull34.5–38.119.817.265.534.175.9
=326801–1000Université de Bretagne Occidentale34.5–38.126.419.452.145.362.1
=326801–1000University of Alcalá34.5–38.127.51753.643.358.5
=326801–1000University of Camerino (Unicam)34.5–38.118.918.358.356.852.5
=326801–1000University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli34.5–38.124.31075.54730.6
=326801–1000University of Castilla-La Mancha34.5–38.12418.555.75544.5
=326801–1000University of Central Lancashire34.5–38.119.113.757.337.383.3
=326801–1000University of Clermont Auvergne34.5–38.120.918.452.159.767.8
=326801–1000University of Córdoba34.5–38.125.920.462.143.352.3
=326801–1000University of Debrecen34.5–38.142.219.940.948.860
=326801–1000University of Foggia34.5–38.115.925.86435.730.8
=326801–1000University of Girona34.5–38.122.12453.450.456.8
=326801–1000University of Jaén34.5–38.120.920.869.636.645.8
=326801–1000University of Ljubljana34.5–38.125.921.554.968.542.3
=326801–1000University of Lleida34.5–38.121.122.962.559.345.4
=326801–1000University of Malta34.5–38.123.917.36133.357.8
=326801–1000University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila34.5–38.126.311.667.628.137.6
=326801–1000University of Namur34.5–38.122.327.152.760.870.7
=326801–1000University of Nova Gorica34.5–38.129.417.443.227.492
=326801–1000University of Roehampton34.5–38.122.121.855.929.386.5
=326801–1000University of Rome III34.5–38.125.526.554.858.142.7
=326801–1000University of Salamanca34.5–38.131.423.148.844.255.3
=326801–1000University of Salento34.5–38.12620.75949.134.3
=326801–1000University of Salford34.5–38.119.715.362.553.784.2
=326801–1000University of Sannio34.5–38.127.215.460.944.329.3
=326801–1000University of Savoie Mont Blanc34.5–38.116.819.860.553.561.2
=326801–1000University of Seville34.5–38.123.526.7555645.9
=326801–1000University of the Balearic Islands34.5–38.126.216.456.641.251.5
=326801–1000University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia34.5–38.121.813.473.321.159.7
=326801–1000University of Vigo34.5–38.123.919.86057.749
=326801–1000University of Westminster34.5–38.118.716.858.546.888.1
=326801–1000University of Wolverhampton34.5–38.119.214.960.248.180.3
=3891001–1200Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań30.7–34.419.630.744.432.338.1
=3891001–1200AGH University of Krakow30.7–34.427.621.338.56932.6
=3891001–1200Athens University of Economics and Business30.7–34.418.223.552.662.944.9
=3891001–1200Brno University of Technology30.7–34.425.117.937.872.660.4
=3891001–1200Cardiff Metropolitan University30.7–34.418.713.745.828.284.4
=3891001–1200Czech Technical University in Prague30.7–34.430.818.931.358.760.5
=3891001–1200Democritus University of Thrace30.7–34.417.318.757.634.229.4
=3891001–1200Edge Hill University30.7–34.418.313.960.527.256.8
=3891001–1200European University of Madrid30.7–34.422.510.258.917.662.9
=3891001–1200Gdańsk University of Technology30.7–34.418.818.652.453.539.4
=3891001–1200Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences30.7–34.432.412.640.424.361.9
=3891001–1200IMT Nord Europe30.7–34.4332922.864.571.8
=3891001–1200Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca30.7–34.425.811.551.828.449.4
=3891001–1200Kore University of Enna30.7–34.418.812.965.543.339.1
=3891001–1200Medical University of Bialystok30.7–34.439.31240.540.230.3
=3891001–1200Medical University of Gdańsk30.7–34.428.411.549.243.941.5
=3891001–1200Medical University of Warsaw30.7–34.427.713.248.24632.8
=3891001–1200Palacký University Olomouc30.7–34.423.324.844.939.460.4
=3891001–1200Public University of Navarre30.7–34.424.415.151.839.546.1
=3891001–1200Riga Technical University30.7–34.425.924.132.952.663.3
=3891001–1200Tallinn University30.7–34.425.124.343.622.159.9
=3891001–1200Technical University of Madrid30.7–34.425.518.148.868.154.6
=3891001–1200Technische Universität Ilmenau30.7–34.433.222.433.776.963.6
=3891001–1200Technological University Dublin30.7–34.417.913.748.455.764.3
=3891001–1200Université de Poitiers30.7–34.430.125.6324362.8
=3891001–1200Université d’Orléans30.7–34.418.615.846.946.670.2
=3891001–1200University of Algarve30.7–34.418.220.654.427.363.5
=3891001–1200University of Alicante30.7–34.426.121.346.956.440.9
=3891001–1200University of Almería30.7–34.421.619.948.730.844.6
=3891001–1200University of Bedfordshire30.7–34.416.61456.430.184.7
=3891001–1200University of Bergamo30.7–34.417.42252.531.137.4
=3891001–1200University of Bucharest30.7–34.422.922.651.426.428.3
=3891001–1200University of Deusto30.7–34.420.423.747.538.847.5
=3891001–1200University of East London30.7–34.420.915.446.430.787.3
=3891001–1200University of Gloucestershire30.7–34.418.614.156.224.665.5
=3891001–1200University of Hradec Králové30.7–34.42115.652.922.562.8
=3891001–1200University of La Laguna30.7–34.423.916.955.931.350
=3891001–1200University of Latvia30.7–34.419.828.6455450.4
=3891001–1200University of Murcia30.7–34.423.419.852.95737
=3891001–1200University of Oviedo30.7–34.429.318.448.442.940.8
=3891001–1200University of Patras30.7–34.417.418.456.169.334.7
=3891001–1200University of Pécs30.7–34.440.918.735.23957.4
=3891001–1200University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice30.7–34.423.317.750.423.254.8
=3891001–1200University of Szeged30.7–34.430.918.340.247.257.1
=3891001–1200University of the Aegean30.7–34.419.122.54978.632.3
=3891001–1200University of the Azores30.7–34.421.319.856.119.249.3
=3891001–1200University of Tours30.7–34.429.516.443.746.661.9
=3891001–1200University of West London30.7–34.420.51052.118.990.8
=3891001–1200University of Zaragoza30.7–34.427.619.748.26943.5
=3891001–1200University of Žilina30.7–34.426.219.644.335.534.3
=3891001–1200Vilnius University30.7–34.427.218.348.145.948.8
=3891001–1200ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences30.7–34.422.61746.760.371.9
=4411201–1500Babeş-Bolyai University25.2–30.619.316.448.93138.2
=4411201–1500Budapest University of Technology and Economics25.2–30.622.419.334.264.238.3
=4411201–1500Canterbury Christ Church University25.2–30.624.413.445.718.964.3
=4411201–1500Comenius University in Bratislava25.2–30.630.816.537.328.552.5
=4411201–1500Halmstad University25.2–30.616.215.649.829.665.5
=4411201–1500Ilia State University25.2–30.618.29.749.616.652.4
=4411201–1500Kaunas University of Technology25.2–30.622.617.446.440.640.5
=4411201–1500Lodz University of Technology25.2–30.623.415.930.761.932.9
=4411201–1500Medical University of Lublin25.2–30.631.11331.636.136.2
=4411201–1500Medical University of Silesia in Katowice25.2–30.63112.737.131.825.3
=4411201–1500Medical University of Sofia25.2–30.631.920.731.547.151.8
=4411201–1500Mendel University in Brno25.2–30.619.219.336.121.958.1
=4411201–1500Miguel Hernández University of Elche25.2–30.619.918.843.862.541.9
=4411201–1500National Institute of Applied Sciences, Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg)25.2–30.623.815.829.846.871.9
=4411201–1500National University of Distance Education (UNED)25.2–30.618.319.539.543.631.4
=4411201–1500Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń25.2–30.627.222.337.331.934.1
=4411201–1500Opole University of Technology25.2–30.61915.23823.143.3
=4411201–1500Paris Nanterre University25.2–30.62117.128.938.668
=4411201–1500Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice25.2–30.640.210.421.425.961.2
=4411201–1500Poznań University of Life Sciences25.2–30.625.812.642.430.830.6
=4411201–1500Poznan University of Medical Sciences25.2–30.627.713.744.542.535.4
=4411201–1500Poznan University of Technology25.2–30.622.114.335.947.330.2
=4411201–1500Silesian University of Technology25.2–30.624.216.344.642.731.6
=4411201–1500Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava25.2–30.615.313.746.720.739.2
=4411201–1500SWPS University25.2–30.616.812.950.218.651.6
=4411201–1500Technical University of Cartagena25.2–30.626.112.941.136.840.6
=4411201–1500Technical University of Crete25.2–30.614.311.345.941.638
=4411201–1500The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin25.2–30.631.316.135.217.333
=4411201–1500Tomas Bata University in Zlín25.2–30.621.321.337.127.654
=4411201–1500Transilvania University of Brașov25.2–30.615.113.248.436.938.2
=4411201–1500Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)25.2–30.619.515.734.637.153.9
=4411201–1500Universidad Loyola25.2–30.622.114.139.81847.1
=4411201–1500Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France25.2–30.616.617.236.260.869.3
=4411201–1500University of A Coruña25.2–30.624.517.643.141.837.2
=4411201–1500University of Angers25.2–30.615.114.143.648.164.8
=4411201–1500University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland25.2–30.624.313.533.429.285.4
=4411201–1500University of Burgos25.2–30.621.415.942.833.338
=4411201–1500University of Cadiz25.2–30.62120.142.630.944.9
=4411201–1500University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague25.2–30.636.715.127.254.354.6
=4411201–1500University of Évora25.2–30.621.918.934.423.753.8
=4411201–1500University of Franche-Comté25.2–30.620.515.840.249.971.1
=4411201–1500University of Gdańsk25.2–30.624.815.433.22636.5
=4411201–1500University of Ioannina25.2–30.614.414.953.34839.7
=4411201–1500University of La Rochelle25.2–30.621.912.435.126.969.3
=4411201–1500University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria25.2–30.621.416.944.131.243.3
=4411201–1500University of León25.2–30.623.216.243.562.836.6
=4411201–1500University of Macedonia25.2–30.616.717.642.326.125.4
=4411201–1500University of Malaga25.2–30.62216.742.45241.6
=4411201–1500University of Maribor25.2–30.621.31839.245.837.6
=4411201–1500University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova25.2–30.626.610.152.121.238.9
=4411201–1500University of Northampton25.2–30.618.11142.518.480.4
=4411201–1500University of Pannonia25.2–30.623.122.227.231.936.7
=4411201–1500University of Rouen Normandie25.2–30.622.813.740.150.158.4
=4411201–1500University of South Wales25.2–30.618.112.138.749.878.6
=4411201–1500University of Split25.2–30.6211643.325.735.1
=4411201–1500University of Staffordshire25.2–30.618.411.548.924.367.4
=4411201–1500University of Sunderland25.2–30.619.39.736.534.873
=4411201–1500University of Technology of Compiègne25.2–30.633.712.128.458.784.4
=4411201–1500University of Technology of Troyes25.2–30.629.912.72641.276.2
=4411201–1500University of Thessaly25.2–30.615.114.755.842.338.4
=4411201–1500University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro25.2–30.62216.447.23641.2
=4411201–1500University of Urbino Carlo Bo25.2–30.614.619.249.43852.4
=4411201–1500University of Valladolid25.2–30.625.414.838.542.140.2
=4411201–1500University of West Bohemia25.2–30.621.317.837.433.835.4
=4411201–1500University of Winchester25.2–30.619.51643.718.864.9
=4411201–1500University of Worcester25.2–30.617.6123823.259.9
=4411201–1500University of Wrocław25.2–30.623.821.436.431.244.9
=4411201–1500University of Zagreb25.2–30.62616.642.367.630.9
=4411201–1500University Rey Juan Carlos25.2–30.617.114.447.84738.6
=4411201–1500USAMV Cluj-Napoca25.2–30.618.49.555.320.540.8
=4411201–1500Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech)25.2–30.621.517.331.746.148.1
=4411201–1500VSB - Technical University of Ostrava25.2–30.624.821.131.743.350.6
=4411201–1500Vytautas Magnus University25.2–30.623.612.631.220.360.9
=4411201–1500Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW25.2–30.619.312.541.229.234.6
=4411201–1500Warsaw University of Technology25.2–30.625.717.630.854.932.8
=4411201–1500West University of Timişoara25.2–30.619.612.84818.936.2
=4411201–1500Wrocław University of Science and Technology25.2–30.620.218.534.157.633.7
=5181501+Alexandru Ioan Cuza University10.5–25.1191230.838.140.1
=5181501+Bialystok University of Technology10.5–25.121.513.622.420.527.6
=5181501+Bogomolets National Medical University10.5–25.125.39.38.218.237.1
=5181501+Cracow University of Technology10.5–25.123.411.332.429.930.8
=5181501+Dunarea de Jos University of Galati10.5–25.120.110.729.318.545.5
=5181501+Gdynia Maritime University10.5–25.124.410.216.752.220.7
=5181501+George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures10.5–25.118.41239.222.436.9
=5181501+Georgian Technical University10.5–25.128.49.31616.639.9
=5181501+Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi10.5–25.115.41021.831.932
=5181501+Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy10.5–25.123.210.419.224.141.2
=5181501+Hellenic Open University10.5–25.122.58.642.516.626.5
=5181501+Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo10.5–25.113.115.441.719.344
=5181501+International Hellenic University10.5–25.19.99.841.324.729.8
=5181501+Ionian University10.5–25.116.711.430.422.823.3
=5181501+Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University10.5–25.11411.217.817.842.6
=5181501+Ivan Franko National University of Lviv10.5–25.122.310.710.418.229
=5181501+Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce10.5–25.121.412.212.421.827.4
=5181501+Jean Moulin University – Lyon 310.5–25.114.713.515.41962
=5181501+Kharkiv Aviation Institute10.5–25.120.51027.21826
=5181501+Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics10.5–25.121.59.323.417.627.5
=5181501+Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies10.5–25.120.316.216.625.425
=5181501+Lublin University of Technology10.5–25.1211533.529.443.7
=5181501+Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu10.5–25.118.715.43119.531.9
=5181501+Lviv Polytechnic National University10.5–25.116.511.728.821.927.1
=5181501+Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS)10.5–25.122.321.224.922.634.5
=5181501+Matej Bel University10.5–25.121.313.816.821.145.3
=5181501+National Aviation University10.5–25.122.68.936.716.824.4
=5181501+National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute10.5–25.124.8916.319.133.9
=5181501+National Technical University of Ukraine – Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute10.5–25.122.110.716.923.322.3
=5181501+National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine10.5–25.1168.926.424.323.6
=5181501+Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University10.5–25.12498.816.326.4
=5181501+Oles Honchar Dnipro National University10.5–25.121.79.58.317.421
=5181501+Ovidius University of Constanța10.5–25.119.59.410.617.627
=5181501+Polytechnic Institute of Porto10.5–25.114.712.744.834.130.8
=5181501+Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal10.5–25.114.18.818.417.530.3
=5181501+Polytechnic University of Bucharest10.5–25.119.211.629.538.145.3
=5181501+Polytechnic University of Timişoara10.5–25.117.810.133.236.123.3
=5181501+University of Economics in Prague10.5–25.116.21527.42051.2
=5181501+Riga Stradiņš University10.5–25.117.515.73124.365.4
=5181501+Rzeszów University of Technology10.5–25.119.89.628.223.525.3
=5181501+Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje10.5–25.119.310.225.332.341.1
=5181501+SGH Warsaw School of Economics10.5–25.123.915.927.416.637.4
=5181501+Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra10.5–25.12712.229.521.649.5
=5181501+Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava10.5–25.127.113.223.241.843.5
=5181501+Sofia University10.5–25.127.11218.129.136.8
=5181501+Széchenyi István University10.5–25.118.913.123.727.530.8
=5181501+Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv10.5–25.124.714.222.225.531.7
=5181501+Technical University of Cluj-Napoca10.5–25.115.413.439.636.926.2
=5181501+Technical University of Liberec10.5–25.124.219.419.639.246.5
=5181501+Technical University of Sofia10.5–25.122.711.621.334.524.1
=5181501+Trakia University10.5–25.120.79.75.418.327
=5181501+UNIR – International University of La Rioja10.5–25.112.215.237.819.957.5
=5181501+Universidade Lusófona10.5–25.124.39.731.320.956.6
=5181501+Universidad Francisco de Vitoria10.5–25.114.311.946.117.437.1
=5181501+Université Sorbonne Nouvelle10.5–25.126.213.12034.869.2
=5181501+University of Chester10.5–25.119.513.328.926.570
=5181501+University of Craiova10.5–25.118.612.328.225.325.6
=5181501+University of Life Sciences in Lublin10.5–25.121.512322121.9
=5181501+University of Lodz10.5–25.121.11729.320.637.5
=5181501+University of Miskolc10.5–25.125.614.2192333.5
=5181501+University of Montenegro10.5–25.113.512.924.326.444.2
=5181501+University of Oradea10.5–25.115.213.234.918.339.4
=5181501+University of Ostrava10.5–25.120.416.625.719.350.4
=5181501+University of Pardubice10.5–25.121.717.418.732.839.7
=5181501+University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour10.5–25.124.411.120.53179.8
=5181501+University of Primorska10.5–25.119.416.924.123.359.5
=5181501+University of Prishtina10.5–25.112.711.722.820.132.1
=5181501+University of Rijeka10.5–25.119.718.431.231.728.8
=5181501+University of Sarajevo10.5–25.120.211.220.826.628.7
=5181501+University of Silesia in Katowice10.5–25.12414.425.723.331.3
=5181501+University of Szczecin10.5–25.124.218.928.116.632.2
=5181501+University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn10.5–25.118.215.240.424.823.9
=5181501+University of West Attica10.5–25.19.610.537.626.524.4
=5181501+University of Western Macedonia10.5–25.112.513.442.128.128.4
=5181501+Uzhhorod National University10.5–25.117.99.16.216.840.2
=5181501+Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University10.5–25.114.29.420.11622.4
=5181501+V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University10.5–25.126.310.99.24047.2
=5181501+Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences10.5–25.122.214.132.737.732.3
=5181501+Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University10.5–25.1189.88.817.228.5

Key Highlights European University Rankings: 2024 vs 2025

  • A UK institution – the University of Oxford – takes the top spot in our Europe table (and in the overall rankings), while 106 other UK universities appear in the league table.
  • The top 10 European universities include UK, Swiss and German institutions, but UK universities take most of the top spots.
  • Of the universities in mainland Europe, a Swiss institution – ETH Zurich – achieves the highest rank, putting it in the top five in Europe and 11th in the THE World University Rankings 2025.
  • Nordic countries perform well, with Sweden and Finland punching above their weight relative to their population size, with 13 and 10 institutions respectively in the ranking. 
  • Overall, more than 30 European countries are represented in the Europe 2025 ranking, including France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal. 

The table for the best universities in Europe was derived from data collected from the THE World University Rankings. The results are calculated using 18 performance indicators underlying five metrics: research environment, teaching (the learning environment), research quality, industry and international outlook. For more insights and a detailed breakdown of our ranking methodology, visit our methodology page. Use the Europe university ranking table above to explore the right institution for you.

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The trusted methodology behind the rankings is developed by Times Higher Education's expert data team and is relied upon by students, academics, university leaders, policymakers, and industry partners worldwide to make informed decisions about higher education excellence. 

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