Best universities in Europe 2026

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 14 October, 2025

Top universities in Europe 2026

Europe Rank 2026WUR Rank 2026UniversityOverallTeachingResearch EnvironmentResearch QualityIndustryInternational Outlook
11University of Oxford98.297.210097.799.996.4
2=3University of Cambridge97.296.299.997.187.696.3
38Imperial College London94.790.694.99891.998.2
411ETH Zurich93.188.597.294.583.795.1
522UCL87.577.885.997.674.797.5
627Technical University of Munich83.471.984.891.310083.4
729University of Edinburgh82.575.774.794.87196.2
834LMU Munich79.768.475.492.410078.7
935École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne79.673.570.887.599.995.4
1038King’s College London78.764.272.195.572.396.9
1146KU Leuven76.861.373.891.310079.2
1248Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris76.574.271.879.899.777.9
1349Universität Heidelberg76.368.361.495.393.780.2
1452London School of Economics and Political Science75.460.571.293.446.894.2
15=53Karolinska Institute7559.66695.594.777.8
1656University of Manchester74.961.265.992.47494.5
1757Delft University of Technology74.364.175.175.510092.1
18=62University of Amsterdam73.755.463.696.67692.5
1966Wageningen University & Research72.258.658.490.499.591.6
=20=68Institut Polytechnique de Paris71.671.862.470.999.195.1
=20=68Université Paris-Saclay71.667.962.280.692.476
22=70Leiden University71.349.363.393.699.185.2
23=76Sorbonne University70.467.659.281.673.178.4
24=80University of Bristol69.751.456.594.474.691.8
2582University of Groningen69.347.455.994.199.791.7
2684University of Glasgow68.950.652.295.973.295.5
2789Humboldt University of Berlin67.252.660.685.565.977.6
2890University of Copenhagen67.151.352.291.392.876.6
2991Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin66.947.248.798.210072.4
=30=92RWTH Aachen University66.754.96376.710070.3
=30=92University of Bonn66.751.556.688.578.771.8
=32=95Lund University66.649.156.785.799.779.2
=32=95University of Vienna66.65060.979.88094
=34=98KTH Royal Institute of Technology66.351.157.379.797.290.5
=34=98University of Birmingham66.347.748.493.774.294.3
=34=98University of Tübingen66.349.153.88998.674.6
37101Aarhus University66.248.658.883.999.875.3
38=105University of Helsinki65.750.457.390.170.758.6
39107Erasmus University Rotterdam65.638.552.995.989.287.1
=40=108University of Bern65.446.6479299.486.3
=40=108University of Sheffield65.449.749.188.379.490.4
=42=113Free University of Berlin65.250.258.382.272.479.5
=42=113University of Oslo65.247.852.590.375.276.5
44115Ghent University65.148.858.682.799.965.9
45118University of Leeds64.948.350.387.271.693.6
46120University of Basel64.550.242.887.599.894.2
47121Technical University of Denmark64.451.246.582.699.993
=48=122University of Göttingen64.149.452.787.27170.1
=48=122University of Warwick64.148.149.385.669.495.6
=50=125University of Hamburg63.745.752.887.199.863.6
=50=125University of Lausanne63.744.346.18999.488.4
52128Uppsala University63.547.454.981.39571.5
53129University of Southampton63.444.645.489.673.196.1
54130University of Bologna63.354.250.183.382.559.7
55=131Maastricht University63.241.446.188.398.396.7
57=134Queen Mary University of London62.938.742.695.776.597.5
58137Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa62.858.646.986.437.759.3
59=138University of Freiburg62.646.747.484.599.777.1
60143University of Liverpool62.243.54291.26895
61144Newcastle University62.139.843.2938089.5
=62=145University of Barcelona624447.888.592.464.6
=62=145University of Nottingham6245.843.387.372.191.8
=64=154Radboud University Nijmegen61.538.549.789.382.175.9
=64=154University of York61.544.143.987.567.690.6
66=160Technical University of Berlin6145.252.877.895.270.3
67=162University of St Andrews60.950.643.378.271.994.4
68=164University of Cologne60.844.546.583.994.270.2
=69=166Karlsruhe Institute of Technology60.749.354.969.310073.1
=69=166University of Geneva60.743.84085.285.796.1
=71=170Sapienza University of Rome60.655.953.573.485.242.9
=71=170University of Antwerp60.638.944.389.698.573.4
=71=170University of Exeter60.636.642.19459.193.4
74173Trinity College Dublin60.542.844.983.276.291.2
75174TU Dresden60.447.1507799.966.1
76175Durham University60.345.244.98162.894.6
77=176Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam60.237.741.891.877.584.3
78179University of Würzburg60.139.643.591.299.859.9
79=181Medical University of Vienna59.936.336.894.299.983.2
80183Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)59.844.944.884.673.369.5
=81=184Lancaster University59.740.940.886.767.295.1
=81=184Université Catholique de Louvain59.74047.780.795.280.3
83=187Pompeu Fabra University59.536.645.387.581.680.1
=84=190Université Paris Cité59.344.43889.96873.1
=84=190University of Twente59.345.7457398.992.4
=86=192Eindhoven University of Technology59.247.749.56710088.6
=86=192University of Leicester59.235.434.995.96994.8
=88=195Aalto University5944.343.478.99180.7
=88=195University of Münster5943.947.283.282.154.4
90=198Queen’s University Belfast58.834.738.490.87098.3
=91201–250Cardiff University56.4–58.635.939.18670.388.4
=91201–250Chalmers University of Technology56.4–58.642.645.971.297.176.7
=91201–250Friedrich Schiller University Jena56.4–58.64442.583.588.762
=91201–250Goethe University Frankfurt56.4–58.642.241.982.181.468.9
=91201–250Linköping University56.4–58.631.140.489.196.870.3
=91201–250Medical University of Graz56.4–58.629.735.19297.981.3
=91201–250Medical University of Innsbruck56.4–58.633.830.190.999.488.3
=91201–250Politecnico di Milano56.4–58.646.251.967.89865.5
=91201–250Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa56.4–58.650.238.377.593.756.8
=91201–250Stockholm University56.4–58.633.548.487.266.176.5
=91201–250Université Libre de Bruxelles56.4–58.636.744.881.368.386.9
=91201–250University College Dublin56.4–58.635.541.78474.989.4
=91201–250University of Aberdeen56.4–58.63834.882.379.696.4
=91201–250University of Erlangen-Nuremberg56.4–58.641.746.578.610064.2
=91201–250University of Gothenburg56.4–58.634.843.291.178.862.7
=91201–250University of Mannheim56.4–58.63744.585.588.271.1
=91201–250University of Padua56.4–58.646.4418078.953.2
=91201–250University of Potsdam56.4–58.637.944.381.792.466.4
=91201–250University of Reading56.4–58.641.738.185.266.994.2
=91201–250University of Surrey56.4–58.636.334.489.571.696
=91201–250University of Sussex56.4–58.634.33688.964.894.8
=91201–250Vrije Universiteit Brussel56.4–58.637.842.580.493.676.6
=113251–300Aalborg University54.3–56.333.644.980.68872.4
=113251–300Central European University54.3–56.35034.476.328.392.6
=113251–300Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf54.3–56.336.234.384.383.967.2
=113251–300Humanitas University54.3–56.336.62998.56464
=113251–300LUT University54.3–56.331.635.387.975.471
=113251–300RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences54.3–56.332.23782.178.591.4
=113251–300Ruhr University Bochum54.3–56.339.946.172.698.963.7
=113251–300Semmelweis University54.3–56.345.428.883.575.176.5
=113251–300Technical University of Darmstadt54.3–56.343.146.865.799.873.1
=113251–300Ulm University54.3–56.342.331.683.191.264.8
=113251–300Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore54.3–56.337.432.989.681.947.8
=113251–300Università della Svizzera italiana54.3–56.341.129.780.392.998.2
=113251–300University of Bath54.3–56.339.835.18167.193.2
=113251–300University of Bergen54.3–56.335.336.484.175.475.8
=113251–300University of East Anglia54.3–56.334.730.289.16287.3
=113251–300University of Konstanz54.3–56.338.542.872.995.775.8
=113251–300University of Luxembourg54.3–56.339.939.375.179.892.1
=113251–300University of Navarra54.3–56.337.234.181.990.774.4
=113251–300University of Oulu54.3–56.336.739.585.870.963.6
=113251–300University of Southern Denmark54.3–56.330.43687.398.175.8
=113251–300University of Stuttgart54.3–56.344.548.463.499.958.5
=113251–300Vita-Salute San Raffaele University54.3–56.334.33498.866.351.3
=135301–350Birkbeck, University of London51.6–54.234.232.27665.591.6
=135301–350Dublin City University51.6–54.228.536.688.66971.1
=135301–350École Normale Supérieure de Lyon51.6–54.256.84451.990.264.4
=135301–350Hasselt University51.6–54.23537.872.887.871.2
=135301–350Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz51.6–54.238.927.18372.366
=135301–350Loughborough University51.6–54.234.832.976.170.289.4
=135301–350Norwegian University of Science and Technology51.6–54.236.739.175.971.464.6
=135301–350Swansea University51.6–54.230.830.687.458.388.6
=135301–350Tampere University51.6–54.231.238.780.285.253.8
=135301–350Tilburg University51.6–54.229.142.973.878.985.2
=135301–350TU Wien51.6–54.244.247.255.599.985.3
=135301–350University of Bayreuth51.6–54.239.841.368.684.568
=135301–350University of Bremen51.6–54.239.739.672.378.963
=135301–350University of Duisburg-Essen51.6–54.235.434.682.787.464.3
=135301–350University of Dundee51.6–54.228.532.682.18791.7
=135301–350University of Essex51.6–54.230.130.28161.297.3
=135301–350University of Hohenheim51.6–54.23636.478.476.761.3
=135301–350University of Innsbruck51.6–54.235.736.869.687.893.7
=135301–350University of Liège51.6–54.234.841.872.797.572.5
=135301–350University of Milan51.6–54.238.932.586.171.247.2
=135301–350University of Naples Federico II51.6–54.24031.883.972.535.2
=135301–350University of Rome II – Tor Vergata51.6–54.240.436.171.78665.7
=135301–350University of Tartu51.6–54.234.531.48465.159.7
=135301–350University of Turku51.6–54.234.235.683.46652.6
=160351–400Autonomous University of Madrid49.9–51.541.831.373.466.556.2
=160351–400City St George's, University of London49.9–51.523.624.891.86595.6
=160351–400Justus Liebig University Giessen49.9–51.53539.272.571.362.7
=160351–400Leibniz University Hannover49.9–51.538.841.764.384.356.9
=160351–400Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences49.9–51.535.534.87687.853.8
=160351–400Université Grenoble Alpes49.9–51.542.636.762.77069.4
=160351–400University College Cork49.9–51.529.333.278.777.679
=160351–400University of Brescia49.9–51.535.424.7887243.2
=160351–400University of Florence49.9–51.537.637.975.976.746.7
=160351–400University of Galway49.9–51.530.234.776.986.777.6
=160351–400University of Kiel49.9–51.532.533.481.864.462.2
=160351–400University of Pavia49.9–51.538.931.97778.952.2
=160351–400University of Pisa49.9–51.536.334.777.767.743.2
=160351–400University of Siena49.9–51.539.335.17575.546.7
=160351–400University of St Gallen49.9–51.533.32380.866.693.6
=160351–400University of Strathclyde49.9–51.53735.266.479.790.5
=160351–400University of Trento49.9–51.534.635.277.470.361.5
=160351–400Verona University49.9–51.534.631.181.671.145
=179401–500Aston University46.2–49.821.726.283.664.695.7
=179401–500Bournemouth University46.2–49.818.821.789.346.489.2
=179401–500Brunel University of London46.2–49.82426.681.864.998.1
=179401–500Charles University46.2–49.837.932.264.863.464.7
=179401–500Free University of Bozen-Bolzano46.2–49.831.421.983.751.378.2
=179401–500Heriot-Watt University46.2–49.833.430.358.870.395.5
=179401–500IMT Atlantique46.2–49.847.335.548.397.881.2
=179401–500Institut Agro46.2–49.848.434.958.278.764.2
=179401–500Johannes Kepler University of Linz46.2–49.836.735.461.498.575.6
=179401–500Leuphana University of Lüneburg46.2–49.823.528.183.233.666
=179401–500Marche Polytechnic University46.2–49.835.826.475.972.633.9
=179401–500Montpellier University46.2–49.839.533.568.768.766.8
=179401–500National and Kapodistrian University of Athens46.2–49.824.426.87892.555.7
=179401–500Northumbria University46.2–49.823.625.580.547.891.4
=179401–500Polytechnic University of Turin46.2–49.831.6307186.756.6
=179401–500Roskilde University46.2–49.825.934.174.673.954.7
=179401–500Royal Holloway, University of London46.2–49.832.328.972.265.192.5
=179401–500SOAS University of London46.2–49.838.734.759.938.979.9
=179401–500Umeå University46.2–49.83033.180.263.262.1
=179401–500University of Bordeaux46.2–49.836.82868.668.364.6
=179401–500University of Coimbra46.2–49.833.842.161.581.454.7
=179401–500University of Cyprus46.2–49.828.930.769.270.274.1
=179401–500University of Eastern Finland46.2–49.828.631.176.667.649.7
=179401–500University of Fribourg46.2–49.839.133.862.471.981.3
=179401–500University of Genoa46.2–49.839.430.974.676.246.9
=179401–500University of Greifswald46.2–49.835.131.369.558.351.4
=179401–500University of Jyväskylä46.2–49.831.934.477.249.148.6
=179401–500University of Kent46.2–49.829.528.473.264.492.6
=179401–500University of Lisbon46.2–49.831.141.866.875.360.3
=179401–500University of Marburg46.2–49.837.832.17270.861.9
=179401–500University of Milan-Bicocca46.2–49.825.127.187.768.146.3
=179401–500University of Porto46.2–49.833.739.170.267.856
=179401–500University of Portsmouth46.2–49.82220.188.751.194.5
=179401–500University of Regensburg46.2–49.836.330.870.967.658.4
=179401–500University of Turin46.2–49.824.331.981.77444.3
=179401–500University of Vaasa46.2–49.823.728.190.535.667.4
=215501–600Bangor University43.6–46.128.32670.363.287.1
=215501–600Ca’ Foscari University of Venice43.6–46.1383853.261.365.9
=215501–600Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome43.6–46.136.927.273.354.133.6
=215501–600Complutense University of Madrid43.6–46.143.734.557.656.649.1
=215501–600Constructor University43.6–46.134.932.251.492.494
=215501–600Cyprus University of Technology43.6–46.128.925.675.136.368.5
=215501–600Goldsmiths, University of London43.6–46.128.223.571.248.880.8
=215501–600Hamburg University of Technology43.6–46.138.12656.98661.8
=215501–600Jagiellonian University43.6–46.143.833.651.154.245.7
=215501–600Keele University43.6–46.123.522.675.563.882.3
=215501–600Liverpool John Moores University43.6–46.119.719.783.851.279.9
=215501–600Maynooth University43.6–46.123.534.468.750.575
=215501–600Middlesex University43.6–46.122.418.776.145.392.5
=215501–600NOVA University of Lisbon43.6–46.130.236.459.775.862
=215501–600Polytechnic University of Bari43.6–46.12731.172.873.936.7
=215501–600Royal Veterinary College43.6–46.131.921.566.264.493
=215501–600Saarland University43.6–46.132.519.273.168.778.8
=215501–600TU Dortmund University43.6–46.13635.35771.556.5
=215501–600University of Bradford43.6–46.121.421.476.158.593.3
=215501–600University of Catania43.6–46.131.42278.75947.2
=215501–600University of Ferrara43.6–46.131.926.870.368.544
=215501–600University of Graz43.6–46.132.324.165.35181.2
=215501–600University of Huddersfield43.6–46.125.623.973.951.389.3
=215501–600University of Hull43.6–46.127.323.872.957.587.8
=215501–600University of Iceland43.6–46.124.635.369.383.155.2
=215501–600University of Kaiserslautern43.6–46.136.130.956.383.251.1
=215501–600University of Limerick43.6–46.128.634.661.773.175
=215501–600University of Messina43.6–46.135.628.171.864.336.6
=215501–600University of Modena and Reggio Emilia43.6–46.134.725.772.977.938.9
=215501–600University of Nicosia43.6–46.119.324.181.351.790.2
=215501–600University of Palermo43.6–46.133.330.566.754.737
=215501–600University of Plymouth43.6–46.12321.277.965.882.2
=215501–600University of Salerno43.6–46.130.630.272.763.136.9
=215501–600University of Siegen43.6–46.130.436.763.663.660
=215501–600University of Stirling43.6–46.124.426.374.645.691.1
=215501–600University of Toulouse43.6–46.132.530.762.97167.7
=215501–600University of Trieste43.6–46.134.327.772.457.650.9
=215501–600University of Valencia43.6–46.131.827.770.968.552.6
=215501–600Wroclaw Medical University43.6–46.143.517.976.548.137.5
=255601–800Aberystwyth University39.0–43.526.922.261.962.183.1
=255601–800Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont39.0–43.525.624.870.652.947.8
=255601–800Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)39.0–43.518.514.683.634.191
=255601–800Centrale Nantes39.0–43.539.931.241.786.185.4
=255601–800Claude Bernard University Lyon 139.0–43.52726.462.670.160.2
=255601–800Coventry University39.0–43.521.615.173.544.994.4
=255601–800Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)39.0–43.525.117.564.947.378.5
=255601–800De Montfort University39.0–43.517.716.470.550.492.9
=255601–800École des Mines de Saint-Étienne39.0–43.547.331.330.178.972
=255601–800École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)39.0–43.536.437.241.880.171.7
=255601–800Edinburgh Napier University39.0–43.517.519.775.341.290.3
=255601–800Graz University of Technology39.0–43.541.922.746.595.379.4
=255601–800Harokopio University of Athens39.0–43.520.824.279.340.239.5
=255601–800ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon39.0–43.529.835.954.959.950.8
=255601–800London Metropolitan University39.0–43.516.614.476.630.291.3
=255601–800London South Bank University39.0–43.518.51375.648.195.9
=255601–800Manchester Metropolitan University39.0–43.520.819.578.342.783
=255601–800Masaryk University39.0–43.526.832.657.151.166.2
=255601–800Nantes Université39.0–43.529.321.465.667.659.8
=255601–800Near East University39.0–43.527.421.756.654.490
=255601–800Nottingham Trent University39.0–43.520.814.183.338.189.1
=255601–800Obuda University39.0–43.517.430.972.827.248.8
=255601–800Örebro University39.0–43.519.325.278.350.554.4
=255601–800Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg39.0–43.534.618.256.657.772.6
=255601–800Paderborn University39.0–43.531.135.951.470.750
=255601–800Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg39.0–43.532.321.851.849.692.1
=255601–800Parthenope University of Naples39.0–43.518.922.87834.835.4
=255601–800Polytechnic University of Valencia39.0–43.532.326.250.486.857.2
=255601–800Rovira i Virgili University39.0–43.528.225.162.557.557.6
=255601–800Sciences Po39.0–43.530.124.867.918.682.9
=255601–800SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)39.0–43.525.214.975.42865.4
=255601–800Tallinn University of Technology39.0–43.526.224.96669.258.4
=255601–800Teesside University39.0–43.520.614.372.929.887.9
=255601–800TU Braunschweig39.0–43.53624.358.577.557.7
=255601–800UiT The Arctic University of Norway39.0–43.527.323.167.648.966
=255601–800Ulster University39.0–43.522.822.865.754.395
=255601–800Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya39.0–43.534.222.658.775.861.7
=255601–800Université Côte d'Azur39.0–43.530.920.861.465.881.6
=255601–800University of Aveiro39.0–43.531.631.553.855.346.3
=255601–800University of Bari Aldo Moro39.0–43.52025.871.464.638.1
=255601–800University of Beira Interior39.0–43.523.823.471.439.751.2
=255601–800University of Brighton39.0–43.519.919.363.464.984.7
=255601–800University of Cagliari39.0–43.533.82464.362.740.5
=255601–800University of Calabria39.0–43.539.521.962.459.742.5
=255601–800University of Crete39.0–43.524.729.168.566.346.2
=255601–800University of Derby39.0–43.51914.17434.680.2
=255601–800University of Granada39.0–43.531.329.760.960.753.4
=255601–800University of Greenwich39.0–43.517.616.581.639.197.1
=255601–800University of Hertfordshire39.0–43.518.213.276.544.892.1
=255601–800University of Insubria39.0–43.51923.779.348.741.2
=255601–800University of Klagenfurt39.0–43.534.419.660.549.589
=255601–800University of L’Aquila39.0–43.532.822.466.678.539.4
=255601–800University of Lille39.0–43.533.623.458.56765.1
=255601–800University of Lincoln39.0–43.520.518.577.234.186.9
=255601–800University of Minho39.0–43.52833.657.182.648.9
=255601–800University of Mons39.0–43.527.230.958.466.470.4
=255601–800University of Neuchâtel39.0–43.53524.257.847.184.5
=255601–800University of Parma39.0–43.520.923.970.164.839.2
=255601–800University of Passau39.0–43.532.73752.570.457.2
=255601–800University of Rennes 139.0–43.534.32053.47062.2
=255601–800University of Santiago de Compostela39.0–43.530.823.160.948.248.4
=255601–800University of the Basque Country39.0–43.531.121.963.361.545
=255601–800University of the West of Scotland39.0–43.519.515.569.766.191
=255601–800University of Tuscia39.0–43.523.828.766.559.750.6
=255601–800University of Udine39.0–43.532.820.969.458.541.1
=255601–800University of Warsaw39.0–43.538.132.646.739.345
=255601–800University of Wuppertal39.0–43.531.531.260.665.355.5
=255601–800UWE Bristol (University of the West of England)39.0–43.518.814.673.359.281.2
=325801–1000Aristotle University of Thessaloniki35.5–38.922.719.463.462.637
=325801–1000Arts et Métiers35.5–38.935.12340.682.566.3
=325801–1000Birmingham City University35.5–38.917.913.465.525.286.3
=325801–1000Bucharest University of Economic Studies35.5–38.919.211.981.523.131.8
=325801–1000Carlos III University of Madrid35.5–38.932.621.745.766.762.6
=325801–1000Catholic University of Portugal35.5–38.920.324.961.930.957.7
=325801–1000École Centrale de Lyon35.5–38.937.222.829.585.576.3
=325801–1000Eötvös Loránd University35.5–38.929.619.855.439.750.3
=325801–1000European University Cyprus35.5–38.920.415.365.819.992.9
=325801–1000Gabriele d‘Annunzio University35.5–38.917.620.963.65638.7
=325801–1000Glasgow Caledonian University35.5–38.917.815.263.748.783.5
=325801–1000Halmstad University35.5–38.920.416.764.82968
=325801–1000IMT Nord Europe35.5–38.932.93128.868.472
=325801–1000Jönköping University35.5–38.92122.465.53766.9
=325801–1000Kingston University35.5–38.920.415.454.648.390.9
=325801–1000Leeds Beckett University35.5–38.919.215.969.24874.9
=325801–1000Marie and Louis Pasteur University35.5–38.922.52051.964.668.1
=325801–1000Medical University of Lodz35.5–38.931.311.665.546.431.1
=325801–1000Montanuniversität Leoben35.5–38.940.721.334.678.677.6
=325801–1000National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon)35.5–38.938.722.936.793.369.6
=325801–1000National Technical University of Athens35.5–38.933.324.455.161.235.4
=325801–1000National Veterinary School of Alfort (EnvA)35.5–38.944.311.944.244.754.7
=325801–1000Norwegian University of Life Sciences35.5–38.93215.458.440.863.5
=325801–1000Open University of Catalonia35.5–38.918.520.568.332.850
=325801–1000Oxford Brookes University35.5–38.926.923.153.930.688.1
=325801–1000Pablo de Olavide University35.5–38.923.219.457.355.852.2
=325801–1000Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 135.5–38.936.9343835.863.4
=325801–1000Reykjavík University35.5–38.918.825.962.533.762.4
=325801–1000Robert Gordon University35.5–38.917.313.969.939.290.1
=325801–1000Sheffield Hallam University35.5–38.91814.165.534.973.2
=325801–1000The Open University35.5–38.917.814.3674861.5
=325801–1000Universitat Ramon Llull35.5–38.920.817.663.236.573.7
=325801–1000Université de Bretagne Occidentale35.5–38.92719.651.849.463.3
=325801–1000University of Alcalá35.5–38.929.21754.347.859.6
=325801–1000University of Córdoba35.5–38.927.420.760.445.850.6
=325801–1000University of Debrecen35.5–38.941.718.245.750.658
=325801–1000University of Foggia35.5–38.916.82663.63832.2
=325801–1000University of Hagen35.5–38.930.136.342.446.444.5
=325801–1000University of Jaén35.5–38.923.920.76739.250.2
=325801–1000University of Ljubljana35.5–38.927.823.85669.142.6
=325801–1000University of Lleida35.5–38.923.220.359.661.443.3
=325801–1000University of Malta35.5–38.924.918.261.636.856.2
=325801–1000University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila35.5–38.926.112.573.430.237
=325801–1000University of Namur35.5–38.926.826.74962.470.6
=325801–1000University of Nova Gorica35.5–38.929.91949.529.686.7
=325801–1000University of Patras35.5–38.918.523.66073.234.2
=325801–1000University of Roehampton35.5–38.918.922.85527.688.2
=325801–1000University of Rome III35.5–38.922.725.654.763.242.2
=325801–1000University of Salamanca35.5–38.93224.847.946.654.5
=325801–1000University of Salento35.5–38.927.221.461.455.835.6
=325801–1000University of Salford35.5–38.91914.864.95784.8
=325801–1000University of Seville35.5–38.924.927.955.860.447.4
=325801–1000University of the Balearic Islands35.5–38.927.916.956.638.452.1
=325801–1000University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia35.5–38.921.414.170.823.655.8
=325801–1000University of Vigo35.5–38.925.219.860.960.149.8
=325801–1000University of Westminster35.5–38.91916.563.148.785.4
=325801–1000University of Wolverhampton35.5–38.920.315.659.347.378.8
=325801–1000Vilnius University35.5–38.926.826.553.658.349.8
=3921001–1200Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań32.1–35.420.630.746.837.338.2
=3921001–1200AGH University of Krakow32.1–35.432.721.639.871.634.8
=3921001–1200Athens University of Economics and Business32.1–35.418.724.645.363.443.4
=3921001–1200Cardiff Metropolitan University32.1–35.420.714.451.326.886.8
=3921001–1200CY Cergy Paris University32.1–35.426.320.538.156.590.1
=3921001–1200Cyprus International University32.1–35.418.512.358.518.583.9
=3921001–1200Eastern Mediterranean University32.1–35.420.212.754.430.977.3
=3921001–1200Edge Hill University32.1–35.418.514.262.230.758.7
=3921001–1200European University of Madrid32.1–35.424.81061.218.565.5
=3921001–1200Gdańsk University of Technology32.1–35.422.119.35560.642.1
=3921001–1200Jaume I University32.1–35.425.721.950.446.744.3
=3921001–1200Kaunas University of Technology32.1–35.425.219.952.846.842.2
=3921001–1200Kore University of Enna32.1–35.417.816.657.84341.3
=3921001–1200Lithuanian University of Health Sciences32.1–35.429.913.657.52955.8
=3921001–1200Medical University of Gdańsk32.1–35.426.81255.845.538.3
=3921001–1200Medical University of Warsaw32.1–35.428.712.652.248.833.3
=3921001–1200Palacký University Olomouc32.1–35.423.32547.34160
=3921001–1200Riga Technical University32.1–35.427.125.333.656.465.4
=3921001–1200Silesian University of Technology32.1–35.427.717.750.745.436
=3921001–1200Sumy State University32.1–35.420.616.456.121.649.7
=3921001–1200Tallinn University32.1–35.427.224.547.824.455.2
=3921001–1200Technical University of Madrid32.1–35.427.818.145.771.253.8
=3921001–1200Technische Universität Ilmenau32.1–35.431.421.937.170.964.8
=3921001–1200TU Bergakademie Freiberg32.1–35.43825.528.55768.1
=3921001–1200Universitat Internacional de Catalunya32.1–35.426.111.250.221.369.9
=3921001–1200Université Bourgogne Europe32.1–35.419.51658.861.158.4
=3921001–1200University of Algarve32.1–35.419.622.154.129.762.8
=3921001–1200University of Alicante32.1–35.427.621.247.956.141.7
=3921001–1200University of Almería32.1–35.422.721.25134.545
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=3921001–1200University of Bedfordshire32.1–35.418.11455.332.986.7
=3921001–1200University of Belgrade32.1–35.422.627.350.931.941.6
=3921001–1200University of Bucharest32.1–35.421.624.158.42730.9
=3921001–1200University of Camerino (Unicam)32.1–35.421.718.354.258.555.1
=3921001–1200University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli32.1–35.418.4107551.231.5
=3921001–1200University of Castilla-La Mancha32.1–35.42417.952.853.545
=3921001–1200University of Clermont Auvergne32.1–35.420.818.649.360.165.4
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=3921001–1200University of Girona32.1–35.421.224.651.553.455.9
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=3921001–1200University of La Laguna32.1–35.423.416.155.236.249.3
=3921001–1200University of Lancashire32.1–35.418.713.457.238.782.6
=3921001–1200University of Latvia32.1–35.420.531.342.352.350.7
=3921001–1200University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova32.1–35.426.110.459.42336.8
=3921001–1200University of Murcia32.1–35.425.619.455.255.136.5
=3921001–1200University of Oviedo32.1–35.430.319.84848.340.6
=3921001–1200University of Pécs32.1–35.432.418.738.340.655.9
=3921001–1200University of Piraeus32.1–35.416.721.753.388.325.6
=3921001–1200University of Sannio32.1–35.430.416.856.542.829.7
=3921001–1200University of Savoie Mont Blanc32.1–35.417.817.658.455.162.9
=3921001–1200University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice32.1–35.423.517.450.425.155.1
=3921001–1200University of Szeged32.1–35.431.216.442.348.753.8
=3921001–1200University of the Aegean32.1–35.418.12452.783.532
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=3921001–1200University of Tours32.1–35.430.915.942.747.759
=3921001–1200University of Zaragoza32.1–35.42920.647.97142.3
=3921001–1200York St John University32.1–35.417.315.460.11666.1
=3921001–1200ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences32.1–35.423.317.350.862.369.1
=4561201–1500Babeş-Bolyai University27.3–32.020.718.648.132.939.3
=4561201–1500Brno University of Technology27.3–32.024.617.734.573.759
=4561201–1500Budapest University of Technology and Economics27.3–32.02318.434.265.138.9
=4561201–1500Canterbury Christ Church University27.3–32.01813.546.31974.1
=4561201–1500Comenius University in Bratislava27.3–32.029.41737.23052.9
=4561201–1500Czech Technical University in Prague27.3–32.030.917.832.663.759.2
=4561201–1500Democritus University of Thrace27.3–32.017.416.856.13728.7
=4561201–1500HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland27.3–32.024.513.836.229.684
=4561201–1500Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences27.3–32.033.213.24225.361.2
=4561201–1500I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University27.3–32.024.99.86016.537.8
=4561201–1500Ilia State University27.3–32.018.99.747.617.553
=4561201–1500Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca27.3–32.026.212.451.331.149.9
=4561201–1500Medical University of Bialystok27.3–32.031.912.139.141.430.3
=4561201–1500Medical University of Lublin27.3–32.033.514.635.238.533.6
=4561201–1500Medical University of Silesia in Katowice27.3–32.030.11342.93226.2
=4561201–1500Mendel University in Brno27.3–32.025.418.239.723.157
=4561201–1500Miguel Hernández University of Elche27.3–32.02218.442.962.642.6
=4561201–1500National University of Distance Education (UNED)27.3–32.017.219.441.850.233.3
=4561201–1500Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń27.3–32.029.623.138.633.235.6
=4561201–1500Opole University of Technology27.3–32.018.614.445.824.147
=4561201–1500Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice27.3–32.041.711.224.524.759.3
=4561201–1500Poznań University of Life Sciences27.3–32.026.512.84130.330.2
=4561201–1500Poznan University of Medical Sciences27.3–32.031.114.347.844.133.1
=4561201–1500Public University of Navarre27.3–32.025.515.249.243.347.3
=4561201–1500Riga Stradiņš University27.3–32.018.516.939.12564.6
=4561201–1500Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra27.3–32.027.519.33422.949.2
=4561201–1500SWPS University27.3–32.015.81749.532.849.4
=4561201–1500Technological University Dublin27.3–32.017.614.748.854.764.5
=4561201–1500The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin27.3–32.031.61736.817.432.1
=4561201–1500Tomas Bata University in Zlín27.3–32.022.721.137.728.853.7
=4561201–1500Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)27.3–32.019.118.235.139.257.4
=4561201–1500Université de Poitiers27.3–32.027.520.930.539.761.6
=4561201–1500Université d’Orléans27.3–32.020.316.646.151.770.1
=4561201–1500University of A Coruña27.3–32.024.118.646.146.638.1
=4561201–1500University of Burgos27.3–32.021.816.744.92936.3
=4561201–1500University of Cadiz27.3–32.021.218.342.737.443.4
=4561201–1500University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague27.3–32.037.314.726.95554.4
=4561201–1500University of Deusto27.3–32.020.720.649.339.946
=4561201–1500University of Évora27.3–32.02521.536.825.154.3
=4561201–1500University of Ioannina27.3–32.016.915.750.552.839.5
=4561201–1500University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria27.3–32.021.426.942.732.541.7
=4561201–1500University of León27.3–32.024.915.941.86136.8
=4561201–1500University of Malaga27.3–32.021.117.142.15441.5
=4561201–1500University of Maribor27.3–32.021.51841.246.239.5
=4561201–1500University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne27.3–32.029.19.837.436.456.1
=4561201–1500University of Rouen Normandie27.3–32.024.913.938.351.655.9
=4561201–1500University of South Wales27.3–32.018.211.735.752.378.6
=4561201–1500University of Split27.3–32.022.215.342.328.634.7
=4561201–1500University of Staffordshire27.3–32.016.312.34823.873.4
=4561201–1500University of Technology of Compiègne27.3–32.028.711.630.658.781.9
=4561201–1500University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro27.3–32.019.620.947.338.640.5
=4561201–1500University of Urbino Carlo Bo27.3–32.017.619.947.636.350.1
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=4561201–1500University of Wrocław27.3–32.028.721.837.935.545.1
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=4561201–1500University of Žilina27.3–32.026.219.639.945.533.9
=4561201–1500University Rey Juan Carlos27.3–32.018.715.347.446.738.4
=4561201–1500USAMV Cluj-Napoca27.3–32.019.71052.32237.5
=4561201–1500VSB - Technical University of Ostrava27.3–32.025.620.938.548.555.4
=4561201–1500Vytautas Magnus University27.3–32.023.712.936.921.269.5
=4561201–1500Warsaw University of Technology27.3–32.028.317.732.961.133.9
=4561201–1500Wrocław University of Science and Technology27.3–32.023.619.336.258.534
=5221501+Alexandru Ioan Cuza University10.3–27.222.512.229.241.139.3
=5221501+Bialystok University of Technology10.3–27.223.51423.528.627.6
=5221501+Bogomolets National Medical University10.3–27.2249.99.817.426.4
=5221501+Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw10.3–27.227.622.129.118.329.8
=5221501+CEU Universities10.3–27.221.911.833.926.449.8
=5221501+Cracow University of Technology10.3–27.225.910.432.730.533.6
=5221501+Dnipro University of Technology10.3–27.2137.647.117.627.1
=5221501+Dunarea de Jos University of Galati10.3–27.22010.232.31946.2
=5221501+Gdynia Maritime University10.3–27.223.411.515.554.221.2
=5221501+George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures10.3–27.217.912.838.52335.3
=5221501+Georgian Technical University10.3–27.229.8914.51739.1
=5221501+Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi10.3–27.218.210.221.533.933.6
=5221501+Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy10.3–27.223.810.721.523.941.1
=5221501+Hellenic Open University10.3–27.223.88.944.416.827.3
=5221501+Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo10.3–27.213.815.638.122.745.3
=5221501+International Hellenic University10.3–27.29.810.548.828.932.2
=5221501+Ionian University10.3–27.216.311.62623.824.2
=5221501+Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University10.3–27.21512.215.918.943.1
=5221501+Ivan Franko National University of Lviv10.3–27.220.511.111.518.829.7
=5221501+Jan Evangelista Purkyně University10.3–27.217.113.215.42141.9
=5221501+Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce10.3–27.220.111.316.419.528
=5221501+Jean Moulin University – Lyon 310.3–27.21513.71629.659.6
=5221501+Kharkiv Aviation Institute10.3–27.221.310.717.418.832.2
=5221501+Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics10.3–27.220.893018.629.5
=5221501+Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture10.3–27.222.69.141.419.334.2
=5221501+Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies10.3–27.221.715.817.924.927.8
=5221501+Liverpool Hope University10.3–27.219.516.830.21977.2
=5221501+Lodz University of Technology10.3–27.225.915.828.561.833
=5221501+Lublin University of Technology10.3–27.225.814.831.630.841.8
=5221501+Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu10.3–27.219164222.633.9
=5221501+Lviv Polytechnic National University10.3–27.220.21229.323.327.4
=5221501+Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS)10.3–27.222.621.525.822.336.5
=5221501+Matej Bel University10.3–27.218.914.21821.144.7
=5221501+Medical University of Sofia10.3–27.226.47.337.845.948.5
=5221501+National Institute of Applied Sciences, Strasbourg (INSA Strasbourg)10.3–27.223.29.32836.969.8
=5221501+National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya10.3–27.229.994.618.241.4
=5221501+National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute10.3–27.224.59.215.71933.1
=5221501+National Technical University of Ukraine – Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute10.3–27.221.610.616.72422.5
=5221501+National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine10.3–27.216.79.220.523.525.7
=5221501+Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University10.3–27.224.79.18.516.926.2
=5221501+Oles Honchar Dnipro National University10.3–27.219.29.59.117.721.3
=5221501+Ovidius University of Constanța10.3–27.220.19.914.218.327.2
=5221501+Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv10.3–27.213.612.513.721.923.1
=5221501+Paris Nanterre University10.3–27.221.516.62735.761.5
=5221501+Pázmány Péter Catholic University10.3–27.22311.727.123.236.3
=5221501+Polytechnic Institute of Porto10.3–27.214.713.1403432.3
=5221501+Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal10.3–27.218.29.118.518.135.8
=5221501+Polytechnic University of Bucharest10.3–27.218.79.730.539.222.6
=5221501+Polytechnic University of Timişoara10.3–27.2189.833.636.424.1
=5221501+Poznan University of Technology10.3–27.225.71434.747.731.2
=5221501+Rzeszów University of Technology10.3–27.220.18.323.424.825.7
=5221501+Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje10.3–27.221.310.223.932.643.8
=5221501+SGH Warsaw School of Economics10.3–27.225.321.631.816.439.7
=5221501+Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava10.3–27.228.714.524.745.445
=5221501+Sofia University10.3–27.227.112.321.724.736
=5221501+State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"10.3–27.222.3934.817.224.5
=5221501+Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava10.3–27.217.415.839.72237.3
=5221501+Széchenyi István University10.3–27.218.913.127.827.933.1
=5221501+Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv10.3–27.225.715.422.428.630.5
=5221501+Technical University of Cartagena10.3–27.228.613.831.24142.4
=5221501+Technical University of Cluj-Napoca10.3–27.217.813.936.441.727.3
=5221501+Technical University of Crete10.3–27.215.615.14545.138.9
=5221501+Technical University of Košice10.3–27.226.816.826.442.951.7
=5221501+Technical University of Liberec10.3–27.222.216.920.337.647.7
=5221501+Technical University of Sofia10.3–27.222.911.522.137.724.7
=5221501+Trakia University10.3–27.220.910.38.319.426.9
=5221501+Transilvania University of Brașov10.3–27.214.813.447.735.940.5
=5221501+Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies10.3–27.219.88.91220.924.5
=5221501+UNIR – International University of La Rioja10.3–27.212.615.635.920.657.4
=5221501+Universidade Lusófona10.3–27.223.69.936.920.754.9
=5221501+Universidad Francisco de Vitoria10.3–27.215.512.746.318.341.3
=5221501+Universidad Loyola10.3–27.216.216.541.920.248.7
=5221501+Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France10.3–27.217.48.335.357.768.2
=5221501+Université Sorbonne Nouvelle10.3–27.2281223.337.467.3
=5221501+University of Chester10.3–27.219.812.93127.969.8
=5221501+University of Craiova10.3–27.216.211.526.624.225.8
=5221501+University of Economics in Prague10.3–27.217.21530.120.352.3
=5221501+University of Gdańsk10.3–27.227.315.135.331.636.9
=5221501+University of Huelva10.3–27.223.216.632.628.836.2
=5221501+University of La Rochelle10.3–27.219.712.633.630.265.5
=5221501+University of Life Sciences in Lublin10.3–27.224.21232.523.423.8
=5221501+University of Lodz10.3–27.224.518.532.621.737.2
=5221501+University of Macedonia10.3–27.217.71843.831.827.5
=5221501+University of Miskolc10.3–27.223.814.721.224.336.4
=5221501+University of Montenegro10.3–27.21412.124.327.448.3
=5221501+University of Northampton10.3–27.216.11140.418.780.3
=5221501+University of Novi Sad10.3–27.219.911.532.859.638.8
=5221501+University of Oradea10.3–27.216.513.331.718.738.5
=5221501+University of Ostrava10.3–27.22016.732.720.751.1
=5221501+University of Pannonia10.3–27.222.717.729.931.835.9
=5221501+University of Pardubice10.3–27.219.718.622.837.840.7
=5221501+University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour10.3–27.224.412.52031.776.2
=5221501+University of Primorska10.3–27.22017.425.12362.2
=5221501+University of Prishtina10.3–27.213.512.62020.540.2
=5221501+University of Rijeka10.3–27.220.119.431.336.430.6
=5221501+University of Rzeszów10.3–27.222.71425.322.728.2
=5221501+University of Sarajevo10.3–27.221.211.523.43329.5
=5221501+University of Silesia in Katowice10.3–27.22815.228.827.832.4
=5221501+University of Sunderland10.3–27.219.39.634.633.772
=5221501+University of Szczecin10.3–27.223.51027.817.430.8
=5221501+University of Technology of Troyes10.3–27.231.811.422.240.475.2
=5221501+University of the Arts London10.3–27.223.911.825.419.374.1
=5221501+University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn10.3–27.218.215.641.926.724.6
=5221501+University of West Attica10.3–27.210.211.643.130.125.2
=5221501+University of West Bohemia10.3–27.219.61835.438.236.7
=5221501+University of Western Macedonia10.3–27.213.31344.928.726.7
=5221501+University of Worcester10.3–27.217.11237.923.659.2
=5221501+Uzhhorod National University10.3–27.217.69.26.91734.4
=5221501+Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University10.3–27.216.210.12416.623.1
=5221501+Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Vilnius Tech)10.3–27.220.817.93147.353.5
=5221501+V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University10.3–27.226.811.212.135.246.3
=5221501+Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW10.3–27.222.112.841.433.433.7
=5221501+West University of Timişoara10.3–27.222.713.343.719.234.7
=5221501+Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences10.3–27.228.513.636.134.932.5
=5221501+Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University10.3–27.217.91010.117.528.8

Key highlights European University Rankings: 2025 v 2026

  • A UK institution – the University of Oxford – takes the top spot in our Europe table (and in the overall rankings), while 109 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 2026.
  • 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 2026 ranking, including France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal. 

Choosing a university in Europe

There are many great study abroad destinations in Europe. From Germany, to France, to Spain, to Italy, there is a country that would suit any student. 

Many universities in Europe offer cheaper tuition fees for international students, such as Germany and Italy, and increasingly more and more universities are offering courses in English. 

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.

Editor’s note: As part of our THE statement on Ukraine published on 2 March 2022, Russian and Belrusian universities have been given less prominence in our rankings. Russian and Belrusian universities that met the criteria for this ranking are not displayed in the table above.

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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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