Ranking Europe
The ranking of the 610 best universities in Europe in 2026
Ranking based on the average of the three main international rankings: Shanghai (ARWU), QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education.
610ranked universities
RankUniversityCountry
- 1University of Cambridge
United Kingdom - 2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
- 3ETH Zurich
Switzerland - 4Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 5University College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 6University of Edinburgh
Scotland - 7EPFLSwitzerland
- 8Technical University of Munich
Germany - 9Paris - PSL University
France - 10The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
- 11KU Leuven
Belgium - 12Karolinska Institute
Sweden - 13LMU MunichGermany
- 14King's College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 15Sorbonne UniversityFrance
- 16University of St AndrewsScotland
- 17Stockholm School of EconomicsSweden
- 18University of Copenhagen
Denmark - 19Heidelberg UniversityGermany
- 20University of Amsterdam
Netherlands - 21University of BristolUnited Kingdom
- 22University of WarwickUnited Kingdom
- 23University of ZurichSwitzerland
- 24Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands
- 25Utrecht UniversityNetherlands
- 26University of GlasgowScotland
- 27The London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
- 28University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom
- 29Lund UniversitySweden
- 30University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom
- 31University of LeedsUnited Kingdom
- 32Leiden UniversityNetherlands
- 33University of StrasbourgFrance
- 34University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom
- 35Aarhus UniversityDenmark
- 36Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands
- 37University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
- 38Technical University of DenmarkDenmark
- 39University of GroningenNetherlands
- 40University of Helsinki
Finland - 41University of Oslo
Norway - 42University of Vienna
Austria - 43Ghent UniversityBelgium
- 44Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands
- 45University of BaselSwitzerland
- 46Aix-Marseille UniversityFrance
- 47Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom
- 48University of GenevaSwitzerland
- 49KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden
- 50Uppsala UniversitySweden