Ranking Europe
The ranking of the 377 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.
377ranked universities
RankUniversityCountry
- 1University of Cambridge
United Kingdom - 2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
- 3ETH Zurich
Switzerland - 4Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 5University College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 6University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
- 7EPFLSwitzerland
- 8Technical University of Munich
Germany - 9Paris - PSL University
France - 10The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
- 11KU Leuven
Belgium - 12LMU MunichGermany
- 13King's College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 14Sorbonne UniversityFrance
- 15University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom
- 16Heidelberg UniversityGermany
- 17University of BristolUnited Kingdom
- 18University of WarwickUnited Kingdom
- 19University of ZurichSwitzerland
- 20University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom
- 21University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom
- 22The London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
- 23University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom
- 24University of LeedsUnited Kingdom
- 25University of StrasbourgFrance
- 26University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom
- 27University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom
- 28Ghent UniversityBelgium
- 29University of BaselSwitzerland
- 30Aix-Marseille UniversityFrance
- 31Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom
- 32University of GenevaSwitzerland
- 33RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany
- 34University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom
- 35Free University of BerlinGermany
- 36University of YorkUnited Kingdom
- 37University of BonnGermany
- 38Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium
- 39University of ExeterUnited Kingdom
- 40Sapienza University of Rome
Italy - 41Paris-Saclay UniversityFrance
- 42University of BernSwitzerland
- 43University of AberdeenUnited Kingdom
- 44Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom
- 45Catholic University of LouvainBelgium
- 46Politecnico di MilanoItaly
- 47Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom
- 48University of SussexUnited Kingdom
- 49University of LausanneSwitzerland
- 50University of Barcelona
Spain