Top Universities in Europe in 2018
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| Global Ranking | EU Ranking | University | Location |
| 5 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 6 | 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 7 | 3 | UCL (University College London) | United Kingdom |
| 8 | 4 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 10 | 5 | ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland |
| 12 | 6 | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Switzerland |
| 23= | 7 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
| 23= | 7 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 34 | 9 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
| 35 | 10 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom |
| 43 | 11 | Ecole normale supérieure, Paris | France |
| 44 | 12 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
| 54 | 13 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 57 | 14 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
| 58 | 15 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 59 | 16 | Ecole Polytechnique | France |
| 64 | 17 | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| 65 | 18 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 66 | 19 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München | Germany |
| 68 | 20 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universit?t Heidelberg | Germany |
| 71= | 21 | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| 73= | 22 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 73= | 22 | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| 78= | 24 | Durham University | United Kingdom |
| 78= | 24 | Lund University | Sweden |
| 82= | 26 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
| 84= | 27 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 84= | 27 | The University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
| 88 | 29 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | Ireland |
| 92 | 30 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom |
| 95= | 31 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia |
| 98= | 32 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
| 98= | 32 | University of Geneva | Switzerland |
| 101 | 34 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
| 102= | 35 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| 102= | 35 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
| 104 | 37 | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 107 | 38 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany |
| 109= | 39 | Leiden University | Netherlands |
| 109= | 39 | Utrecht University | Netherlands |
| 112 | 41 | Uppsala University | Sweden |
| 113 | 42 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
| 116= | 43 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
| 119 | 44 | Aarhus University | Denmark |
| 120 | 45 | Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin | Germany |
| 124 | 46 | Wageningen University | Netherlands |
| 125= | 47 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | Germany |
| 125= | 47 | Ghent University | Belgium |
| 127 | 49 | Queen Mary University of London | United Kingdom |
| 131 | 50 | Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) | France |
| 133 | 51 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden |
| 135= | 52 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom |
| 135= | 52 | University of York | United Kingdom |
| 137= | 54 | Aalto University | Finland |
| 137= | 54 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
| 141 | 56 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
| 142= | 57 | University of Oslo | Norway |
| 144 | 58 | Technische Universit?t Berlin (TU Berlin) | Germany |
| 146 | 59 | University of Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 147= | 60 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| 149= | 61 | University of Basel | Switzerland |
| 153 | 62 | Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Belgium |
| 154 | 63 | University of Vienna | Austria |
| 156 | 64 | Universitat de Barcelona | Spain |
| 157 | 65 | école Normale Supérieure de Lyon | France |
| 158= | 66 | The University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
| 158= | 66 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
| 160 | 68 | University of Bath | United Kingdom |
| 161= | 69 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom |
| 164= | 70 | Eberhard Karls Universit?t Tübingen | Germany |
| 164= | 70 | University of Bergen | Norway |
| 167 | 72 | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| 168 | 73 | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| 170 | 74 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy |
| 171 | 75 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg | Germany |
| 173= | 76 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom |
| 177 | 77 | CentraleSupélec | France |
| 179= | 78 | University of Twente | Netherlands |
| 181 | 79 | University of G?ttingen | Germany |
| 182= | 80 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) | Belgium |
| 182= | 80 | Vienna University of Technology | Austria |
| 187 | 82 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain |
| 188= | 83 | Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna | Italy |
| 188= | 83 | University of Reading | United Kingdom |
| 192= | 85 | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa | Italy |
| 192= | 85 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento | Italy |
| 195= | 87 | Stockholm University | Sweden |
| 195= | 87 | Technische Universit?t Dresden | Germany |
| 195= | 87 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Spain |
| 200 | 90 | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
| 202 | 91 | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 204 | 92 | Radboud University | Netherlands |
| 205= | 93 | Universite libre de Bruxelles | Belgium |
| 210= | 94 | University of Antwerp | Belgium |
| 215 | 95 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy |
| 218 | 96 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 220 | 97 | Sciences Po | France |
| 223 | 98 | Universit?t Hamburg | Germany |
| 228 | 99 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom |
| 233 | 100 | University Complutense Madrid | Spain |
| 234 | 101 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
| 236= | 102 | Université Grenoble-Alpes | France |
| 238 | 103 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom |
| 239 | 104 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit?t Bonn | Germany |
| 240= | 105 | Saint Petersburg State University | Russia |
| 242 | 106 | Université Paris-Sud | France |
| 243= | 107 | National University of Ireland Galway | Ireland |
| 250= | 108 | Novosibirsk State University | Russia |
| 254= | 109 | Universit?t Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
| 259= | 110 | Royal Holloway University of London | United Kingdom |
| 259= | 110 | Universit?t Stuttgart | Germany |
| 259= | 110 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology | Norway |
| 267= | 113 | University of Dundee | United Kingdom |
| 269 | 114 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | France |
| 270= | 115 | Ecole des Ponts ParisTech | France |
| 270= | 115 | University of Navarra | Spain |
| 272= | 117 | Technische Universit?t Darmstadt | Germany |
| 272= | 117 | University of Surrey | United Kingdom |
| 274 | 119 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | United Kingdom |
| 275 | 120 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain |
| 276 | 121 | University of Turku | Finland |
| 277= | 122 | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
| 281 | 123 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) | Spain |
| 283= | 124 | University College Cork | Ireland |
| 283= | 124 | University of Gothenburg | Sweden |
| 286 | 126 | Universit?t Innsbruck | Austria |
| 287= | 127 | Link?ping University | Sweden |
| 287= | 127 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universit?t Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany |
| 291 | 129 | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | Russia |
| 293= | 130 | Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) | France |
| 296= | 131 | SOAS University of London | United Kingdom |
| 296= | 131 | Università di Padova | Italy |
| 296= | 131 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Spain |
| 301= | 134 | University of Porto | Portugal |
| 303 | 135 | Université de Strasbourg | France |
| 305= | 136 | Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 | France |
| 305= | 136 | University of Lisbon | Portugal |
| 307 | 138 | Politecnico di Torino | Italy |
| 308= | 139 | Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom |
| 308= | 139 | Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t Münster | Germany |
| 312 | 141 | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom |
| 314= | 142 | University of Tartu | Estonia |
| 314= | 142 | Charles University | Czech Republic |
| 319= | 144 | Université de Liège | Belgium |
| 323= | 145 | Tomsk State University | Russia |
| 325= | 146 | University of Milan | Italy |
| 330 | 147 | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan | France |
| 331= | 148 | University of Cologne | Germany |
| 334= | 149 | Belarusian State University | Belarus |
| 338 | 150 | Umea University | Sweden |
| 341= | 151 | Universit?t Jena | Germany |
| 343 | 152 | City, University of London | United Kingdom |
| 346= | 153 | Brunel University London | United Kingdom |
| 352= | 154 | University of Essex | United Kingdom |
| 355= | 155 | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT / Moscow Phystech) | Russia |
| 355= | 155 | Université Paris Dauphine | France |
| 357= | 157 | Tilburg University | Netherlands |
| 357= | 157 | University Ulm | Germany |
| 357= | 157 | University of Jyv?skyl? | Finland |
| 361= | 160 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Portugal |
| 361= | 160 | Oxford Brookes University | United Kingdom |
| 367= | 162 | University of Troms? The Arctic University of Norway | Norway |
| 372 | 163 | University of St.Gallen (HSG) | Switzerland |
| 373= | 164 | Aston University | United Kingdom |
| 373= | 164 | Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) | Russia |
| 373= | 164 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) | Russia |
| 373= | 164 | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain |
| 373= | 164 | University of Kent | United Kingdom |
| 379 | 169 | Aalborg University | Denmark |
| 380 | 170 | Tampere University of Technology | Finland |
| 381 | 171 | Université de Montpellier | France |
| 382= | 172 | National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow) | Russia |
| 384 | 173 | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark |
| 385 | 174 | Universit?t Konstanz | Germany |
| 386= | 175 | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia |
| 388= | 176 | Universit?t Mannheim | Germany |
| 391= | 177 | Dublin City University | Ireland |
| 398= | 178 | Goldsmiths, University of London | United Kingdom |
| 398= | 178 | Johannes Gutenberg Universit?t Mainz | Germany |
| 401-410 | 180 | Leibniz Universit?t Hannover | Germany |
| 401-410 | 181 | National Technical University of Athens | Greece |
| 401-410 | 182 | Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia |
| 401-410 | 183 | Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum | Germany |
| 401-410 | 184 | University of Coimbra | Portugal |
| 401-410 | 185 | V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University | Ukraine |
| 401-410 | 186 | Vilnius University | Lithuania |
| 411-420 | 187 | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv | Ukraine |
| 411-420 | 188 | Aix-Marseille University | France |
| 411-420 | 189 | University of Oulu | Finland |
| 411-420 | 190 | University of Warsaw | Poland |
| 421-430 | 191 | University of Pisa | Italy |
| 431-440 | 192 | Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel | Germany |
| 431-440 | 193 | Swansea University | United Kingdom |
| 441-450 | 194 | Bangor University | United Kingdom |
| 441-450 | 195 | Kazan (Volga region) Federal University | Russia |
| 441-450 | 196 | University of Trento | Italy |
| 441-450 | 197 | Université Paris Descartes | France |
| 451-460 | 198 | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) | France |
| 451-460 | 199 | University of Eastern Finland | Finland |
| 451-460 | 200 | University of Stirling | United Kingdom |
| 461-470 | 201 | Jagiellonian University | Poland |
| 461-470 | 202 | Martin-Luther-Universit?t Halle-Wittenberg | Germany |
| 461-470 | 203 | Universidad de Zaragoza | Spain |
| 461-470 | 204 | University of Florence | Italy |
| 461-470 | 205 | University of Rome University of Rome "Tor Vergata" | Italy |
| 461-470 | 206 | Universit?t Potsdam | Germany |
| 471-480 | 207 | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria |
| 471-480 | 208 | Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz | Austria |
| 481-490 | 209 | Aberystwyth University | United Kingdom |
| 481-490 | 210 | Julius-Maximilians-Universit?t Würzburg | Germany |
| 481-490 | 211 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
| 481-490 | 212 | University of Naples - Federico II | Italy |
| 481-490 | 213 | Universit?t Bremen | Germany |
| 491-500 | 214 | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic |
| 491-500 | 215 | Politécnica de Madrid | Spain |
| 491-500 | 216 | Ural Federal University | Russia |
| 501-550 | 217 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece |
| 501-550 | 218 | Kingston University, London | United Kingdom |
| 501-550 | 219 | Lappeenranta University of Technology | Finland |
| 501-550 | 220 | National Technical University of Ukraine National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" | Ukraine |
| 501-550 | 221 | The National University of Science and Technology MISIS | Russia |
| 501-550 | 222 | RUDN University | Russia |
| 501-550 | 223 | Technische Universit?t Braunschweig | Germany |
| 501-550 | 224 | Graz University of Technology | Austria |
| 501-550 | 225 | University of Granada | Spain |
| 501-550 | 226 | Universit?t des Saarlandes | Germany |
| 501-550 | 227 | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
| 501-550 | 228 | Universit?t Leipzig | Germany |
| 501-550 | 229 | Universit?t Regensburg | Germany |
| 501-550 | 230 | Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 | France |
| 501-550 | 231 | University of Bordeaux | France |
| 501-550 | 232 | Université de Fribourg | Switzerland |
| 501-550 | 233 | Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III | France |
| 501-550 | 234 | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
| 501-550 | 235 | University of Limerick | Ireland |
| 501-550 | 236 | University of Szeged | Hungary |
| 551-600 | 237 | Abo Akademi University | Finland |
| 551-600 | 238 | Coventry University | United Kingdom |
| 551-600 | 239 | Justus-Liebig-University Giessen | Germany |
| 551-600 | 240 | Masaryk University | Czech Republic |
| 551-600 | 241 | National Research Saratov State University | Russia |
| 551-600 | 242 | Philipps-Universit?t Marburg | Germany |
| 551-600 | 243 | Southern Federal University | Russia |
| 551-600 | 244 | Universidad de Alcalá | Spain |
| 551-600 | 245 | Università degli Studi di Pavia | Italy |
| 551-600 | 246 | University of Turin | Italy |
| 551-600 | 247 | University of Bayreuth | Germany |
| 551-600 | 248 | Universitat de Valencia | Spain |
| 551-600 | 249 | Université Lille 1, Sciences et Technologies | France |
| 551-600 | 250 | Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) | France |
| 551-600 | 251 | University of Mons | Belgium |
| 551-600 | 252 | University of Tampere | Finland |
| 551-600 | 253 | University of Westminster | United Kingdom |
| 551-600 | 254 | Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | Lithuania |
| 601-650 | 255 | Brno University of Technology | Czech Republic |
| 601-650 | 256 | Far Eastern Federal University | Russia |
| 601-650 | 257 | ITMO University | Russia |
| 601-650 | 258 | Keele University | United Kingdom |
| 601-650 | 259 | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia |
| 601-650 | 260 | TU Dortmund University | Germany |
| 601-650 | 261 | University of Salamanca | Spain |
| 601-650 | 262 | Universidad de Sevilla | Spain |
| 601-650 | 263 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | Spain |
| 601-650 | 264 | Universit?t Duisburg-Essen | Germany |
| 601-650 | 265 | Université Nice Sophia Antipolis | France |
| 601-650 | 266 | University of Bradford | United Kingdom |
| 601-650 | 267 | University of Hull | United Kingdom |
| 601-650 | 268 | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom |
| 601-650 | 269 | Ulster University | United Kingdom |
| 601-650 | 270 | University of Zagreb | Croatia |
| 601-650 | 271 | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland |
| 651-700 | 272 | Dublin Institute of Technology | Ireland |
| 651-700 | 273 | E?tv?s Lorànd University | Hungary |
| 651-700 | 274 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece |
| 651-700 | 275 | Riga Technical University | Latvia |
| 651-700 | 276 | Universidad del Pais Vasco | Spain |
| 651-700 | 277 | Universidade Católica Portuguesa - UCP | Portugal |
| 651-700 | 278 | Universit?t Bielefeld | Germany |
| 651-700 | 279 | University Duesseldorf | Germany |
| 651-700 | 280 | Université de Rennes 1 | France |
| 651-700 | 281 | University of Crete | Greece |
| 651-700 | 282 | University of Debrecen | Hungary |
| 651-700 | 283 | University of Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| 651-700 | 284 | University of Milano-Bicocca | Italy |
| 651-700 | 285 | University of Minho | Portugal |
| 701-750 | 286 | Bournemouth University | United Kingdom |
| 701-750 | 287 | Comenius University in Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 701-750 | 288 | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania |
| 701-750 | 289 | Lobachevsky University | Russia |
| 701-750 | 290 | London Metropolitan University | United Kingdom |
| 701-750 | 291 | Maynooth University | Ireland |
| 701-750 | 292 | Middlesex University | United Kingdom |
| 701-750 | 293 | National Technical University National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" | Ukraine |
| 701-750 | 294 | Palacky University in Olomouc | Czech Republic |
| 701-750 | 295 | Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski | Bulgaria |
| 701-750 | 296 | Ca' Foscari University of Venice | Italy |
| 701-750 | 297 | University of Genoa | Italy |
| 701-750 | 298 | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| 701-750 | 299 | University of Trieste | Italy |
| 701-750 | 300 | University of Brighton | United Kingdom |
| 701-750 | 301 | University of Bucharest | Romania |
| 701-750 | 302 | University of Latvia | Latvia |
| 701-750 | 303 | University of Patras | Greece |
| 701-750 | 304 | Plymouth University | United Kingdom |
| 751-800 | 305 | Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt | Austria |
| 751-800 | 306 | BELARUSSIAN NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY | Belarus |
| 751-800 | 307 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary |
| 751-800 | 308 | Northumbria University at Newcastle | United Kingdom |
| 751-800 | 309 | Paris Lodron University of Salzburg | Austria |
| 751-800 | 310 | Universita' degli Studi di Ferrara | Italy |
| 751-800 | 311 | Università degli Studi di Perugia | Italy |
| 751-800 | 312 | Università degli studi Roma Tre | Italy |
| 751-800 | 313 | University of Lorraine | France |
| 751-800 | 314 | Université de Nantes | France |
| 751-800 | 315 | Université Lumière Lyon 2 | France |
| 751-800 | 316 | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole | France |
| 751-800 | 317 | University of Brescia | Italy |
| 751-800 | 318 | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom |
| 751-800 | 319 | University of Huddersfield | United Kingdom |
| 751-800 | 320 | University of Pécs | Hungary |
| 751-800 | 321 | University of Salford | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 322 | Adam Mickiewicz University | Poland |
| 801-1000 | 323 | AGH University of Science and Technology | Poland |
| 801-1000 | 324 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | Romania |
| 801-1000 | 325 | Athens University of Economics and Business | Greece |
| 801-1000 | 326 | Babes-Bolyai University | Romania |
| 801-1000 | 327 | Corvinus University of Budapest | Hungary |
| 801-1000 | 328 | Vasyl` Stus Donetsk National University | Ukraine |
| 801-1000 | 329 | Edinburgh Napier University | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 330 | University of Lodz | Poland |
| 801-1000 | 331 | London South Bank University | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 332 | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 333 | Nicolaus Copernicus University | Poland |
| 801-1000 | 334 | Nottingham Trent University | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 335 | Novosibirsk State Technical University | Russia |
| 801-1000 | 336 | Plekhanov Russian University of Economics | Russia |
| 801-1000 | 337 | Samara National Research University (Samara University) | Russia |
| 801-1000 | 338 | Sumy State University | Ukraine |
| 801-1000 | 339 | Robert Gordon University | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 340 | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha | Spain |
| 801-1000 | 341 | University of Murcia | Spain |
| 801-1000 | 342 | Universidad de Oviedo | Spain |
| 801-1000 | 343 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | Spain |
| 801-1000 | 344 | Universidade da Coru?a | Spain |
| 801-1000 | 345 | Catania University | Italy |
| 801-1000 | 346 | University of Siena | Italy |
| 801-1000 | 347 | University of Palermo | Italy |
| 801-1000 | 348 | Universit?t Rostock | Germany |
| 801-1000 | 349 | Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3 | France |
| 801-1000 | 350 | Université de Caen Basse-Normandie | France |
| 801-1000 | 351 | Université de Cergy-Pontoise | France |
| 801-1000 | 352 | Université de Poitiers | France |
| 801-1000 | 353 | Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 | France |
| 801-1000 | 354 | Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé | France |
| 801-1000 | 355 | Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense | France |
| 801-1000 | 356 | Universit Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 | France |
| 801-1000 | 357 | University of Bari | Italy |
| 801-1000 | 358 | University of Belgrade | Serbia |
| 801-1000 | 359 | University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 360 | University of East London | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 361 | University of Greenwich | United Kingdom |
| 801-1000 | 362 | University of Maribor | Slovenia |
| 801-1000 | 363 | University of Wroclaw | Poland |
| 801-1000 | 364 | Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail | France |
| 801-1000 | 365 | Verona University | Italy |
| 801-1000 | 366 | Voronezh State University | Russia |
| 801-1000 | 367 | Vytautas Magnus University | Lithuania |
| 801-1000 | 368 | Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara / West University of Timisoara | Romania |
| 801-1000 | 369 | Wroclaw University of Technology | Poland |