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Best universities in Europe 2017

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top colleges in Europe

June 21 2017

Map of Europe/Best universities in Europe

Best universities in Europe 2017: the results in full 

Click on each institution to view its THE World University Rankings 2016-2017 result

Europe Rank 2017	World University Rank 2016-17	University	Country
1	1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
2	4	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
3	8	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
4	9	ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland
5	15	University College London	United Kingdom
6	=25	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom
7	27	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
8	28	Karolinska Institute	Sweden
=9	=30	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland
=9	=30	LMU Munich	Germany
11	=36	King’s College London	United Kingdom
12	40	KU Leuven	Belgium
13	=43	Heidelberg University	Germany
14	46	Technical University of Munich	Germany
15	55	University of Manchester	United Kingdom
16	=57	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany
17	59	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands
18	63	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
19	65	Wageningen University & Research	Netherlands
20	66	École Normale Supérieure	France
21	69	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands
22	71	University of Bristol	United Kingdom
23	75	Free University of Berlin	Germany
24	77	Leiden University	Netherlands
25	=78	RWTH Aachen University	Germany
26	=80	University of Groningen	Netherlands
=27	=82	Technical University of Berlin	Germany
=27	=82	University of Warwick	United Kingdom
29	86	Utrecht University	Netherlands
30	88	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
31	=89	University of Tübingen	Germany
32	=91	University of Helsinki	Finland
33	93	Uppsala University	Sweden
34	94	Maastricht University	Netherlands
35	95	University of Freiburg	Germany
=36	=96	Durham University	United Kingdom
=36	=96	Lund University	Sweden
=38	=98	Aarhus University	Denmark
=38	=98	University of Basel	Switzerland
40	102	University of Mannheim	Germany
41	106	University of Zurich	Switzerland
42	109	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom
=43	=110	University of Bern	Switzerland
=43	=110	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom
45	112	University of Göttingen	Germany
=46	=113	University of Bonn	Germany
=46	=113	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom
48	=116	École Polytechnique	France
49	118	Ghent University	Belgium
50	120	University of Copenhagen	Denmark
=51	=121	Pierre and Marie Curie University	France
=51	=121	Radboud University Nijmegen	Netherlands
=51	=121	University of Southampton	United Kingdom
54	=126	University of Exeter	United Kingdom
55	128	Université Catholique de Louvain	Belgium
56	129	University of York	United Kingdom
57	130	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom
58	=131	Trinity College Dublin	Republic of Ireland
59	132	University of Oslo	Norway
60	133	University of Leeds	United Kingdom
61	=135	Ulm University	Germany
=62	=137	University of Geneva	Switzerland
=62	=137	Lancaster University	United Kingdom
=62	=137	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa	Italy
=65	=144	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Germany
=65	=144	Stockholm University	Sweden
67	147	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
68	149	University of Sussex	United Kingdom
69	=151	University of Lausanne	Switzerland
70	=153	University of Twente	Netherlands
71	=156	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands
72	158	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom
73	159	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden
74	160	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Germany
=75	=161	University of Münster	Germany
=75	=161	University of Vienna	Austria
77	163	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain
78	164	TU Dresden	Germany
79	=165	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom
=80	=170	University of Cologne	Germany
=80	=170	University of Gothenburg	Sweden
82	172	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
83	=173	Royal Holloway, University of London	United Kingdom
84	175	Pompeu Fabra University	Spain
85	176	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark
86	177	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands
87	178	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg
88	179	Paris-Sud University	France
=89	=180	University of Dundee	United Kingdom
=89	=180	University of Hamburg	Germany
91	=182	Cardiff University	United Kingdom
92	=186	University of Würzburg	Germany
=93	=188	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom
=93	=188	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Russian Federation
=95	=190	Newcastle University	United Kingdom
=95	=190	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna	Italy
97	=192	University of Reading	United Kingdom
98	194	University of Konstanz	Germany
99	197	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany
100	=198	Tilburg University	Netherlands
101–110	201-250	University of Antwerp	Belgium
101–110	201-250	University of Barcelona	Spain
101–110	201-250	University of Bergen	Norway
101–110	201-250	ESPCI ParisTech	France
101–110	201-250	University of Kiel	Germany
101–110	201-250	Université Libre de Bruxelles	Belgium
101–110	201-250	Paris Diderot University – Paris 7	France
101–110	201-250	Queen’s University Belfast	United Kingdom
101–110	201-250	St George’s, University of London	United Kingdom
101–110	201-250	University College Dublin	Republic of Ireland
111–120	201-250	Aalborg University	Denmark
111–120	201-250	Aalto University	Finland
111–120	201-250	University of Bologna	Italy
111–120	201-250	École Normale Supérieure de Lyon	France
111–120	201-250	Goethe University Frankfurt	Germany
111–120	201-250	Paris Descartes University	France
111–120	201-250	Polytechnic University of Milan	Italy
111–120	201-250	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	Republic of Ireland
111–120	201-250	University of Stuttgart	Germany
111–120	201-250	University of Trento	Italy
121–130	251-300	Bielefeld University	Germany
121–130	201-250	Birkbeck, University of London	United Kingdom
121–130	201-250	CentraleSupélec	France
121–130	251-300	Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden
121–130	201-250	University of Iceland	Iceland
121–130	251-300	Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz	Germany
121–130	201-250	National University of Ireland, Galway	Republic of Ireland
121–130	201-250	University of Oulu	Finland
121–130	251-300	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy
121–130	201-250	Technical University of Darmstadt	Germany
131–140	251-300	University of Bath	United Kingdom
131–140	251-300	University of Bayreuth	Germany
131–140	251-300	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano	Italy
131–140	251-300	University of Fribourg	Switzerland
131–140	251-300	University of Marburg	Germany
131–140	251-300	Mines ParisTech	France
131–140	251-300	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Norway
131–140	251-300	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark
131–140	251-300	University of Surrey	United Kingdom
131–140	251-300	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Sweden
131–140	251-300	Umeå University	Sweden
141–150	301-350	Anglia Ruskin University	United Kingdom
141–150	301-350	University of Bremen	Germany
141–150	251-300	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark
141–150	301-350	Goldsmiths, University of London	United Kingdom
141–150	251-300	University of Hohenheim	Germany
141–150	301-350	University of Innsbruck	Austria
141–150	251-300	Ruhr University Bochum	Germany
141–150	251-300	University of Tampere	Finland
141–150	251-300	Vienna University of Technology	Austria
151–160	301-350	Aberystwyth University	United Kingdom
151–160	301-350	Aix-Marseille University	France
151–160	301-350	University of Bordeaux	France
151–160	301-350	Central European University	Hungary
151–160	301-350	University of Essex	United Kingdom
151–160	301-350	University of Liège	Belgium
151–160	301-350	Loughborough University	United Kingdom
151–160	301-350	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Russian Federation
151–160	301-350	Swansea University	United Kingdom
151–160	301-350	University of Tartu	Estonia
161–170	301-350	Brunel University London	United Kingdom
161–170	301-350	Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées	France
161–170	301-350	Grenoble Alpes University	France
161–170	301-350	Justus Liebig University Giessen	Germany
161–170	301-350	University of Kent	United Kingdom
161–170	301-350	University of Milan	Italy
161–170	301-350	University of Padua	Italy
161–170	301-350	Royal Veterinary College	United Kingdom
161–170	301-350	University of Stirling	United Kingdom
161–170	301-350	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Belgium
171–180	301-350	Bangor University	United Kingdom
171–180	351-400	University of Calabria	Italy
171–180	301-350	University of Crete	Greece
171–180	351-400	University of Eastern Finland	Finland
171–180	301-350	Linköping University	Sweden
171–180	301-350	University of Navarra	Spain
171–180	301-350	University of Pavia	Italy
171–180	301-350	University of Strasbourg	France
171–180	301-350	Technical University of Dortmund	Germany
171–180	301-350	University of Turku	Finland
181–190	351-400	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain
181–190	351-400	City, University of London	United Kingdom
181–190	351-400	University of Cyprus	Cyprus
181–190	351-400	Leibniz University of Hanover	Germany
181–190	351-400	Maynooth University	Republic of Ireland
181–190	351-400	University of Milan-Bicocca	Italy
181–190	351-400	Montpellier University	France
181–190	351-400	Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris 4	France
181–190	351-400	Plymouth University	United Kingdom
181–190	351-400	University of Trieste	Italy
191–200	351-400	Aston University	United Kingdom
191–200	351-400	École des Ponts ParisTech	France
191–200	351-400	Graz University of Technology	Austria
191–200	351-400	ITMO University	Russian Federation
191–200	351-400	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	Norway
191–200	351-400	Örebro University	Sweden
191–200	351-400	Polytechnic University of Turin	Italy
191–200	351-400	University of Salerno	Italy
191–200	351-400	University of Turin	Italy
191–200	351-400	University College Cork	Republic of Ireland
201–250	401-500	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Greece
201–250	401-500	University of Aveiro	Portugal
201–250	401-500	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Bergamo	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Brescia	Italy
201–250	401-500	Charles University in Prague	Czech Republic
201–250	351-400	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1	France
201–250	401-500	University of Coimbra	Portugal
201–250	401-500	Cyprus University of Technology	Cyprus
201–250	401-500	Dublin City University	Republic of Ireland
201–250	401-500	École Normale Supérieure de Cachan	France
201–250	401-500	University of Ferrara	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Florence	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Genoa	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Graz	Austria
201–250	401-500	University of Greifswald	Germany
201–250	401-500	Hasselt University	Belgium
201–250	401-500	Heriot-Watt University	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	Higher School of Economics	Russian Federation
201–250	401-500	University of Jyväskylä	Finland
201–250	351-400	University of Kaiserslautern	Germany
201–250	401-500	Kazan Federal University	Russian Federation
201–250	401-500	Keele University	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	University of Lille	France
201–250	401-500	University of Lisbon	Portugal
201–250	401-500	Marche Polytechnic University	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Nantes	France
201–250	401-500	University of Naples Federico II	Italy
201–250	401-500	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Russian Federation
201–250	401-500	University of Neuchâtel	Switzerland
201–250	401-500	University of Nice Sophia Antipolis	France
201–250	401-500	Novosibirsk State University	Russian Federation
201–250	401-500	Oxford Brookes University	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1	France
201–250	401-500	University of Pisa	Italy
201–250	401-500	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	Spain
201–250	401-500	University of Porto	Portugal
201–250	401-500	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	University of Rome II – Tor Vergata	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Rome III	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Rovira i Virgili	Spain
201–250	401-500	University of St Gallen	Switzerland
201–250	401-500	Saint Petersburg State University	Russian Federation
201–250	401-500	University of Salento	Italy
201–250	401-500	University of Siegen	Germany
201–250	401-500	Soas, University of London	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom
201–250	401-500	UiT The Arctic University of Norway	Norway
201–250	401-500	Verona University	Italy
251–300	501-600	Athens University of Economics and Business	Greece
251–300	501-600	University of the Basque Country	Spain
251–300	501-600	Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC)	France
251–300	501-600	Ca’ Foscari University of Venice	Italy
251–300	501-600	University of Cagliari	Italy
251–300	501-600	University of Catania	Italy
251–300	501-600	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart	Italy
251–300	601-800	Carlos III University of Madrid	Spain
251–300	501-600	Complutense University of Madrid	Spain
251–300	601-800	Czech Technical University in Prague	Czech Republic
251–300	601-800	École Centrale de Lyon	France
251–300	501-600	University of Granada	Spain
251–300	501-600	University of Hertfordshire	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	University of Hull	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	University of Ioannina	Greece
251–300	601-800	Jagiellonian University	Poland
251–300	401-500	Johannes Kepler University of Linz	Austria
251–300	601-800	University of La Laguna	Spain
251–300	501-600	Lappeenranta University of Technology	Finland
251–300	501-600	University of Limerick	Republic of Ireland
251–300	501-600	Liverpool John Moores University	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	University of Maribor	Slovenia
251–300	601-800	Masaryk University	Czech Republic
251–300	501-600	Middlesex University	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	University of Minho	Portugal
251–300	501-600	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece
251–300	501-600	National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon)	France
251–300	601-800	Northumbria University	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	NOVA University of Lisbon	Portugal
251–300	401-500	The Open University	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg	Germany
251–300	501-600	University of Paderborn	Germany
251–300	601-800	Palacký University in Olomouc	Czech Republic
251–300	501-600	University of Palermo	Italy
251–300	501-600	University of Parma	Italy
251–300	501-600	Polytechnic University of Valencia	Spain
251–300	501-600	University of Rennes 1	France
251–300	501-600	Roskilde University	Denmark
251–300	601-800	University of Santiago de Compostela	Spain
251–300	501-600	Semmelweis University	Hungary
251–300	501-600	University of Siena	Italy
251–300	501-600	Tampere University of Technology	Finland
251–300	501-600	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Russian Federation
251–300	501-600	Tomsk State University	Russian Federation
251–300	501-600	Ulster University	United Kingdom
251–300	501-600	University of Urbino Carlo Bo	Italy
251–300	501-600	University of Valencia	Spain
251–300	501-600	University of Warsaw	Poland
251–300	501-600	Warsaw University of Technology	Poland
251–300	501-600	University of Zaragoza	Spain
301+	601-800	University of A Coruña	Spain
301+	801+	Adam Mickiewicz University	Poland
301+	601-800	AGH University of Science and Technology	Poland
301+	601-800	University of Alcalá	Spain
301+	801+	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University	Romania
301+	601-800	Babeş-Bolyai University	Romania
301+	601-800	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Russian Federation
301+	601-800	University of Bedfordshire	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Beira Interior	Portugal
301+	801+	Belarusian State University	Belarus
301+	801+	University of Belgrade	Serbia
301+	601-800	Bournemouth University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Bradford	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Brighton	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	Brno University of Technology	Czech Republic
301+	801+	University of Bucharest	Romania
301+	601-800	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Hungary
301+	601-800	University of Castilla-La Mancha	Spain
301+	601-800	University of Central Lancashire	United Kingdom
301+	801+	University of Cergy-Pontoise	France
301+	601-800	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Czech Republic
301+	601-800	Comenius University in Bratislava	Slovakia
301+	601-800	Coventry University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS)	Czech Republic
301+	601-800	De Montfort University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	University of Debrecen	Hungary
301+	601-800	Dublin Institute of Technology	Republic of Ireland
301+	601-800	University of East London	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	Edinburgh Napier University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	Eötvös Loránd University	Hungary
301+	801+	Gdańsk University of Technology	Poland
301+	601-800	Glasgow Caledonian University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Greenwich	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Huddersfield	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon	Portugal
301+	801+	Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University	Georgia
301+	601-800	University of Jaén	Spain
301+	801+	Kaunas University of Technology	Lithuania
301+	601-800	King Juan Carlos University	Spain
301+	601-800	Kingston University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	University of Latvia	Latvia
301+	601-800	Leeds Beckett University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Lincoln	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia
301+	801+	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	Russian Federation
301+	801+	University of Łódź	Poland
301+	601-800	London Metropolitan University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	London South Bank University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Lviv Polytechnic National University	Ukraine
301+	601-800	Manchester Metropolitan University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Murcia	Spain
301+	801+	National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)	Russian Federation
301+	801+	National Research Saratov State University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	National University of Science and Technology (MISiS)	Russian Federation
301+	801+	National Technical University of Ukraine – Kyiv Polytechnic Institute	Ukraine
301+	801+	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń	Poland
301+	601-800	Nottingham Trent University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Novosibirsk State Technical University	Russian Federation
301+	601-800	University of Oviedo	Spain
301+	801+	University of Pardubice	Czech Republic
301+	601-800	University of Patras	Greece
301+	601-800	University of Pécs	Hungary
301+	601-800	Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	Riga Technical University	Latvia
301+	801+	Robert Gordon University	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of Roehampton	United Kingdom
301+	801+	RUDN University	Russian Federation
301+	601-800	University of Salamanca	Spain
301+	601-800	University of Salford	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Samara State Aerospace University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	Sechenov University	Russian Federation
301+	601-800	University of Seville	Spain
301+	801+	Sheffield Hallam University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Siberian Federal University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	University of Silesia in Katowice	Poland
301+	801+	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Slovakia
301+	801+	Sofia University	Bulgaria
301+	801+	Southern Federal University	Russian Federation
301+	601-800	University of Szeged	Hungary
301+	601-800	Tallinn University of Technology	Estonia
301+	801+	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Ukraine
301+	801+	Technical University of Liberec	Czech Republic
301+	601-800	Technical University of Madrid	Spain
301+	601-800	Teesside University	United Kingdom
301+	801+	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Czech Republic
301+	801+	Ural Federal University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	Ukraine
301+	601-800	University of Vigo	Spain
301+	601-800	Vilnius University	Lithuania
301+	801+	Voronezh State University	Russian Federation
301+	801+	VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava	Czech Republic
301+	801+	University of West Bohemia	Czech Republic
301+	601-800	University of the West of England	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	University of the West of Scotland	United Kingdom
301+	601-800	West University of Timişoara	Romania
301+	601-800	University of Westminster	United Kingdom
301+	801+	University of Zagreb	Croatia

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