Europe - Top 50 University Rankings
In this section you can find the rankings of Europe's 50 best universities. Once you have identified an institution from the top 50 European university rankings that you are interested in, you can find more information on that university by clicking on its name.
The rankings of the European universities are based upon those published by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with the average position of the universities taken for use in these lists.
| European Rank | European University | Country |
| 1 | University of Cambridge | England |
| 2 | University of Oxford | England |
| 3 | Imperial Coll London | England |
| 4 | University of Coll London | England |
| 5 | Swiss Fed Inst Technology - Zurich | Switzerland |
| 6 | University of Paris 06 | France |
| 7 | University of Utrecht | Netherlands |
| 8 | University ofersity of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 9 | University of Manchester | England |
| 10 | University of Paris 11 | France |
| 11 | Karolinska Inst Stockholm | Sweden |
| 11 | University of Edinburgh | Scotland |
| 11 | University of Munich | Germany |
| 14 | Technology University of Munich | Germany |
| 15 | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| 16 | University of Bristol | England |
| 17 | University of Heidelberg | Germany |
| 18 | Uppsala University of | Sweden |
| 19 | University of Oslo | Norway |
| 20 | University of Leiden | Netherlands |
| 21 | University of Sheffield | England |
| 22 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| 23 | Moscow State University | Russia |
| 24 | University of Nottingham | England |
| 25 | University of Basel | Switzerland |
| 26 | Ecole Normale Super Paris | France |
| 26 | King's College London | England |
| 28 | Stockholm University of | Sweden |
| 29 | University of Goettingen | Germany |
| 30 | University of Birmingham | England |
| 31 | University of Freiburg | Germany |
| 32 | Lund University | Sweden |
| 33 | University of Bonn | Germany |
| 33 | University of Strasbourg 1 | France |
| 35-56 | Aarhus University of | Denmark |
| 35-56 | Swiss Fed Inst Technology - Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 35-56 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 35-56 | University of Frankfurt | Germany |
| 35-56 | University of Geneva | Switzerland |
| 35-56 | University of Ghent | Belgium |
| 35-56 | University of Glasgow | Scotland |
| 35-56 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
| 35-56 | University of Hamburg | Germany |
| 35-56 | University of Leeds | England |
| 35-56 | University of Leuven | Belgium |
| 35-56 | University of Libre Bruxelles | Belgium |
| 35-56 | University of Liverpool | England |
| 35-56 | University of Louvain | Belgium |
| 35-56 | University of Milan | Italy |
| 35-56 | University of Muenster | Germany |
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