Rankings of universities in the European Union

Rankings of universities in the European Union have been published by Quacquarelli Symonds and the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (ARWU).

ARWU Ranking

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Rankings of Universities have been published by the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024.[1] (without universities in countries outside the European Union)

American universities largely dominate the Shanghai Ranking, with almost half of the top 100 universities. The European Union comes second, with 19 universities in the top 100 of the Academic World University Rankings 2022 and 21 ranked universities, followed by the United Kingdom, said the European Commission, which has published a note on this classification in November 2021. Canada, Australia, China and Switzerland are also well represented in the top 100.[2]

Top 20 (2023) University Country
1 Paris Saclay University   France
2 University of Copenhagen   Denmark
3 Karolinska Institute   Sweden
4 Paris Sciences et Lettres University   France
5 Sorbonne University   France
6 Utrecht University   Netherlands
7 Heidelberg University   Germany
8 Technical University of Munich   Germany
9 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich   Germany
10 University of Bonn   Germany
11 Paris Cité University   France
12 University of Groningen   Netherlands
13 Aarhus University   Denmark
14 Uppsala University   Sweden
15 Ghent University   Belgium
16 KU Leuven   Belgium
17 Erasmus University Rotterdam   Netherlands
18 Stockholm University   Sweden
19 Leiden University   Netherlands
20 Radboud University Nijmegen   Netherlands

QS Ranking

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Rankings of Universities have been published by QS World University Rankings.[3] (apply filter by location "Europe" without universities in countries outside the European Union)

Top 20 (2025) Top 20 (2024) University Country
1 1 Paris Sciences et Lettres University   France
2 2 Technical University of Munich   Germany
3 7 Polytechnic Institute of Paris   France
4 3 Delft University of Technology   Netherlands
5 5 University of Amsterdam   Netherlands
6 4 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich   Germany
7 8 KU Leuven   Belgium
8 12 Sorbonne University   France
9 13 Paris Saclay University   France
10 11 KTH Royal Institute of Technology   Sweden
11 9 Lund University   Sweden
12 6 Heidelberg University   Germany
13 14 Trinity College Dublin   Ireland
14 17 Free University of Berlin   Germany
15 31 RWTH Aachen University   Germany
16 15 University of Copenhagen   Denmark
17 34 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology   Germany
18 10 Uppsala University   Sweden
19 19 Utrecht University   Netherlands
20 39 Technical University of Denmark   Denmark

See also

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Ranking of universities in the United Kingdom

References

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  1. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ "RESEARCH AND INNOVATION - University Rankings". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024". Top Universities. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-12.