Best University Rankings in Europe 2025

With its longstanding tradition of excellence in higher education, Europe remains a popular study-abroad destination for students from different parts of the globe. It is where we can find the world’s oldest and finest universities as well as the birthplaces of significant scientific discoveries and breakthroughs.

Rank	University	Percentage Ranking (Continent)	Country	Type
1	University of Oxford	1 %	United Kingdom	Private
2	University of Cambridge	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
3	University College London	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
4	Imperial College London	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
5	University of Edinburgh	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
6	London School of Economics and Political Science	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
7	ETH Zürich	1 %	Switzerland	Public
8	Technical University of Munich	1 %	Germany	Public
9	University of Amsterdam	1 %	Netherlands	Public
10	King’s College London	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
11	KU Leuven	1 %	Belgium	Public
12	University of Manchester	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
13	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	1 %	Germany	Public
14	University of Southampton	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
15	Utrecht University	1 %	Netherlands	Public
16	Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg	1 %	Germany	Public
17	Lund University	1 %	Sweden	Public
18	University of Birmingham	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
19	University of Leeds	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
20	Delft University of Technology	1 %	Netherlands	Public
21	Humboldt University of Berlin	1 %	Germany	Public
22	University of Groningen	1 %	Netherlands	Public
23	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne	1 %	Switzerland	Public
24	University of Warwick	1 %	United Kingdom	Public
25	University of Copenhagen	1 %	Denmark	Public

Published: January 13, 2025