Best Universities for Animation in Europe

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Animation. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 308 universities in Europe was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Animation

#1 in Switzerland

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Animation

#2 in Switzerland

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 23,420

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#1 in the United Kingdom

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#2 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

5. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Animation

#1 in the Netherlands

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

6. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#3 in the United Kingdom

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

7. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Animation

#3 in Switzerland

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 17,744

8. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Animation

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

9. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Animation

#1 in Spain

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 29,812

10. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Animation

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1829

11. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 26,457
Founded: 1829

12. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Animation

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

13. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#4 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

14. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Animation

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 25,840
Founded: 1877

15. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Animation

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

16. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#5 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

17. University of Padua

For Animation

#1 in Italy

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#6 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 44,517
Founded: 1870

20. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Animation

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

21. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Animation

#2 in Italy

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

22. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

23. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

24. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Animation

#1 in Sweden

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

25. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#7 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

26. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Animation

#2 in Spain

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

27. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animation

#8 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

28. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Animation

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

29. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Animation

#3 in Italy

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

30. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Animation

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1592

31. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

32. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Animation

#4 in Italy

#139 in the World

Founded: 1859

33. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Animation

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

34. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Animation

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

35. Sapienza University of Rome

For Animation

#5 in Italy

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

36. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Animation

#1 in Norway

#148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

37. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animation

#9 in the United Kingdom

#149 in the World

Founded: 1451

38. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Animation

#2 in the Netherlands

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

39. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#10 in Germany

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

40. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Animation

#11 in Germany

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

41. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Animation

#3 in Spain

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

42. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Animation

#6 in Italy

#155 in the World

Founded: 1982

43. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#12 in Germany

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 28,515
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

44. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#10 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

45. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#13 in Germany

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 23,900
Founded: 1831

46. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Animation

#2 in Sweden

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

47. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Animation

#3 in Sweden

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

48. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Animation

#3 in the Netherlands

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1636

49. Lund University

For Animation

#4 in Sweden

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

50. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Animation

#1 in Greece

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

51. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Animation

#7 in Italy

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

52. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#11 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

53. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Animation

#14 in Germany

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,749
Founded: 1948

54. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#12 in the United Kingdom

#177 in the World

Founded: 1824

55. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#15 in Germany

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

56. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Animation

#1 in the Czech Republic

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 17,442
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1707

57. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Animation

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

58. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Animation

#5 in Sweden

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

59. University of Oslo

For Animation

#2 in Norway

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

60. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Animation

#16 in Germany

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 14,427
Founded: 1993

61. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Animation

#8 in Italy

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 78,324
Founded: 1224

62. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#13 in the United Kingdom

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

63. Technical University of Madrid

For Animation

#4 in Spain

#197 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. University of Oulu

For Animation

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

65. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Animation

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

66. Bournemouth University

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#14 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

67. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Animation

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1425

68. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#15 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

69. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Animation

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

70. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Animation

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

71. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#16 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Founded: 1904

72. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#17 in Germany

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 20,037
Founded: 1745

73. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Animation

#4 in the Netherlands

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 31,123
Founded: 1632

74. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Animation

#9 in Italy

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

75. University of Siegen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#18 in Germany

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 19,785
Founded: 1972

76. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Animation

#10 in Italy

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 16,239
Founded: 1962

77. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#17 in the United Kingdom

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

78. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Animation

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

79. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Animation

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

80. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Animation

#5 in the Netherlands

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

81. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#19 in Germany

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 34,616
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1968

82. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#20 in Germany

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 24,391
Founded: 1457

83. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Animation

#6 in the Netherlands

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

84. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#18 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

85. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#19 in the United Kingdom

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

86. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#20 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Founded: 1900

87. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animation

#21 in the United Kingdom

#250 in the World

Founded: 1920

88. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Animation

#2 in Greece

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

89. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Animation

#5 in Spain

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 15,801

90. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Animation

#7 in the Netherlands

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

91. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Animation

#21 in Germany

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 27,727
Founded: 1607

92. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Animation

#22 in Germany

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

93. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Animation

#11 in Italy

#271 in the World

Founded: 1321

94. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Animation

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

95. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Animation

#12 in Italy

#274 in the World

Founded: 1117

96. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#22 in the United Kingdom

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

97. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animation

#23 in the United Kingdom

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

98. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Animation

#6 in Spain

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

99. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Animation

#13 in Italy

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

100. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Animation

#1 in France

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441