Best Universities for Animation in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Animation. A graph of 625K citations received by 35.4K academic papers made by 332 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

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#1 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Animation

#2 in Switzerland

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

4. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Animation

#1 in the Netherlands

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#2 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Animation

#1 in Spain

#38 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

7. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#3 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

8. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Animation

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

9. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Animation

#3 in Switzerland

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

10. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Animation

#58 in the World

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

11. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

12. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

13. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#4 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

14. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Animation

#1 in France

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

15. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Animation

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

16. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Animation

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

17. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Animation

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

18. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Animation

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

19. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Animation

#1 in Italy

#92 in the World

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

20. University of Padua

For Animation

#2 in Italy

#100 in the World

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

21. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#5 in the United Kingdom

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Animation

#2 in France

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

23. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Animation

#1 in Sweden

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

24. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#113 in the World

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

25. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#6 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

26. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#7 in the United Kingdom

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

27. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Animation

#3 in Italy

#122 in the World

Founded: 1859

28. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Animation

#2 in Spain

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

29. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animation

#8 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

30. Sapienza University of Rome

For Animation

#4 in Italy

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

31. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Animation

#1 in Norway

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

32. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Animation

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

33. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

34. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Animation

#2 in the Netherlands

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

35. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Animation

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

36. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Animation

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

37. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#147 in the World

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

38. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Animation

#5 in Italy

#151 in the World

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

39. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Animation

#3 in the Netherlands

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

40. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Animation

#6 in Italy

#153 in the World

Founded: 1982

41. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Animation

#7 in Italy

#155 in the World

Founded: 1990

42. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Animation

#2 in Sweden

#156 in the World

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

43. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Animation

#3 in Spain

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

44. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Animation

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

45. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#9 in the United Kingdom

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

46. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Animation

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1925

47. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Animation

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

48. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animation

#10 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1451

49. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Animation

#10 in Germany

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,604
Founded: 1948

50. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Animation

#11 in Germany

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

51. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#11 in the United Kingdom

#170 in the World

Founded: 1905

52. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#12 in Germany

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

53. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Animation

#13 in Germany

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

54. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Animation

#4 in the Netherlands

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

55. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Animation

#1 in Greece

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

56. Lund University

For Animation

#3 in Sweden

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

57. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Animation

#180 in the World

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

58. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Animation

#3 in France

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

59. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Animation

#4 in Sweden

#184 in the World

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

60. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#12 in the United Kingdom

#185 in the World

Founded: 1824

61. Technical University of Madrid

For Animation

#4 in Spain

#189 in the World

Founded: 1971

62. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Animation

#8 in Italy

#190 in the World

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

63. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Animation

#5 in Sweden

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

64. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Animation

#194 in the World

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

65. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Animation

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

66. University of Oslo

For Animation

#2 in Norway

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

67. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#14 in Germany

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

68. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Animation

#1 in the Czech Republic

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1707

69. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#13 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

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

70. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Animation

#9 in Italy

#205 in the World

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

71. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Animation

#4 in France

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

72. Bournemouth University

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#14 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

73. University of Salerno

Italy | Campania

For Animation

#10 in Italy

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 33,332
Founded: 1944

74. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animation

#15 in Germany

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

75. University of Oulu

For Animation

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

76. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Animation

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

77. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Animation

#11 in Italy

#223 in the World

Founded: 1321

78. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#15 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

79. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#16 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

Founded: 1904

80. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Animation

#5 in the Netherlands

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

81. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animation

#17 in the United Kingdom

#231 in the World

Founded: 1920

82. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#16 in Germany

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

83. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Animation

#12 in Italy

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

84. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Animation

#6 in the Netherlands

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

85. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Animation

#17 in Germany

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 13,143
Founded: 1993

86. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#18 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

87. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Animation

#18 in Germany

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

88. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Animation

#246 in the World

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

89. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#19 in the United Kingdom

#248 in the World

Founded: 1948

90. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Animation

#5 in Spain

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

91. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animation

#19 in Germany

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

92. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animation

#20 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Founded: 1997

93. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#20 in Germany

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

94. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#21 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Founded: 1963

95. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Animation

#5 in France

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

96. University of Siegen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animation

#21 in Germany

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

97. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animation

#22 in the United Kingdom

#267 in the World

Founded: 1829

98. National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris

France | Ile-de-France

For Animation

#6 in France

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1783

99. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Animation

#7 in the Netherlands

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

100. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Animation

#1 in Croatia

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874