Best Universities for Architecture 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 Architecture. A graph of 1.3M citations received by 106K academic papers made by 479 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. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Architecture

#1 in Italy

#8 in the World

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

2. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Architecture

#11 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

3. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Architecture

#1 in Switzerland

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

4. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Architecture

#1 in Spain

#14 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

5. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Architecture

#1 in the Netherlands

#15 in the World

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

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#1 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Architecture

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Architecture

#2 in Switzerland

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

10. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#3 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

11. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#4 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

12. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Architecture

#33 in the World

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

13. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Architecture

#2 in Italy

#35 in the World

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

14. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Architecture

#3 in Italy

#36 in the World

Founded: 1859

15. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#5 in the United Kingdom

#38 in the World

Founded: 1824

16. Technical University of Madrid

For Architecture

#2 in Spain

#39 in the World

Founded: 1971

17. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Architecture

#2 in the Netherlands

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

18. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architecture

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

19. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Architecture

#1 in Sweden

#46 in the World

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

20. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Architecture

#3 in Spain

#49 in the World

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

21. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Architecture

#3 in the Netherlands

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

22. Sapienza University of Rome

For Architecture

#4 in Italy

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

23. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Architecture

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

24. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architecture

#6 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

25. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Architecture

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

26. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Architecture

#4 in the Netherlands

#68 in the World

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

27. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Architecture

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

28. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Architecture

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

29. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architecture

#78 in the World

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

30. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Architecture

#1 in France

#80 in the World

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

31. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Architecture

#1 in Greece

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

32. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#7 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

33. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Architecture

#5 in the Netherlands

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

34. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Architecture

#1 in Norway

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

35. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#8 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1905

36. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Architecture

#4 in Spain

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

37. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Architecture

#5 in Italy

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

38. Politehnica University of Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Architecture

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,360
Founded: 1864

39. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Architecture

#5 in Spain

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

40. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#9 in the United Kingdom

#108 in the World

Founded: 1963

41. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Architecture

#110 in the World

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

42. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Architecture

#112 in the World

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

43. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#10 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

44. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Architecture

#3 in Switzerland

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

45. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Architecture

#6 in Italy

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

46. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Architecture

#2 in Greece

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

47. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Architecture

#7 in Italy

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

48. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Architecture

#6 in the Netherlands

#128 in the World

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

49. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Architecture

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

50. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Architecture

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

51. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Architecture

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

52. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Architecture

#8 in Italy

#135 in the World

Founded: 1321

53. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Architecture

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

54. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Architecture

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 13,607
Male:Female: 60:40
Founded: 1970

55. University of Paderborn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Architecture

#10 in Germany

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,110
Founded: 1972

56. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Architecture

#2 in Sweden

#142 in the World

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

57. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#11 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

58. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Architecture

#3 in Greece

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

59. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Architecture

#9 in Italy

#145 in the World

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

60. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#12 in the United Kingdom

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

61. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Architecture

#10 in Italy

#150 in the World

Founded: 1990

62. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Architecture

#13 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

Founded: 1997

63. University of Aquila

Italy | Abruzzo

For Architecture

#11 in Italy

#155 in the World

Founded: 1596

64. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Architecture

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

65. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Architecture

#157 in the World

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

66. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#14 in the United Kingdom

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

67. University of Malaga

For Architecture

#6 in Spain

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 36,054
Founded: 1972

68. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#15 in the United Kingdom

#166 in the World

Founded: 1948

69. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Architecture

#11 in Germany

#167 in the World

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

70. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Architecture

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

71. AGH University of Science and Technology

Poland | Krakow

For Architecture

#1 in Poland

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 21,738
Founded: 1919

72. New University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Architecture

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 20,077
Founded: 1973

73. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Architecture

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

74. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Architecture

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

75. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Architecture

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 11,101
Founded: 1970

76. University of Catania

For Architecture

#12 in Italy

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

77. University of Oslo

For Architecture

#2 in Norway

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

78. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Architecture

#187 in the World

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

79. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Architecture

#2 in France

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

80. Graz University of Technology

For Architecture

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

81. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#16 in the United Kingdom

#191 in the World

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

82. University of Calabria

Italy | Calabria

For Architecture

#13 in Italy

#192 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Architecture

#7 in the Netherlands

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

84. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Architecture

#4 in Switzerland

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

85. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Architecture

#12 in Germany

#198 in the World

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

86. University of Padua

For Architecture

#14 in Italy

#201 in the World

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

87. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Architecture

#13 in Germany

#203 in the World

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

88. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Architecture

#17 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Founded: 1964

89. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Architecture

#15 in Italy

#205 in the World

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

90. Complutense University of Madrid

For Architecture

#7 in Spain

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

91. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Architecture

#4 in Greece

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

92. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#18 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1904

93. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#19 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Founded: 1964

94. Lund University

For Architecture

#3 in Sweden

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

95. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#20 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1829

96. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#21 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

97. University of Oulu

For Architecture

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

98. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Architecture

#8 in Spain

#219 in the World

Founded: 1531

99. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Architecture

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

100. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Architecture

#22 in the United Kingdom

#224 in the World

Founded: 1965