Best Universities for Graphic Design 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 Graphic Design. A graph of 489K citations received by 21K academic papers made by 192 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. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Graphic Design

#1 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Founded: 1451

2. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#2 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. Dublin Institute of Technology

Ireland | Dublin

For Graphic Design

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

4. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Graphic Design

#1 in Switzerland

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

5. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Graphic Design

#35 in the World

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

6. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Graphic Design

#3 in the United Kingdom

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Graphic Design

#1 in the Netherlands

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

8. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#4 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

9. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#5 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

10. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#6 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

11. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Graphic Design

#2 in the Netherlands

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

12. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#7 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

13. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Graphic Design

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

14. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Graphic Design

#3 in the Netherlands

#59 in the World

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

15. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Graphic Design

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

16. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Graphic Design

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

17. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Graphic Design

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

18. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Graphic Design

#1 in France

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

19. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#8 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

Founded: 1948

20. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Graphic Design

#78 in the World

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

21. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

22. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Graphic Design

#4 in the Netherlands

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

23. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#9 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1824

24. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

25. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Graphic Design

#97 in the World

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

26. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Graphic Design

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

27. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#102 in the World

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

28. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#10 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1904

29. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Graphic Design

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

30. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Graphic Design

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

31. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Graphic Design

#5 in the Netherlands

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

32. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

33. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#11 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Founded: 1905

34. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Graphic Design

#2 in France

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

35. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Graphic Design

#1 in Spain

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

36. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#12 in the United Kingdom

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

37. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Graphic Design

#2 in Switzerland

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

38. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#13 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

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

39. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Graphic Design

#1 in Sweden

#124 in the World

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

40. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Graphic Design

#126 in the World

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

41. Sapienza University of Rome

For Graphic Design

#1 in Italy

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

42. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Graphic Design

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

43. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Graphic Design

#2 in Italy

#129 in the World

Founded: 1990

44. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Graphic Design

#130 in the World

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

45. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#14 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

46. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Graphic Design

#3 in France

#136 in the World

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

47. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Graphic Design

#3 in Italy

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

48. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Graphic Design

#3 in Switzerland

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

49. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Graphic Design

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

50. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#146 in the World

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

51. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Graphic Design

#4 in Italy

#148 in the World

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

52. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Graphic Design

#2 in Spain

#152 in the World

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

53. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Graphic Design

#4 in France

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

54. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Graphic Design

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

55. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Graphic Design

#5 in Italy

#160 in the World

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

56. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Graphic Design

#10 in Germany

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

57. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Graphic Design

#11 in Germany

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

58. University of Oslo

For Graphic Design

#1 in Norway

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

59. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Graphic Design

#6 in the Netherlands

#168 in the World

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

60. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Graphic Design

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

61. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Graphic Design

#7 in the Netherlands

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

62. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Graphic Design

#1 in the Czech Republic

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

63. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#15 in the United Kingdom

#183 in the World

Founded: 1963

64. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Graphic Design

#2 in Sweden

#185 in the World

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

65. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Graphic Design

#1 in Greece

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

66. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Graphic Design

#12 in Germany

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

67. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Graphic Design

#13 in Germany

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

68. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#14 in Germany

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

69. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#16 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

70. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Graphic Design

#2 in Greece

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

71. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Graphic Design

#3 in Spain

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

72. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Graphic Design

#4 in Spain

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

73. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Graphic Design

#3 in Sweden

#206 in the World

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

74. Lund University

For Graphic Design

#4 in Sweden

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

75. Umea University

For Graphic Design

#5 in Sweden

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

76. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Graphic Design

#5 in Spain

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

77. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Graphic Design

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

78. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Graphic Design

#6 in Italy

#212 in the World

Founded: 1859

79. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Graphic Design

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

80. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#17 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

81. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Graphic Design

#15 in Germany

#220 in the World

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

82. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Graphic Design

#2 in Norway

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

83. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Graphic Design

#225 in the World

Founded: 2003

84. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Graphic Design

#4 in Switzerland

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

85. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Graphic Design

#6 in Sweden

#228 in the World

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

86. University of Oulu

For Graphic Design

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

87. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Graphic Design

#5 in France

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

88. University of Catania

For Graphic Design

#7 in Italy

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

89. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Graphic Design

#3 in Greece

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

90. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Graphic Design

#6 in Spain

#248 in the World

Founded: 1531

91. University of Padua

For Graphic Design

#8 in Italy

#249 in the World

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

92. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Graphic Design

#16 in Germany

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 25,043
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1971

93. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#18 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

94. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Graphic Design

#4 in Greece

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

95. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Graphic Design

#257 in the World

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

96. Palacky University, Olomouc

Czech Republic | Olomouc

For Graphic Design

#2 in the Czech Republic

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 21,833
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1573

97. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Graphic Design

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

98. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Graphic Design

#262 in the World

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

99. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Graphic Design

#17 in Germany

#264 in the World

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

100. Graz University of Technology

For Graphic Design

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874