Best Universities for Graphic Design in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 763K citations received by 23.9K academic papers made by 290 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

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United Kingdom | Scotland

For Graphic Design

#1 in the United Kingdom

#5 in the World

Founded: 1451

2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Graphic Design

#1 in Switzerland

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#2 in the United Kingdom

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Graphic Design

#26 in the World

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

5. University of Oxford

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#3 in the United Kingdom

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. University of Twente

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Netherlands | Enschede

For Graphic Design

#1 in the Netherlands

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Graphic Design

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. University College London

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#4 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

9. Imperial College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#5 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

10. Durham University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#6 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

11. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Graphic Design

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

12. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Graphic Design

#2 in the Netherlands

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

13. Delft University of Technology

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Netherlands | Delft

For Graphic Design

#3 in the Netherlands

#62 in the World

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

14. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Graphic Design

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

15. University of Manchester

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#7 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1824

16. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Graphic Design

#8 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

17. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Graphic Design

#72 in the World

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

18. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Graphic Design

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

19. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Graphic Design

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

20. Sapienza University of Rome

For Graphic Design

#1 in Italy

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

21. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Graphic Design

#4 in the Netherlands

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

22. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Graphic Design

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

23. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#9 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

Founded: 1948

24. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Graphic Design

#1 in France

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

25. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#96 in the World

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

26. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Graphic Design

#1 in Sweden

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

27. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

28. Utrecht University

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Netherlands | Utrecht

For Graphic Design

#5 in the Netherlands

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

29. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Graphic Design

#2 in France

#108 in the World

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

30. University of Amsterdam

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Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Graphic Design

#6 in the Netherlands

#109 in the World

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

31. University of Leeds

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#10 in the United Kingdom

#110 in the World

Founded: 1904

32. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Graphic Design

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

33. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Graphic Design

#2 in Italy

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

34. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#114 in the World

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

35. University of Southampton

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#11 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

36. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Graphic Design

#117 in the World

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

37. University of York

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#12 in the United Kingdom

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

38. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Graphic Design

#2 in Switzerland

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

39. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Graphic Design

#1 in Spain

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

40. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#13 in the United Kingdom

#127 in the World

Founded: 1905

41. University of Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Graphic Design

#3 in Switzerland

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

42. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Graphic Design

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

43. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Graphic Design

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

44. University of Bristol

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#14 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

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

45. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Graphic Design

#3 in Italy

#138 in the World

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

46. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Graphic Design

#139 in the World

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

47. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Graphic Design

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

48. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Graphic Design

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

49. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Graphic Design

#144 in the World

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

50. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Graphic Design

#3 in France

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

51. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Graphic Design

#2 in Spain

#151 in the World

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

52. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Graphic Design

#4 in France

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

53. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Graphic Design

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

54. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Graphic Design

#1 in Norway

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

55. Lancaster University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#15 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

56. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#10 in Germany

#167 in the World

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

57. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Graphic Design

#1 in Greece

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

58. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#11 in Germany

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

59. University of Oslo

For Graphic Design

#2 in Norway

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

60. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Graphic Design

#2 in Sweden

#177 in the World

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

61. Newcastle University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#16 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1963

62. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Graphic Design

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

63. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Graphic Design

#12 in Germany

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

64. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Graphic Design

#3 in Spain

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

65. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Graphic Design

#189 in the World

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

66. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Graphic Design

#4 in Italy

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

67. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Graphic Design

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

68. Lund University

For Graphic Design

#3 in Sweden

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

69. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Graphic Design

#4 in Sweden

#201 in the World

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

70. Complutense University of Madrid

For Graphic Design

#4 in Spain

#202 in the World

Founded: 1508

71. Maastricht University

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Netherlands | Maastricht

For Graphic Design

#7 in the Netherlands

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

72. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#13 in Germany

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

73. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Graphic Design

#5 in Spain

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

74. Umea University

For Graphic Design

#5 in Sweden

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

75. University of Geneva

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Switzerland | Geneva

For Graphic Design

#4 in Switzerland

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

76. Loughborough University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#17 in the United Kingdom

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

77. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#14 in Germany

#219 in the World

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

78. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Graphic Design

#6 in Spain

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

79. University of Oulu

For Graphic Design

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

80. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Graphic Design

#7 in Spain

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

81. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Graphic Design

#5 in France

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

82. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Graphic Design

#5 in Italy

#231 in the World

Founded: 1859

83. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Graphic Design

#6 in France

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

84. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Graphic Design

#234 in the World

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

85. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Graphic Design

#2 in Greece

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

86. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#15 in Germany

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

87. Czech Technical University in Prague

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Czech Republic | Prague

For Graphic Design

#1 in the Czech Republic

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Founded: 1707

88. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Graphic Design

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

89. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Graphic Design

#6 in Sweden

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

90. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Graphic Design

#16 in Germany

#244 in the World

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

91. University of Konstanz

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Graphic Design

#17 in Germany

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 10,939
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1966

92. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Graphic Design

#18 in Germany

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,250
Founded: 1948

93. Graz University of Technology

For Graphic Design

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

94. Charles University

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Czech Republic | Prague

For Graphic Design

#2 in the Czech Republic

#254 in the World

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

95. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Graphic Design

#256 in the World

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

96. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Graphic Design

#1 in Russia

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

97. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Graphic Design

#259 in the World

Founded: 2003

98. Near East University

Cyprus | Nicosia

For Graphic Design

#1 in Cyprus

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1988

99. Brunel University London

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United Kingdom | England

For Graphic Design

#18 in the United Kingdom

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

100. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Graphic Design

#19 in Germany

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780