Best Sculpture Schools 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 Sculpture. A graph of 97.5K citations received by 13.7K academic papers made by 140 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 College London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Sculpture

#1 in Poland

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

3. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Sculpture

#1 in Italy

#3 in the World

Founded: 1321

4. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#2 in the United Kingdom

#4 in the World

Founded: 1932

5. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#3 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#4 in the United Kingdom

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

7. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Sculpture

#9 in the World

Founded: 2003

8. University of Perugia

For Sculpture

#2 in Italy

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

9. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Sculpture

#1 in the Netherlands

#12 in the World

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

10. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Sculpture

#14 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

11. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Sculpture

#5 in the United Kingdom

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

12. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Sculpture

#1 in Spain

#19 in the World

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

13. Sapienza University of Rome

For Sculpture

#3 in Italy

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

14. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Sculpture

#4 in Italy

#25 in the World

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

15. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Sculpture

#5 in Italy

#27 in the World

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

16. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Sculpture

#6 in Italy

#28 in the World

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

17. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Sculpture

#2 in the Netherlands

#29 in the World

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

18. University of Bradford

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#6 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

19. University of the Basque Country

For Sculpture

#2 in Spain

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 63,000

20. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Sculpture

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

21. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Sculpture

#38 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

22. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Sculpture

#3 in Spain

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

23. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Sculpture

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

24. Ca' Foscari University of Venice

For Sculpture

#7 in Italy

#43 in the World

Founded: 1868

25. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Sculpture

#1 in France

#44 in the World

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

26. University of Evora

Portugal | Evora

For Sculpture

#48 in the World

Founded: 1973

27. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#7 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Founded: 1824

28. University of Padua

For Sculpture

#8 in Italy

#52 in the World

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

29. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Sculpture

#4 in Spain

#53 in the World

Founded: 1531

30. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#8 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

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

31. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Sculpture

#1 in Greece

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

32. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Sculpture

#9 in Italy

#58 in the World

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

33. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#9 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

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

34. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Sculpture

#2 in Greece

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

35. Birkbeck, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#10 in the United Kingdom

#63 in the World

Founded: 1823

36. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#11 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

37. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#12 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

38. Complutense University of Madrid

For Sculpture

#5 in Spain

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

39. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Sculpture

#6 in Spain

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

40. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#13 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

41. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Sculpture

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

42. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Sculpture

#14 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Founded: 1451

43. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Sculpture

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

44. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Sculpture

#15 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Founded: 1495

45. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Sculpture

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

46. New University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Sculpture

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 20,077
Founded: 1973

47. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Sculpture

#10 in Italy

#83 in the World

Founded: 1990

48. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Sculpture

#7 in Spain

#84 in the World

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

49. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Sculpture

#8 in Spain

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

50. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Sculpture

#11 in Italy

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

51. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Sculpture

#12 in Italy

#93 in the World

Founded: 1117

52. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#16 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Founded: 1948

53. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Sculpture

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

54. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#17 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

55. University of Oslo

For Sculpture

#1 in Norway

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

56. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Sculpture

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

57. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Sculpture

#1 in Switzerland

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

58. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Sculpture

#13 in Italy

#110 in the World

Founded: 1404

59. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#18 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

60. Northumbria University

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#19 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Sculpture

#14 in Italy

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

62. University of Bari

For Sculpture

#15 in Italy

#116 in the World

Founded: 1924

63. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Sculpture

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

64. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Sculpture

#119 in the World

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

65. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Sculpture

#120 in the World

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

66. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Sculpture

#3 in the Netherlands

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

67. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Sculpture

#4 in the Netherlands

#124 in the World

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

68. University of Milano-Bicocca

Italy | Lombardy

For Sculpture

#16 in Italy

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 33,741
Founded: 1998

69. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Sculpture

#17 in Italy

#126 in the World

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

70. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Sculpture

#9 in Spain

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

71. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#20 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Founded: 1829

72. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#21 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

73. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Sculpture

#18 in Italy

#130 in the World

Founded: 1240

74. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Sculpture

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

75. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#22 in the United Kingdom

#133 in the World

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

76. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#23 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Founded: 1904

77. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Sculpture

#139 in the World

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

78. University of Eastern Piedmont

Italy | Piedmont

For Sculpture

#19 in Italy

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1998

79. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Sculpture

#10 in Spain

#148 in the World

Founded: 1968

80. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

France | Ile-de-France

For Sculpture

#2 in France

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

81. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Sculpture

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

82. University of Calabria

Italy | Calabria

For Sculpture

#20 in Italy

#151 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. University of Aquila

Italy | Abruzzo

For Sculpture

#21 in Italy

#154 in the World

Founded: 1596

84. Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#24 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Founded: 1849

85. Roma Tre University

For Sculpture

#22 in Italy

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1992

86. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#25 in the United Kingdom

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

87. University of Palermo

For Sculpture

#23 in Italy

#161 in the World

Founded: 1806

88. University of Catania

For Sculpture

#24 in Italy

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

89. Goldsmiths, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#26 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Founded: 1904

90. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Sculpture

#3 in France

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

91. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Sculpture

#2 in Switzerland

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

92. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Sculpture

#2 in Norway

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

93. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Sculpture

#5 in the Netherlands

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

94. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Sculpture

#27 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1968

95. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Sculpture

#1 in the Czech Republic

#183 in the World

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

96. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Sculpture

#25 in Italy

#184 in the World

Founded: 1175

97. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Sculpture

#3 in Switzerland

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

98. Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Sculpture

#2 in the Czech Republic

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1799

99. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#28 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Founded: 1905

100. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Sculpture

#29 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Founded: 1965